Senior Cost Manager

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 118 offices worldwide.Job Description Turner & Townsend is currently recruiting for a Senior Cost Manager/Quantity Surveyor within our Real Estate team to support on a range of exciting projects in our Canberra office.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,tendering and procurementand post contract reporting .The role will also include management of other Assistant Cost Managers and Cost Managers within the team.KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan to the ClientManage project profitabilityExternalise within the local property market to raise company profileAssist with bid writing and negotiation of our contractsWork independently and take responsibility for deliverables.Being responsible for project deliverables and ensuring governance is followed.Producing monthly post contract cost reports and presenting them to the clientInterfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stagesManaging Assistant Cost Managers and Cost Managers within the Occupier team.Qualifications A proven track record of delivering high quality cost management/quantity surveying services across the full project lifecycleAbility to successfully manage and prioritise more than one project at a time.Utilising digital software for delivery of cost management servicesRecognised degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management or similar. Preferable RICS or AIQS accredited.Any construction experience within the Defence sector will be highly regardedAdditional Information 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 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.Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects: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 ofTurner & Townsend and arenot 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.#J-18808-Ljbffr