Senior Construction Cost Manager & Quantity Surveyor

Turner & Townsend; Indiana; On-site; USD 85,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend in Indiana seeks an experienced Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor to lead cost management for complex construction programs, ensuring robust governance and financial accountability from planning through closeout.

The ideal candidate has 3–5 years in cost management within construction, with strong knowledge of procurement, value management and value engineering, plus excellent communication skills. On-site presence is required.

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.
• Strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Advising client on strategies, managing prequalification of vendors, assessing proposals, bids, and bid levelling documents, making final recommendations to the client, attending and 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 by junior team members, presenting estimates to client, presenting value engineering recommendations and risk assessments.
• Manage cost reporting by establishing reporting schedule, reviewing and presenting cost reports and forecasts, reviewing project budget and spend forecast with the client, developing and maintaining commercial risk register, and hosting periodic meetings.
• Manage cost control process by reviewing payment applications, liaising with project managers to recommend contractor entitlements, reviewing change orders, and managing disputes.
• Manage and monitor invoicing process.
• Benchmark performance against other successful commissions.
• Manage all facets of final accounting process and post contract audits.
• Hold post-contract reviews with the client to establish a lesson learned document and apply lessons to create training manual.

Skills

Cost management

Quantity surveying

Contract administration

Vendor management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in construction management

RICS accreditation or pursuing it

Tools

Cost Estimating Software

Take-off Software

ERP / Project controls software

Job description

Turner & Townsend in Indiana seeks an experienced Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor to lead cost management for complex construction programs, ensuring robust governance and financial accountability from planning through closeout.

The ideal candidate has 3–5 years in cost management within construction, with strong knowledge of procurement, value management and value engineering, plus excellent communication skills. On-site presence is required.