Company Description
At Turner & Townsend we are passionate about making a difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realise their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.
For over 75 years we have helped clients deliver on their objectives, achieving significant growth and setting an ambitious 2025 vision. We need passionate people to deliver great outcomes and contribute to our future vision through an entrepreneurial culture that allows employees to influence the business and own their career.
Job Description
As an experienced Cost Engineering Professional you will establish the required processes, templates and tools, agree the baseline for cost and schedule, monitor performance, and incorporate changes in a controlled manner.
Responsibilities
* Identify trends and root causes of deviations against the baseline, recommend remedial actions to drive best value for the client.
* Lead evaluation of the project’s time, cost, and quality targets, applying governance controls to support successful delivery.
* Cooperate with remote cost managers to reach an agreed market‑tested cost baseline and ensure value for money.
* Guide and influence the general contractor, ensuring they progress in line with the schedule and within agreed cash‑flow parameters.
* Act as the key point of contact to the client, overcoming delivery and commercial issues while preparing formal and ad‑hoc reports focused on time, cost and quality targets.
* Control costs with knowledge of conceptual estimating, funding stage gates, basic contingency principles and procurement principles.
* Create or work within a cost report, summarising financials in an executive‑level dashboard.
* Understand change‑management principles, lead agreed change‑management process and workflow, and provide a platform for adding, tracking, monitoring and approving change.
* Coordinate and lead planning sessions and workshops with clients and vendors to compile the master project/programme schedule, agreeing baselines and a critical path.
* Understand procurement principles, collate vendor lead times and client information into the master schedule, and communicate the prioritisation of ordering materials and equipment to meet scheduled install dates.
* Work closely with the client to define vendor schedule requirements.
* Actively participate in project team risk evaluations, incorporating defined risks into Monte Carlo models to output quantitative impacts to overall project cost and schedule.
* Stay informed on status of project changes, incorporate and communicate these to the project team, and allow approvals in the change‑management process.
* Hold vendors accountable for required schedule updates and reporting to maintain timely and accurate updates of the master schedule, ensuring adherence to defined processes and quality expectations.
Qualifications
* Proven experience in project controls coordination throughout all project phases, including program, risk and reporting, with specialist life sciences or data‑centre sector experience.
* Demonstrated ability to determine corrective actions or recommendations based on facts and figures and to critically evaluate information from various sources.
* Advanced skills in MS Office and Primavera P6.
* Commitment to providing excellent service.
* Reliable, able to work autonomously and as part of a team.
* Strong time‑management skills, quick thinking and ability to meet project deadlines.
* Highly motivated and driven, with a passion for delivering to clients and the ability to work independently.
Additional Information
We provide a flexible, healthy work environment that respects work‑life balance.
Equal Employment Opportunity
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.
Compliance
SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.
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