Turner & Townsend - Cost Manager/Assistant Cost Manager - Civil Domain

Job 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 peoples lives.

Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the worlds most impactful projects and programs as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success. Our capabilities include program, 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 worlds 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 program, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Job Description:

Main Purpose of Role:

- To perform the role of the Commission Manager, taking responsibility for end-to-end service delivery and To ensure that client objectives are met through the delivery of an effective cost management service.

- Cost Managers handle commissions of varying sizes, depending upon the complexity of the project.

Key Accountabilities:

Commission Management, to include:

- Possesses in-depth knowledge of pre-contract and post-contract cost management.

- Experienced in estimating, rate analysis, and cost planning, with the ability to develop and present final cost plans to clients.

- Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan.

- Tendering and procuring, including managing the pre-qualification stage, producing the tender list, putting the preliminaries together, tender analysis, producing the tender report and compiling the contractual documents.

- Dealing effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes, where applicable referring major changes to line manager.

- Taking personal 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.

- Producing monthly post contract cost reports and presenting them to the client.

- Inputting into value engineering.

- Negotiating and agreeing final accounts.

- Interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages.

- Where appropriate, leading a cost management team, ensuring that they deliver on all of the above accountabilities.

Marketing and business development, to include:

- Identifying opportunities to develop new business with existing clients and reporting such opportunities to the appropriate line manager and by making effective use of the marketing database.

- Assisting in the production of bid documentation.

- Identifying ways in which cost management procedures, templates and products can be improved and referring ideas to the appropriate line manager.

- Understanding the Turner & Townsend 2+2=5 philosophy and identifying cross-divisional opportunities.

Internal management accountabilities, to include:

- Knowledge management - Ensuring that key information and learning generated from each commission is input into the Turner & Townsend internal database.

- Financial management Utilising FMS in order to keep track of the ongoing margin levels.

- Process improvement Identifying ways in which internal systems and processes can be improved and referring ideas to the appropriate line manager.

Reporting:

Depending upon the context, a Cost Manager is likely to report to a Senior Cost Manager, Area Manager or Associate Director.

Key Performance Indicators:

A Cost Manager will in part be assessed by the extent to which:

- Commissions are managed to the right quality standards and are completed efficiently and on time.

- Service delivery on commissions is in line with the conditions of appointment.

- Good relationships are developed with clients and members of the cross-functional team.

- They work as an effective member of the cost management team, including where appropriate, taking effective responsibility for Assistant Cost Managers.

- Opportunities are identified to develop new business with existing clients.

- Margin levels are kept track of on all commissions.

- Key information and data is effectively cascaded and appropriately retained.

Environment Policy:

Should adhere to the companys global environmental policy.

Qualifications:

- Degree in Civil Engineering / Construction / QS.

- 9-13 years civil cost management experience.

- Strong in estimating, rate analysis, cost planning.

- Experience in tendering, procurement, bid evaluation.

- Skilled in postcontract cost control & change management.

- Ability to prepare detailed cost plans across all design stages.

- Proficient in BOQ preparation (POMI, NRM, IS).

- Strong client-facing & communication skills.

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