Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor - Commercial Real Estate

Turner & Townsend • San Francisco, CA

8h • $120,000 - $150,000

About The Position

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor to join its growing team and support cost management services for commercial real estate construction projects. The position manages project cost planning, procurement, commercial management, cost control, and financial reporting throughout the project lifecycle. The successful candidate will bring strong estimating and quantity surveying expertise, stakeholder management skills, and experience supporting complex commercial, corporate workplace, mixed-use, retail, hospitality, or office developments. The role also involves using and preparing bid analysis sheets, change control forms, cost estimating software, and take-off software. SOX control responsibilities may apply where relevant. On-site presence and requirements may change depending on client needs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering, or a field related to construction.
• At least 3–5 years of relevant experience 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, including procurement routes, value management, and value engineering.
• Strong communication skills.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

• Advise clients on procurement strategies; manage vendor prequalification; assess proposals, bids, and bid-levelling documents; make final recommendations; chair bid interviews; and manage vendor appointments.
• Manage project estimating, including developing estimates for construction, fees, direct work, and other costs; reviewing junior team members’ estimates; presenting estimates and value-engineering recommendations and risk assessments to clients; validating and challenging vendor costs; and using project benchmark data.
• Manage cost reporting by establishing reporting schedules, reviewing and presenting cost reports and forecasts, reviewing budgets and spend forecasts with clients, maintaining a commercial risk register, and hosting periodic meetings with project teams and vendors.
• Manage cost control, including reviewing payment application assessments prepared by junior team members, liaising with project managers on contractor entitlements, reviewing vendor change-order requests and making recommendations, and applying dispute prevention, management, and resolution procedures to payment requisitions, change orders, and contractual disputes.
• Manage and monitor the invoicing process.
• Benchmark performance against other successful commissions.
• Manage final accounting, post-contract audits, and account closeouts.
• Conduct post-contract client reviews, document lessons learned, and apply lessons to create a training manual.
• Develop procedures governing project handover.
• Use and prepare bid analysis sheets, change control forms, cost estimating software, and take-off software to perform the responsibilities above.
• Adhere to applicable SOX control responsibilities.

Benefits

• Employees may be eligible for bonuses and a comprehensive benefits package.
• Flexible working environment that promotes work-life balance.

What This Job Offers

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