Senior Cost Manager, Client-Facing Real Estate Projects

Turner & Townsend; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend in the United States is seeking an experienced Senior Cost Manager to lead cost management for a diversified portfolio of commercial real estate projects. You will act as the key client interface, delivering value-added cost control, cost planning, and change management while coordinating with designers, contractors and owners.

This role requires strong leadership, superb communication, and the ability to work independently in a client-facing environment to ensure accurate

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or related field.
• Minimum 5-7 years of relevant experience working in a cost management role in the construction industry.
• RICS accredited or working toward it is preferred.
• Experience of leading cost management on medium or large sized construction projects of medium to high complexity.
• Construction consultancy experience is strongly preferred.
• Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management, and value engineering.

Responsibilities

• Estimating and negotiating change orders throughout the construction lifecycle.
• Provide estimate and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan.
• Review and participate with the design services team and general contractor in the development of cost estimates.
• Reconcile changes and assist the general contractor to ensure that their data is accurate.
• Communicate or meet with the general contractor and owner or project manager to gather status information to prepare a cost estimate update.
• Prepare written comments to the general contractor’s submissions, including the executive summary.

Education

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

Job description

Turner & Townsend in the United States is seeking an experienced Senior Cost Manager to lead cost management for a diversified portfolio of commercial real estate projects. You will act as the key client interface, delivering value-added cost control, cost planning, and change management while coordinating with designers, contractors and owners.

This role requires strong leadership, superb communication, and the ability to work independently in a client-facing environment to ensure accurate