Senior Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor - Commercial Real Estate

Turner & Townsend; New York (NY); Presencial; USD 130.000 - 160.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Turner & Townsend in the United States (New York) is seeking an experienced Senior Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor to support cost management services across commercial real estate projects. You will manage cost planning, procurement support, cost control, and financial reporting from concept through delivery, collaborating with clients, project teams, and contractors.

The ideal candidate has 5–7 years in cost management, is client‑facing, and can mentor junior staff while driving best

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in construction or related field.
• Minimum 5-7 years of cost management experience.
• RICS accreditation preferred.
• Experience leading cost management on medium/large projects of medium to high complexity.
• Construction consultancy experience strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of procurement routes, value management, and value engineering.

Responsabilidades

• Estimating and negotiating change orders throughout the construction lifecycle.
• Provide estimate and cost planning including final cost plan.
• Review and participate with design services and GC in cost estimates.
• Reconcile changes and assist GC with accurate data.
• Prepare cost estimate updates with status information from GC and owner.
• Prepare executive summaries for submissions.
• Coordinate all cost information from various sources for discussions and VE sessions.
• Inform and drive engineering priorities based on cost impact.
• Manage cost checks and valuations on larger projects.
• Participate in post-contract cost variances and change control processes.
• Manage cost impact/contingency tracking logs.
• Prepare funding data presentations and VE coordination.
• Develop cost plans through design phases and update at milestones.
• Provide commercial input to design optioneering and value engineering.
• Review contractor pricing and lead negotiations for fair contracts.
• Perform quantity surveying, cost controls, and change management throughout lifecycle.
• Ensure post-contract variances and change control are managed effectively.
• Ensure cost auditing/validation processes are robust.

Conocimientos

Cost management

Leadership

Client-facing

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Educación

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

RICS accredited or working towards it

Herramientas

Estimating

Descripción del empleo

• Full-time

Company 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.

Job Description

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Senior Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor to support the delivery of cost management services across a diverse portfolio of commercial real estate construction projects for multiple clients. This role serves as a trusted advisor to clients and project teams, ensuring successful delivery of cost planning, commercial management, procurement support, cost control, and financial reporting services throughout the project lifecycle.

The successful candidate will have extensive experience managing multiple concurrent projects and stakeholders while maintaining a high standard of service delivery. They will possess strong commercial acumen, exceptional client-facing skills, and a proven ability to develop lasting client relationships, lead project teams, and drive consistent delivery of cost management best practices across a portfolio of assignments.

This position requires a collaborative leader who can balance strategic thinking with hands‑on project execution, provide mentorship and guidance to junior team members, and contribute to the growth and success of Turner & Townsend through outstanding client service, operational excellence, and effective team leadership.

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 of 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.
• 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. Complete timely, accurate cost checking and valuation processes.
• Participate effectively with post-contract cost variances and the change of control 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 at appropriate design milestones.
• 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, cost controls, 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 and agreed upon in a timely manner.
• Compiling built 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 delivery on commissions is in line with the conditions of appointment
• Financial Management - Utilize internal software to track ongoing margin levels and monthly fee/resource forecasts for each commission and financial reports
• Implement and maintain the 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 the company
• Be a role model that drives a one business culture that achieves great outcomes by striking the right 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’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.
• 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.

Additional Information

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

The base salary range for this role is $130K-$160K USD. This range reflects the company's good faith estimate of the base salary for this position at the time of the posting. Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity. In addition to base salary, employees may be eligible for bonuses and a comprehensive benefits package.

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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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