Senior Cost Manager - Energy

Turner & Townsend • Houston, TX

7d • Onsite

About The Position

Turner & Townsend is looking for an experienced Senior Cost Engineer to act as the key day-to-day client interface, ensuring that client objectives are met through the delivery of value-added cost management services. This role will support large-scale capital construction and development programs managed from the Houston area and requires a strong background in cost engineering, estimating, change management, and project controls throughout the project lifecycle. To be successful in this role you must have great communication skills and be comfortable operating in a client-facing role. The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, driven, and able to work independently as well as part of a team. In this significant position, you will be responsible for providing leadership and direction, embedding, and promoting the purpose, values, and vision of Turner & Townsend.

Requirements

• Minimum 5-7 years of relevant experience working in a cost management, cost engineering, estimating, or project controls role supporting major capital construction projects.
• Experience leading cost management on medium or large-sized construction projects of medium to high complexity.
• Experience supporting large-scale industrial, manufacturing, commercial, energy, transportation, or infrastructure construction programs.
• Construction consultancy experience is strongly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of estimating, cost forecasting, change management, earned value management, and project controls principles.
• Experience preparing and reviewing cost reports, budgets, forecasts, contingencies, and project cash flows.
• Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management, and value engineering.
• Extensive experience working in SAP.
• Knowledge and experience utilizing Ecosys.
• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering, or a field related to construction.
• Excellent communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• RICS accredited or working towards it is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Negotiating change orders throughout the construction lifecycle.
• Provide cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan.
• Reconcile changes and assist the general contractor to ensure that their data is accurate.
• Communicate or meet with the general contractor and owner or project manager to gather status information to prepare cost report updates and latest estimate updates.
• Prepare written comments to the general contractor’s submissions, including the executive summary.
• Coordinate all sources of cost information for cost discussions and suppliers direct from NPA, subs, quantities from A/Es.
• Inform and drive engineering priorities based on cost impact.
• Work proactively with minimal supervision to resolve scheduling issues.
• Manage cost checks and carry out valuations on larger projects. Complete timely, accurate cost checking and valuation processes.
• Participate effectively with post-contract cost variances and change control processes.
• Manage cost impact, contingency management, and commitment tracking logs.
• Prepare funding data presentations and coordinate value engineering sessions with stakeholders.
• Develop cost plans and estimates through the design phase, delivering updated cost plans at appropriate design milestones.
• Provide commercial input to design optioneering and value engineering exercises.
• Review contractor and subcontractor pricing and lead negotiations on behalf of the client to drive fair contract prices.
• Perform quantity surveying, cost controls, and change management activities throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ensure that post-contract cost variances and change control processes are managed effectively.
• Ensure that cost auditing and valuation work is managed effectively and that a robust process for cost validation is in place.
• Carry out the production of monthly cost reports for presentation to the client.
• Ensure that final accounts are negotiated and agreed upon in a timely manner.
• Compile built cost estimate records for benchmarking purposes.
• Identify, coach and mentor talent to realize their potential and celebrate the success of others.
• Display excellence in leadership and service delivery on commissions in line with the conditions of appointment.
• Financial Management - Utilize internal software to track ongoing margin levels and monthly fee/resource forecasts for each commission and financial reports.
• Implement and maintain the use of internal Business Management Systems and company delivery methodologies and tools to ensure consistent delivery of best practice for clients and the company.
• Be a role model that drives a one business culture that achieves great outcomes by striking the right balance for our people, clients, stakeholders, and society.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Benefits

• A great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.
• Support to succeed both in work and life.
• A healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

What This Job Offers

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