Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor - Construction Management

Turner & Townsend • Phoenix, AZ • 2h ago

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 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 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 program, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Job Description

Turner & Townsend are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Cost Manager and/or Quantity Surveyor to join our Phoenix, Arizona area team, working on large-scale, high-impact projects, including Data Centers, Mission Critical, Commercial, and Manufacturing facilities for global clients.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in cost management or quantity surveying, with experience managing complex, fast-paced projects within the construction sector.

Responsibilities:

Advising client on strategies, managing prequalification of vendors, assessing proposals, bids, and bid?levelling?documents, making final recommendations to?the client, attending & chairing bid interviews, and managing appointment process

Manage estimating services for full project by developing project estimates (relating to construction, fees, direct work and other costs), reviewing estimations prepared by junior team members, presenting estimates to client, presenting value engineering recommendations and risk assessments to client, meeting with vendors to review, validate, and challenge costs, and reviewing estimates by utilizing benchmark data collected from other projects

Manage cost reporting by establishing reporting schedule, reviewing & presenting cost reports and forecasts, reviewing project budget & spend forecast with?the client, developing & maintaining commercial risk register, and hosting periodic meetings with project team & vendors

Manage cost control process by reviewing payment application assessments prepared by junior team members, liaising with project managers to recommend contractor entitlements, reviewing requests for change orders from vendors & making recommendations to?client, and using dispute prevention/management/resolution procedures to manage payment requisitions, change orders, and contractual disputes

Manage & monitor invoicing process

Benchmark performance against other successful commissions.

Manage all facets of the final accounting process and post contract audits and account close outs.

Hold post-contract reviews with the client to establish a lesson learned document and apply lessons to create training manual

Develop procedures governing handover of?project

Perform all the duties above through the use/preparation of Bid Analysis Sheets, Change Control Forms, Cost Estimating Software, and Take-off Software

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or field related to construction.

Minimum 3-5 years of relevant experience working in a cost management role in the construction industry.

RICS accredited or working towards it is valuable

Experience supporting cost management on medium or large sized construction projects.

Construction consultancy experience is strongly preferred.

Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management and value engineering.

Strong communication skills

Additional Information

*On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs.

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 www.turnerandtownsend.com/ and https://www.heery.com/

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.

Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.

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