Strategic Cost Manager & Quantity Surveyor

Turner & Townsend; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking a talented Cost Manager/Quantity Surveyor to join our San Francisco team and support cost management across a diverse portfolio of construction projects. You will work with clients, project teams, contractors and stakeholders to manage budgets, risks and cost controls through the project lifecycle.

The ideal candidate brings strong cost management and quantity surveying experience, excellent communication skills, and thrives in a fast-paced, client-facing

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Cost Management, Quantity Surveying, Engineering, or a related construction field.
• Minimum 5-7 years of relevant experience in a cost management role within the construction industry.
• RICS accredited or working toward accreditation preferred.
• Experience leading cost management on medium to large construction projects of moderate to high complexity.

Responsibilities

• Advise clients on procurement strategies, manage vendor prequalification processes, assess proposals, bids, and bid leveling documents, make recommendations, lead bid interviews, and manage vendor appointments.
• Manage estimating services throughout the project lifecycle, including developing project estimates, reviewing estimates prepared by team members, presenting estimates, value engineering recommendations, and risk assessments to clients, meeting with vendors to review and validate costs, and utilizing benchmarking data from comparable projects.
• Manage cost reporting by establishing reporting schedules, reviewing and presenting cost reports and forecasts, reviewing project budgets and spend forecasts with clients, maintaining commercial risk registers, and leading periodic meetings with project teams and vendors.
• Manage cost control processes by reviewing payment application assessments, coordinating with project managers regarding contractor entitlements, evaluating change order requests, and supporting the resolution of payment, change, and contractual issues.
• Manage and monitor the invoicing process.
• Benchmark project performance against comparable commissions and industry standards.
• Manage all aspects of final account negotiations, post-contract audits, and project closeout activities.
• Conduct post-contract reviews, document lessons learned, and support the development of best practices.

Skills

Cost management

Quantity surveying

Client-facing

Budget control

Vendor procurement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management/Cost Management/Quantity Surveying/Engineering

Tools

Cost Estimating Software

Take-off Software

Bid analysis tools

Job description

Turner & Townsend is seeking a talented Cost Manager/Quantity Surveyor to join our San Francisco team and support cost management across a diverse portfolio of construction projects. You will work with clients, project teams, contractors and stakeholders to manage budgets, risks and cost controls through the project lifecycle.

The ideal candidate brings strong cost management and quantity surveying experience, excellent communication skills, and thrives in a fast-paced, client-facing