Cost Manager- Pharma/ Industrial Construction Projects
Turner & Townsend are engaged to support our clients with many complex projects, responsible for all aspects of cost management and project delivery and we are seeking a Cost Manager to act as the day-to-day interface with our clients driving projects to achieve an excellent outcome.
This position is site based 5 days a week.
Key Elements:
- Provide estimate and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan.
- Act as the key point of contact to the client overcoming delivery and commercial issues whilst preparing formal and ad hoc reports focusing on time, cost and quality targets.
- Ability to estimate at conceptual, programming and detailed level.
- Manage pre and post-contract duties including preparation of cost estimates, procurement and tendering, contract administration, variation, final account, etc.
- Assist on feasibility studies and writing procurement reports.
- Perform all aspects of procurement, including managing the pre-qualification stage, produce bid list, bid analysis, produce bid report, and compile contractual documents.
- Participate effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes, where applicable refer major changes to line manager.
- Manage cost checks and carry out valuations on larger projects, and ensure timely and accurate cost checking, and valuation process.
- Produce monthly post contract cost reports and present to client.
- Maintain liaison with client and other consultants at all projects stages.
- Collaborate and develop good relationships with clients and stakeholders internally and externally
- Provide leadership to cost management team when necessary, ensure the delivery on all of accountabilities.
- Identify opportunities to develop new business with existing clients and report such opportunities to appropriate line manager, and utilize marketing database.
- Identify improvements for cost management procedures, templates, and products, and refer ideas to appropriate line manager.
- Lead the evaluation of the projects time, cost, and quality targets, applying governance controls as necessary to enable the successful delivery of the project.
- A proven track record of delivering high quality cost management / quantity surveying services across the full construction project lifecycle.
- Experience in MEP construction, industrial or pharma sector,
- A degree in Quantity Surveying or relevant degree
- +5 years of experience of leading cost management on medium or large sized construction projects of medium to high complexity.
- Experience with advising clients on value management, value engineering, and life cycle costing.
- Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management and value engineering.
- Demonstrates excellent presentation, verbal, written, and communication skills in Spanish and English.
- Great organizational skills; ability to multi-task and be a team player..
Our people share our Purpose and Values. Turner & Townsend provides a great place to work, where everyone can make change happen and influence a better world.
We champion our people to succeed in both 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. We actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
If this sounds like a challenge you’d like to hear more about, please submit an application for our recruitment team to review.
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