Job Description Senior Cost Manager / Senior Quantity Surveyor Location: Midlands with travel opportunities Join the Future of Infrastructure with Turner & Townsend. Are you ready to elevate your career by working on high-impact infrastructure projects that shape the world around us? At Turner & Townsend, we’re seeking ambitious Senior Quantity Surveyors / Senior Cost Managers to join our thriving Midlands team. This is your opportunity to play a key role in delivering some of the UK’s most significant and forward-thinking infrastructure programmes across airports, utilities, transport, and more. Why Join Us? Be Part of Something Big - Work on UK wide, high-profile projects that challenge the norm and redefine what’s possible in infrastructure. Be Recognised- Your contributions won’t go unnoticed, and we celebrate input, initiative, and achievement. Variety & Flexibility - Whether embedded with clients or supporting multiple programmes, no two days are the same. Career Development - Access world-class training and mentoring to support your journey toward chartership and beyond. Innovate & Lead - Use cutting-edge cost management tools and shape best practices across the sector. Accelerate Your Progression - Join a high-performing team where you can stretch yourself, unlock your potential, and truly thrive. What You’ll Be Doing: Manage commercial contracts, procurement, and negotiations in an NEC environment. Lead post-contract commercial activities, including payment approvals, cost assessments, and contract changes. Support contractors in keeping everything transparent and data-driven. Identify cost-saving strategies and optimize contract performance. Support key decision-making with data-driven cost management insights. The individual will be an integral part of a team that is accountable for the commercial and contractual performance of a project To support business objectives of delivering value for money in all circumstances To carry out assigned duties efficiently and in accordance with processes and procedures Comply with established commercial/procurement/ contractual strategies Take personal responsibility for complying with Environmental, Health, Safety, Security and Quality Standards Individually or as part of a team operate processes for the selection, appointment and management of construction and engineering contractors Procurement including: providing advice on procurement strategy, assembling and seeking agreement to long and short tender lists. Preparing and issuing tender documents. Running a competitive tender process including managing queries from tendering contractors. Managing and contributing to documented tender evaluations. Scrutinising and verifying applications for interim payments Preparing certificates Managing change control in accordance with contracts Producing cost reports and cost forecasting Assisting Project Managers in preparing Early Warnings, Instructions and Compensation Events Attending progress meetings Promote commercial awareness throughout project Support formal dispute resolution process and contract close out strategy as required