Associate Director Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor

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 130 countries worldwide.

Our team is dynamic, innovative and client-focused. Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity and the quality we deliver. As a result our people get to work on some of the most exciting projects in the world.

Turner & Townsend’s vision is to expand our global footprint. The US is currently our biggest growth market, however we have opportunities across the globe. So wherever you are, if you are the right candidate, we want to hear from you.

Who are you?

You are a Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor with management experience and a minimum of 10 years post-graduate experience working on Data Centre, Commercial or relatable large-scale construction projects.

Key Elements:

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  Strong leadership skills; experience leading a Cost Management team, ensuring they deliver on all accountabilities.
• Taking a lead role in interfacing with the client, stakeholders and other consultants, at all project stages.
• Identifying opportunities to improve cost management procedures, templates and products.
• Knowledge management – Ensuring that key information and learning generated from each commission is inputted into internal databases and shared.
• Process improvement – Identifying and acting upon ways to improve internal systems and processes.
• Taking responsibility for developing new business opportunities with existing and new Turner & Townsend clients.
• Identifying and acting upon cross-selling opportunities.
• Lead proposals for new work or variations for existing projects.
• Attending relevant networking events and other promotional opportunities.
• Staff management – Inputting into the formal management of staff and recruitment interviews.
• Undertake Staff Performance reviews.
• Financial management – Utilizing the tools provided keep track of the ongoing margin levels and monthly fee/resource forecasts for each commission
• Review and participate with the design services team and general contractor, in the development of the cost estimates.
• Reconcile changes that occur over the planning phase and assist the general contractor to ensure that their data is accurate.
• Quality Control – Ensuring compliance with quality standards and participation in ISO audits.
• Communicate or meet with general contractor and owner project manager to gather status information to prepare a cost estimate update.
• 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.
• Provide estimate and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan.
• 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 the change control processes.
• Manage Cost impact / contingency management and commitment tracking logs.
• Prepare funding data presentations and coordinate VE sessions with stakeholders.

Job Objectives:

• Commissions are managed to the right quality standards and are completed efficiently and on time.
• Service delivery on commissions is in line with the conditions of appointment.
• Strong relationships are developed with clients and cross-functional team members.
• Manage a team of Cost Managers across multiple campuses
• Line management responsibilities are effectively discharged.
• Business development opportunities with existing and new clients, including cross- selling opportunities, are identified and acted upon.
• Margin levels and monthly fee/resource forecasts are kept track of on all commissions.
• Key information and data is effectively cascaded and appropriately retained.

Skills:

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  Demonstrates excellent presentation, verbal, written, and communication skills.
• Solid technical experience in all cost management areas; planning, estimating, pre- contract post contract and final account.
• Ability to estimate at conceptual, programming and detailed level.
• Understands cost (material prices, labor, productivities) as well as commit profiles, cashflow, LLE dates, and overall project cost.
• Experience preparing Cost Management estimates and reports.
• Experience with advising clients on value management, value engineering, and life cycle costing.
• Experience with key aspects of business development.
• Good organization skills, ability to multi-task, and be a team player.
• Proficient with collaborative, cloud-based software including Costx or other related computer software.

Education/Experience:

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  College or post-graduate degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Quantity Surveyor or a related field with a technical Focus or related technical field.
• A minimum of 8 years relevant experience in the construction industry.
• A minimum of 8 years relevant experience Estimating or managing costs on large- scale, mission critical construction projects in Data Centres, Commercial Real Estate, High Tech, Manufacturing, Life Sciences or Healthcare sectors.
• Data Centre construction experience is required.
• US construction industry experience is preferred.
• MEP experience is strongly preferred

Turner & Townsend is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Equal Employment Opportunity Posters If you’d like to view a copy of the company’s affirmative action plan, please email recruitmentUSA@turntown.com. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact the Human Resources Department at 713-457-9400 or recruitmentUSA@turntown.com. This telephone line and email address is reserved solely for job seekers with disabilities requesting accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process. Please do not call about the status of your job application if you do not require accessibility assistance or an accommodation. Messages left for other purposes, such as following up on an application or non-disability related technical issues, will not receive a response.

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 or that have not followed due process. Any speculative or unsolicited CV’s will be treated as a direct application.

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