Senior Cost Manager

Turner & Townsend; Arizona; On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend in the United States is seeking a Cost Manager/Quantity Surveyor to join our team, supporting construction cost services for clients across real estate and infrastructure projects. The role emphasizes accuracy, value engineering, and stakeholder collaboration to deliver cost-effective solutions.

The ideal candidate holds a construction-related degree with 3–5 years' experience, and familiarity with cost management practices and procurement strategies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or related field.
• Minimum 3–5 years of relevant experience in cost management for construction projects.
• RICS accreditation is valuable and helpful for professional progression.
• Experience supporting cost management on medium or large construction projects.
• Strong knowledge of procurement routes, value management and value engineering.

Responsibilities

• Advise client on strategies, prequalify vendors, assess proposals and manage bid interviews.
• Develop project estimates including construction, direct work and other costs.
• Review estimates, present to client and provide value engineering and risk assessments.
• Establish reporting schedules and manage cost reports and forecasts.
• Maintain commercial risk register and oversee change orders and invoicing.

Skills

Strong communication

Team collaboration

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in construction management or related field

RICS accreditation valuable

Tools

Cost Estimating Software

Take-off Software

Job description

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 programs as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include program, 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 program, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Turner & Townsend are looking for a Cost Manager/Quantity Surveyor to join our team and support construction cost services for our clients. The ideal candidate will be driven and promote our Turner & Townsend purposes and values.

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.

• 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.

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

We actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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