Senior Cost Manager - Commercial Fit-Out

At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.

Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 110 offices worldwide.

Turner & Townsend is currently recruiting for a Senior Cost Manager within our Real Estate team to support on a range of high profile commercial fit out and refurbishment projects. The position is to work within a team of 40 Cost Managers supporting a number of blue chip banking and tech clients.

The individual must be self-motivated and Client facing with the ability to manage multiple projects and clients. This will involve establishing early budgets, early estimating, and cost planning, managing a design team to the budget, tendering and procurement (single and two stage) and post contract reporting to the Client. The role will also include management of other Assistant Cost Managers and Cost Managers within the Occupier team.

A good knowledge of JCT is fundamental with the ability to work both collaboratively but robustly with any main contractor.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Commission Management, to include:

• Assisting on feasibility studies and writing procurement reports
• Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan
• Tendering (single and two stage) and procuring, including managing the pre-qualification stage
• Dealing effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes
• Taking personal responsibility for making cost checks and carrying out valuations on larger projects and in all cases ensuring that timely and accurate cost checking and valuation takes place
• Producing monthly post contract cost reports and presenting them to the client
• Inputting into value engineering
• Negotiating and agreeing final accounts
• Interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages
• Where appropriate, leading a cost management team, ensuring that they deliver on all of the above accountabilities

• A proven track record of delivering high quality cost management/quantity surveying services across the full project lifecycle
• Professionally qualified (RICS or similar)
• Degree or HNC level qualification
• Ability to successfully manage and prioritise more than one project at a time.
• Experience in delivering fit out projects for corporate clients
• Utilising digital software for delivery of cost management services

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We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote an inclusive, 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 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and people from all sectors of the community.

Turner & Townsend does not accept any speculative or unsolicited CV’s that have been sent to our internal recruitment team or hiring managers from agencies outside of our preferred supplier list. Any speculative or unsolicited CV’s will be treated as a direct application.

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