Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor - Higher Education Construction

Turner-; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor to support capital construction projects in a higher education setting. You will deliver comprehensive cost management services across a diverse campus portfolio, collaborating with campus stakeholders, project managers, consultants, and contractors to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery.

The ideal candidate has 3–5 years in cost management on medium to large projects, a relevant degree, and ideally RICS accreditation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction or related field.
• 3–5 years of relevant cost management experience in construction.
• RICS accreditation valued or working towards it.
• Experience supporting cost management on medium or large projects.
• Construction consultancy experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Advise client on strategies, manage vendor prequalification, assess proposals and bids.
• Develop and review project estimates across construction, fees and other costs.
• Establish cost reporting schedules and present forecasts to client.
• Manage cost control including change orders and payment requisitions.
• Perform final accounting, post-contract audits and lessons learned.

Skills

Cost management

Quantity surveying

Industry knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or field related to construction

Tools

Bid Analysis Sheets

Change Control Forms

Cost Estimating Software

Take-off Software

Job description

Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor - Higher Education Construction

• Full-time

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor to support the delivery of capital construction projects within a dynamic higher education and institutional environment. This role will provide comprehensive cost management services across a diverse portfolio of projects, including academic facilities, student-centered spaces, administrative buildings, infrastructure improvements, athletic facilities, and campus modernization initiatives.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience managing costs throughout the project lifecycle, working collaboratively with campus stakeholders, project managers, consultants, and contractors to ensure successful project delivery. The successful individual will be driven, client-focused, and committed to promoting Turner & Townsend’s purpose and values while supporting a long-term capital improvement program in a complex, occupied campus setting.

Responsibilities

• Advising client on strategies, managing prequalification of vendors, assessing proposals, bids, and bidlevellingdocuments, making final recommendations tothe client, attending & chairing bid interviews, and managing appointment process.
• Manage estimating services for full project by developing project estimates (relating to construction, fees, direct work and other costs), reviewing estimations prepared by junior team members, presenting estimates to client, presenting value engineering recommendations and risk assessments to client, meeting with vendors to review, validate, and challenge costs, and reviewing estimates by utilizing benchmark data collected from other projects.
• Manage cost reporting by establishing reporting schedule, reviewing & presenting cost reports and forecasts, reviewing project budget & spend forecast withthe client, developing & maintaining commercial risk register, and hosting periodic meetings with project team & vendors.
• Manage cost control process by reviewing payment application assessments prepared by junior team members, liaising with project managers to recommend contractor entitlements, reviewing requests for change orders from vendors & making recommendations toclient, and using dispute prevention/management/resolution procedures to manage payment requisitions, change orders, and contractual disputes.
• Manage & monitor invoicing process.
• Benchmark performance against other successful commissions.
• Manage all facets of the final accounting process and post contract audits and account close outs.
• Hold post-contract reviews with the client to establish a lesson learned document and apply lessons to create training manual.
• Develop procedures governing handover ofproject.
• Perform all the duties above through the use/preparation of Bid Analysis Sheets, Change Control Forms, Cost Estimating Software, and Take-off Software.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or field related to construction.
• Minimum 3-5 years of relevant experience working in a cost management role in the construction industry.
• RICS accredited or working towards it is valuable
• Experience supporting cost management on medium or large sized construction projects.
• Construction consultancy experience is strongly preferred.
• Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management, and value engineering.

*On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs.

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The base salary range for this role is $115K-$135 USD. This range reflects the company's good faith estimate of the base salary for this position at the time of the posting. Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity. In addition to base salary, employees may be eligible for bonuses and a comprehensive benefits package.

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

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