Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor- Life Sciences Construction

Turner & Townsend•Columbus, OH

47d•$120,000 - $130,000•Onsite

About The Position

Turner & Townsend is looking for a Cost Manager/Quantity Surveyor to join their growing Life Sciences team in Columbus, Ohio. This role will support the delivery of capital projects within pharmaceutical, biotechnology, laboratory, advanced manufacturing, and other highly regulated environments. The successful candidate will provide comprehensive cost management and quantity surveying services throughout the project lifecycle, helping clients maintain cost certainty while driving value and informed decision-making. You will work closely with project stakeholders, consultants, contractors, and client teams to manage estimating, procurement, cost control, reporting, and commercial risk management activities. To be successful in this role, you will possess strong analytical and communication skills, be comfortable in a client-facing environment, and demonstrate the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced setting. The ideal candidate will be proactive, collaborative, and committed to delivering high-quality service while embodying Turner & Townsend's purpose, values, and vision.

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.