Senior Cost Manager Csa

Company Description

Who is Turner & Townsend? All over the world people are using buildings, infrastructure, and assets we helped to deliver. It could be the hospital they work in, the railway they travel on every day, the fuel that powers their car or the data centre they depend on at work. For more than 75 years we’ve been helping to deliver transformational programmes across the real estate, infrastructure and natural resources sectors, making a difference to people’s lives and ensuring a return on investment for our clients and their investors. Our values: Love a challenge: We love a challenge and we work hard to make change happen and see things through. We don’t stand still, challenging ourselves and others to do better every day. And we are trusted to do the right thing, raising standards all the time. Stronger together: We’re stronger together by connecting people in diverse teams, so that we can all collaborate to deliver our best work. We focus on what matters and use our influence to build a better world for everyone. Bring out the best in everyone: We bring out the best in everyone. We help each other to make the most of our potential, always learning from our experience. We treat each other with care and respect and make time to give everyone a voice.

Job Description

• Responsible for total cost management of projects delivering positive outcomes for our clients, demonstrating leadership and coaching to Graduate CM, and innovation of service and knowledge.
• Carry out cost management and contract administration duties with reasonable supervision and guidance.
• Lead Cost Manager for new built project.
• Provide Cost Advice and Cost Planning including estimate, comparative design studies, life cycle costing, turnover/cash flow projections, cost control and cost report during pre-contract period.
• 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.
• To run the procurement process from all stages in pre-qualification such as quotation enquiry, analysis, selection and contract preparation.
• Provide Documentation including Tender Document, Tender Report, Pre-contract correspondence, LOA and contract documents.
• Monitor and verifying VO, Claims, Payment, Final Account and attending project meetings. Produce monthly cost reports.
• Knowledge management – Ensuring that key information and learning generated from each commission is input into the internal database.
• Process improvement – Identifying ways in which internal systems and processes can be improved and referring ideas to the appropriate line manager.
• Provide CM role pro-actively and professionally and interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages.

Qualifications

• Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor's Degree of Quantity Surveying or equivalent with minimum 8-10 years’ experience in related fields. Registered with Board of Surveyor, member of RISM and RICS. OR Bachelor's Degree of Quantity Surveying or equivalent with minimum 15 years’ experience in related fields.
• Excellent technical knowledge and experience across the full range of Cost Management duties including: Cost Estimates, Bills of Quantities, Value Engineering, Tendering and Evaluation, Contract Knowledge, Change Orders and Final Account close-out.
• Candidates with experience in High tech manufacturing / life sciences project industrial, data centers, infrastructure, retail fit out, mixed development, public sector, and corporate end user/ banking/ office experience are preferred.
• Experience from consultancy background, well versed in civil, structure, and architecture (CSA).
• Team player with excellent leadership and problem solving skills.
• English language skills are required and excellent communication skills with the ability to negotiate, influence and persuade others.

Additional 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 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 . #J-18808-Ljbffr