Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor - Construction Management
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Responsibilities
- Advise clients on procurement strategies, manage vendor prequalification processes, assess proposals, bids, and bid leveling documents, make recommendations, lead bid interviews, and manage vendor appointments.
- Manage estimating services throughout the project lifecycle, including developing project estimates, reviewing estimates prepared by team members, presenting estimates, value engineering recommendations, and risk assessments to clients, meeting with vendors to review and validate costs, and utilizing benchmarking data from comparable projects.
- Manage cost reporting by establishing reporting schedules, reviewing and presenting cost reports and forecasts, reviewing project budgets and spend forecasts with clients, maintaining commercial risk registers, and leading periodic meetings with project teams and vendors.
- Manage cost control processes by reviewing payment application assessments, coordinating with project managers regarding contractor entitlements, evaluating change order requests, and supporting the resolution of payment, change, and contractual issues.
- Manage and monitor the invoicing process.
- Benchmark project performance against comparable commissions and industry standards.
- Manage all aspects of final account negotiations, post-contract audits, and project closeout activities.
- Conduct post-contract reviews, document lessons learned, and support the development of best practices.
- Develop project handover procedures and support successful project transitions.
- Perform the above duties utilizing Bid Analysis Sheets, Change Control Forms, Cost Estimating Software, and Take-off Software.
- SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role and are to be adhered to where applicable.
- On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs.
- The base salary range for this role is $120,000-$135,000 USD. This range reflects the company's good faith estimate of the base salary for this position at the time of the posting. Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity. In addition to base salary, employees may be eligible for bonuses and a comprehensive benefits package.
- Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.
- 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.
- Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/ and www.heery.com/
- All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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- It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.
- Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.
- Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.
- Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.
- Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.
- We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Cost Management, Quantity Surveying, Engineering, or a related construction field.
- Minimum 5-7 years of relevant experience in a cost management role within the construction industry.
- RICS accredited or working toward accreditation preferred.
- Experience leading cost management on medium to large construction projects of moderate to high complexity.
- Construction consultancy experience is strongly preferred.
- Strong understanding of construction industry technical matters, including procurement routes, value management, and value engineering.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to thrive in a client-facing environment while managing multiple priorities and project stakeholders.
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