Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor - Commercial Real Estate
About The Position
Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. They partner with clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy, and natural resources to deliver transformative outcomes. Their services include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero, and digital solutions. Majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., Turner & Townsend collaborates with CBRE to offer premier programme, project, and cost management services globally. The company is seeking a driven Cost Manager/Quantity Surveyor to join their team, supporting construction cost services for clients and promoting the company's purposes and values.
Requirements
- 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.
- Experience supporting cost management on medium or large sized construction projects.
- Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management, and value engineering.
- Strong communication skills.
Nice To Haves
- RICS accredited or working towards it is valuable
- Construction consultancy experience is strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Advising client on strategies, managing prequalification of vendors, assessing proposals, bids, and bid levelling documents, making final recommendations to the client, attending & chairing 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.
Benefits
- Flexible working environment that respects work-life balance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
