Senior Cost Engineer; Cost Manager - Infrastructure

Company Description

At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.

Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 130 countries worldwide.

Our team is dynamic, innovative, and client‑focused, supported by an inclusive and fun company culture. Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity and the quality we deliver. As a result, our people get to enjoy working on some of the most exciting projects in the world

• Manage the daily activities of the cost control discipline, implement technical standards and procedures, and oversee the work of project cost engineers.
• Set up, implement, and maintain cost control structure, cost coding, and cost control system, implement processes, procedures, standards, and template maintain a consistent approach for reporting across the portfolio of projects.
• Perform and ensure an effective cost control and reporting function for ongoing projects by working with the project managers and the site cost control team to review cost reports for accuracy and timeliness.
• Convert cost estimates into Control Budgets, assign control accounts, by working and coordinating with estimating, commercial, contract, procurement, and construction departments.
• Communicate with contractors regarding project scope, cost, risks, valuations of work in progress reviews etc.
• Compile and analyse data on all factors that influence costs, such as material, labor, equipment, and subcontracts.
• Provide periodical cash flow forecasts and monthly updates for projects incorporating progress updates, cost under or overrun and approved scope changes.
• Prepare monthly cost reports to control and monitor projects total expenditure and ensure that expenditures are kept within the project budget.
• Review 2nd party cost reports, analyse deviations, review project reforecasts, and advise on corrective actions.
• Communicate independently with senior management to review, audit and validate cost-to-complete forecasts using projects cost report.
• Manage cost control team, provide direction, guidance, training, and support in performing daily functions.
• Attend in‑house cost control review meetings with the project manager/commercial manager and present/answer questions related to project cost.
• Attend either project progress as well as cost status review meetings with the Client and present/answer question related to project cost or keeps themselves fully informed through the minutes of meeting.
• Review, validate and consolidate project monthly dashboards and reports, and raise any issues and concerns
• Issue project dashboards and reports to concerned internal and external stakeholders

• Provides direction over the junior cost engineers, support projects integrated teams, oversight and indirect supervision of staff in a matrix environment; delivers timely feedback to ensure a cohesive operational unit and the optimum use of team skills; monitors work assignments for adherence to timelines and compliance with policies and processes; develops and implements action plans to address performance gaps
• Working knowledge of current methodologies & tools related to managing projects ;
• Able to lead negotiations with third parties as the Cost specialist;
• Able to respond to client / stakeholder requests effectively & sensitively;
• Excellent attention to detail & able to validate & check data and reports, recording & reports produced, providing basic commentary & analysis
• Manage the Cost baselines and ensure cost control mechanisms are in place to monitor performance.
• Support on the updates on cost impacts through change management.
• Reporting to stakeholders, internal and external.
• Working closely with the client, sub consultants and main contractors.
• Reviewing overall project cost status with the project management team and recommend corrective action where necessary.
• Ensure risks & opportunities are identified and support the Risk Reviews.
• Demons…