Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor - Construction Management

Turner & Townsend • Phoenix, AZ

9h • Onsite

About The Position

Turner & Townsend is looking for a Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor to join our Phoenix, Arizona team and support construction cost services across a diverse portfolio of projects for key clients. This role will focus on supporting a range of construction projects within a dynamic and rapidly expanding market. The ideal candidate will be driven and promote our Turner & Townsend purpose and values.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum 3–5 years of experience in a cost management or quantity surveying role within the construction industry.
• Experience supporting cost management on medium to large-scale construction projects.
• Good understanding of construction industry technical matters, including procurement routes, value management, and value engineering.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Nice To Haves

• RICS accreditation or working toward certification is valuable.
• Construction consultancy experience is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Advise clients on strategies, manage prequalification of vendors, assess proposals, bids, and bid levelling documents, make final recommendations to the client, attend and chair bid interviews, and manage the appointment process.
• Manage estimating services for full project lifecycles by developing project estimates (relating to construction, fees, direct work, and other costs), reviewing estimates prepared by junior team members, presenting estimates to clients, providing value engineering recommendations and risk assessments, meeting with vendors to validate and challenge costs, and utilizing benchmark data from similar projects.
• Manage cost reporting by establishing reporting schedules, reviewing and presenting cost reports and forecasts, reviewing project budgets and spend forecasts with the client, developing and maintaining commercial risk registers, and hosting periodic meetings with project teams and vendors.
• Manage cost control processes by reviewing payment applications, liaising with project managers to recommend contractor entitlements, reviewing change orders, and making recommendations to the client while applying dispute prevention and resolution procedures.
• Manage and monitor the invoicing process.
• Benchmark performance against other successful commissions and comparable projects.
• Manage all facets of the final accounting process, including post-contract audits and account closeouts.
• Hold post-contract reviews with the client to capture lessons learned and support continuous improvement.
• Develop procedures governing project handover across varying project types.
• Perform all duties through the use and 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.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level