Senior Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor

Turner & Townsend; Cleveland (OH); Presencial; USD 120.000 - 180.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Senior Cost Manager and/or Quantity Surveyor to lead cost management for complex projects in the United States. You will act as the key client interface, deliver value-added cost management services, and manage estimating, budgeting, and post-contract delivery across multi-client portfolios.

The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills, be self-motivated, and capable of working independently or in a team.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or field related to construction.
• Minimum 5-7 years of relevant experience working in a cost management role in the construction industry.
• RICS accredited or working towards it is preferred.

Responsabilidades

• Estimate and negotiate change orders throughout the construction lifecycle.
• Provide estimate and cost planning, including producing and presenting the final cost plan.
• Review and participate with design services and general contractor in cost estimates.
• Coordinate all sources of cost information for cost discussions and suppliers.
• Prepare funding data presentations and coordinate VE sessions with stakeholders.
• Develop cost plans and estimates through the design phase and milestones.

Conocimientos

Client facing

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Leadership

Educación

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

Descripción del empleo

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over22,000 peoplein more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure,energyand 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 includeprogramme, 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 estateservicesand investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premierprogramme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Job Description

Turner & Townsend are looking for anexperiencedSeniorCost Managerand/orQuantity Surveyor to act as the key,day to dayclient interface, ensuring that clientobjectivesare met through the delivery of a value-added cost management service.

To be successful in this role you must havegreat communicationskills and becomfortable operating in a client-facing role.The ideal candidatewill beself-motivated,driven,and able to work independently as well as part of a team.In this significantposition, you will be able to carry out full life cycle cost management; estimating, budgeting and post contract delivery working across multiple clients and helping to grow the impact of cost management.

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 andparticipatewith the design services team and generalcontractorin the development ofcostestimates.
• Reconcile changes andassistthe general contractor to ensure that their data isaccurate.
• Communicate or meet withthe generalcontractor andowner ofproject manager to gather status information to prepare a cost estimate update.
• Prepare written commentstothe general contractor’s submissions, including the executive summary.
• Coordinate all sources of cost information for cost discussions and suppliers direct from NPA, subs, quantities from A/Es.
• Inform and drive engineering priorities based on cost impact.
• Work proactively with minimal supervision to resolve scheduling issues.
• Manage cost checks and carry out valuations on larger projects. Completetimely,accuratecost checking and valuation processes.
• Participate effectively withpost-contractcost variances and thechange ofcontrol processes.
• Manage Cost impact / contingency management and commitment tracking logs.
• Prepare funding data presentations and coordinate VE sessions with stakeholders.
• Developing cost plans and estimates through the design phase, delivering updated cost plans atappropriate designmilestones.
• Providing commercial input to design optioneering and input into value engineering exercises.
• Reviewing contractor and subcontractor pricing and leading negotiations on behalf of the client to drive fair contract prices.
• Performing quantity surveying, costcontrols,and change management activities throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ensuring that post-contract cost variances and change control processes are managed effectively.
• Ensuring that cost auditing and valuation work is managed effectively and that a robust process for cost validation is in place.
• Carrying out the production of monthly cost reports for presentation to the client.
• Ensuring that final accounts are negotiated andagreed uponin a timely manner.
• Compilingbuilt cost estimate records for benchmarking purposes.
• Identify, coach and mentor talent to realize their potential and celebrate the success of others.
• Display excellence in leadership and service deliveryon commissions is in line with the conditions ofappointment
• FinancialManagement -Utilizeinternal software to track ongoing margin levels and monthly fee/resource forecasts for each commission and financial reports
• Implementandmaintainthe use of internal Business Management Systems and company delivery methodologies and tools in the office to ensure consistent delivery of best practice for Clients and thecompany
• Be a role model that drives a one business culture that achieves great outcomes by striking theright balance for our people, clients, stakeholders, and society.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’sdegree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying,engineeringor field related to construction.
• Minimum 5-7 years of relevant experience working in a cost management role in the construction industry.
• RICS accredited or working towards itispreferred.
• Experience of leading cost management on medium orlarge sizedconstruction projects of medium to high complexity.
• Construction consultancy experience is strongly preferred.
• Goodknowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, valuemanagement,and value engineering.

Additional Information

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

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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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