Associate Director

Turner & Townsend•San Francisco, CA

19h

About The Position

Lead the Cost Management team on specific client commissions, making sure that the team delivers on all accountabilities. Interface with clients, stakeholders, and consultants across all project stages to ensure alignment on scope, budget, and deliverables. Identify opportunities to enhance cost management practices by developing templates and workflows tailored for wider team. Staff management – Oversee recruitment, performance evaluations, and resource allocation. Train and mentor team members in estimating, bid analysis, cost forecasting, benchmarking, and data analytics Financial management – Utilize the tools provided keep track of the ongoing margin levels and monthly fee/resource forecasts for each commission. Develop internal cost estimating tools for estimation for real estate projects including ground-up and fit-out of new and existing projects. Develop cost estimation and tracking tools for portfolio wide construction programs. Manage cost checks and carry out valuations on larger projects. Complete timely, accurate cost checking and valuation processes. Understand and analyze construction cost drivers, including labor, materials, and schedules, leveraging historical benchmarks and data analytics tools. Prepare detailed cost estimates, studies and reports using On-Screen Takeoff, or bluebeam, and Excel. Advise clients on value management, value engineering, and life cycle costing. RELATED OCCUPATION: Senior Consultant or any other job title performing the following job duties: Tracking and maintaining development budgets using software including excel or Procore Considering construction costs during the planning and risk-analysis stages to assess financial viability and risk mitigation. Liaising with contractors and designers to determine cost impacts by conducting value engineering analyses Tracking and reporting on cost savings using Excel-based tracking. Reconciling actual costs with contract pricing through change order analysis and pay order reviews Preparing cost estimates for procurement of materials, equipment, and labor Assessing costs based on present market conditions and project location by utilizing real-time cost databases (RSMeans or similar Construction Cost Index) and conducting regional market analysis. Examining the general and special conditions of contracts and determining cost impacts on indirect costs Reviewing very detailed drawings and specifications to ascertain an accurate perspective of the total project scope, level of design discipline, coordination, adequacy of details, project constructability and costs; Communicating critical information to other team members in a timely manner to facilitate decision making by superiors. Developing cost estimates during Preconstruction stages, including measurement of quantities using take off software (including Bluebeam, CostX or Onscreen takeoff) evaluation of unit rates, and coordination with design and project teams. Performing benchmarking analysis using existing project data or identifying competitive market pricing options through data analytics tools (excel based or SQL based) and industry cost reports

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Architecture
6 years of experience in job offered or 6 years of experience in the Related Occupation
Experience with On-Screen Takeoff, Bluebeam, Excel
Experience with Procore
Experience with RSMeans or similar Construction Cost Index
Experience with CostX or Onscreen takeoff software
Experience with SQL based data analytics tools

Nice To Haves

Experience in estimating, bid analysis, cost forecasting, benchmarking, and data analytics
Experience in developing internal cost estimating tools for real estate projects
Experience in developing cost estimation and tracking tools for portfolio wide construction programs
Experience in managing cost checks and carrying out valuations on larger projects
Experience in advising clients on value management, value engineering, and life cycle costing
Experience in considering construction costs during the planning and risk-analysis stages
Experience in conducting value engineering analyses
Experience in reconciling actual costs with contract pricing through change order analysis and pay order reviews
Experience in assessing costs based on present market conditions and project location
Experience in examining the general and special conditions of contracts
Experience in reviewing detailed drawings and specifications
Experience in developing cost estimates during Preconstruction stages
Experience in performing benchmarking analysis

Responsibilities

Lead the Cost Management team on specific client commissions, making sure that the team delivers on all accountabilities.
Interface with clients, stakeholders, and consultants across all project stages to ensure alignment on scope, budget, and deliverables.
Identify opportunities to enhance cost management practices by developing templates and workflows tailored for wider team.
Oversee recruitment, performance evaluations, and resource allocation.
Train and mentor team members in estimating, bid analysis, cost forecasting, benchmarking, and data analytics.
Utilize the tools provided keep track of the ongoing margin levels and monthly fee/resource forecasts for each commission.
Develop internal cost estimating tools for estimation for real estate projects including ground-up and fit-out of new and existing projects.
Develop cost estimation and tracking tools for portfolio wide construction programs.
Manage cost checks and carry out valuations on larger projects.
Complete timely, accurate cost checking and valuation processes.
Understand and analyze construction cost drivers, including labor, materials, and schedules, leveraging historical benchmarks and data analytics tools.
Prepare detailed cost estimates, studies and reports using On-Screen Takeoff, or bluebeam, and Excel.
Advise clients on value management, value engineering, and life cycle costing.
Track and maintain development budgets using software including excel or Procore.
Consider construction costs during the planning and risk-analysis stages to assess financial viability and risk mitigation.
Liaise with contractors and designers to determine cost impacts by conducting value engineering analyses.
Track and report on cost savings using Excel-based tracking.
Reconcile actual costs with contract pricing through change order analysis and pay order reviews.
Prepare cost estimates for procurement of materials, equipment, and labor.
Assess costs based on present market conditions and project location by utilizing real-time cost databases (RSMeans or similar Construction Cost Index) and conducting regional market analysis.
Examine the general and special conditions of contracts and determine cost impacts on indirect costs.
Review very detailed drawings and specifications to ascertain an accurate perspective of the total project scope, level of design discipline, coordination, adequacy of details, project constructability and costs.
Communicate critical information to other team members in a timely manner to facilitate decision making by superiors.
Develop cost estimates during Preconstruction stages, including measurement of quantities using take off software (including Bluebeam, CostX or Onscreen takeoff) evaluation of unit rates, and coordination with design and project teams.
Perform benchmarking analysis using existing project data or identifying competitive market pricing options through data analytics tools (excel based or SQL based) and industry cost reports.