Strategic Cost Manager - CRE Construction

Sccsinternational; United States; On-site; USD 100,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend in the United States seeks a Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor to lead cost management for large corporate real estate and workplace projects across multiple markets. You will develop estimates, review proposals and drive value engineering, reporting, and final accounting throughout projects.

You will collaborate with clients and vendors, manage bid processes, and ensure SOX controls where applicable, contributing to high-impact, cost-efficient outcomes for clients.

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 commercial, corporate interiors, workplace, office, or regional hub 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.

Responsibilities

• Advising client on strategies, managing prequalification of vendors, assessing proposals, bids, and bid levelling documents, making final recommendations to the client, attending 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 with the 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 to client, 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 of project.
• 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.

Skills

Cost management

Estimating

Cost reporting

Procurement knowledge

SOX compliance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in construction management or related field

Job description

Turner & Townsend in the United States seeks a Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor to lead cost management for large corporate real estate and workplace projects across multiple markets. You will develop estimates, review proposals and drive value engineering, reporting, and final accounting throughout projects.

You will collaborate with clients and vendors, manage bid processes, and ensure SOX controls where applicable, contributing to high-impact, cost-efficient outcomes for clients.