Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor - Semiconductor Construction

Turner & Townsend; Boise (ID); On-site; USD 75,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor to join our team in Boise, Idaho. You will support construction cost services across complex capital projects, from manufacturing facilities to commercial programs, aligning with our methods and client expectations.

You will lead cost estimation, reporting, and procurement strategies, delivering value engineering insights and risk assessments. The role emphasizes collaboration, accuracy, and client satisfaction across

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction-related field is required or equivalent.
• 3–5 years of cost management experience in construction preferred.
• Experience with RICS accreditation is valuable but not mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Advise client on strategies, prequalify vendors, assess proposals, and chair bid interviews.
• Develop project estimates covering construction, fees and other costs; review junior estimates.
• Establish cost reporting, budgets, forecasts, and risk registers; brief clients regularly.
• Oversee payment reviews, change orders, and contract disputes with vendors and project teams.

Skills

Cost management

Communication skills

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Cost Management, Quantity Surveying, Engineering or related field

Tools

Cost Estimating Software

Take-off Software

Job description

Job Description

Turner & Townsend are looking for a Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor to join our team and support construction cost services for our clients. This role will support the delivery of cost consultancy services across complex capital projects, including advanced manufacturing, industrial, research and development, and commercial construction programs. The ideal candidate will be driven, client-focused, and promote Turner & Townsend's purpose and values.

Responsibilities

• Advising client on strategies, managing prequalification of vendors, assessing proposals, bids, and bid levelling documents, making final recommendations to the 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 with the 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 to client, 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 and large-scale capital projects.
• 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 of project.
• 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.
• Experience supporting industrial, manufacturing, advanced technology, research and development, or other complex construction projects is preferred.
• Construction consultancy experience is strongly preferred.
• Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management, and value engineering.
• Strong communication skills.

Additional Information

On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our clients' needs.

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.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/

Turner & Townsend does not accept any speculative or unsolicited CV’s that have been sent to our internal recruitment team or hiring managers from agencies outside of our preferred supplier list or that have not followed due process. Any speculative or unsolicited CV’s will be treated as a direct application.

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