Company Description
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.
Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com
Job Description
Turner & Townsend are looking for a Cost Manager to join our Health, Science & Education team to work on a high-profile project within our London Real Estate business. Our team is dynamic, innovative and client-focused, supported by an inclusive and fun company culture. Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity and the quality we deliver. As a result, our people get to enjoy working on some of the most exciting projects in the world.
Main Purpose of Role
* To perform the role of the Cost Manager, taking responsibility for end-to-end service delivery or acting as a key element of a wider project team on larger or more complex projects
* To ensure that client objectives are met through the delivery of an effective cost management service from pre-contract to handover.
Key Experience Requirements
* Knowledge of and experience in the healthcare and/or education sectors
* Ability to lead clients through different stages of projects from feasibility through to completion
* Experience of working on projects delivered via Two-Stage tendering
* Experience of working with JCT and NEC contracts
* Demonstrable experience of interfacing with key stakeholders and being client-facing in the role of Cost Manager
* The candidate will be required to demonstrate knowledge of the risks, challenges and opportunities facing public-sector healthcare bodies
* Experience of producing monthly post-contract cost reports and presenting them to the client
* Experience of managing the procurement process, ensuring that all stages including pre-qualification, enquiry, analysis, selection and contract preparation are performed effectively
* Ability to effectively negotiate and agree final accounts
* Knowledge of contract administration, value engineering and lifecycle costing
* Experience of using CostX or similar measurement software
Qualifications
* Ideally Degree qualified in construction, cost management or Quantity surveying
* MRICS Qualification preferred and/or relevant experience
* Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management and value engineering
* Experience of working in Education sector projects would be advantageous
SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.
Equal Opportunity Employer
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.
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