Senior Cost Manager - Real Estate

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 programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, 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 programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

We are passionate about making the difference, transforming performance for a green, inclusive and productive world.

As well as helping organisations deliver and integrate new assets as quickly and efficiently as possible, we help set the asset strategies that support their corporate objectives. We also work with our clients to create safe and comfortable environments which are inexpensive to maintain, sustainable and practical to conduct business from.

• We love a challenge
• We are stronger together
• We bring out the best in everyone

To support and progress our values, we:

• Developed a market leading suite of bespoke digital tools to deliver our market leading cost management services:
  The Hive
• Are a champion of a diverse workforce and culture
• Offer role development and advancement opportunities
• Set out our New Leaf strategy, commitment to social value and environmental issues
• Provide opportunities for professional development (working with industry leading professionals, RICS Chartership development support, NEC accreditation)
• Offer a level of independence with multidisciplinary collaboration and support where needed

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. We believe that everyone should pursue their passions and provide a real opportunity for this; whether you join one of our sports teams, social networks or bring a new interest to your colleagues.

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

Senior Cost Managers handle commissions of varying sizes, depending upon the complexity of the project. Typically, projects fall within the £10m to £50m range.

• Coaching junior staff, including allocating roles and responsibilities to ensure effective cost management on all projects
• Advising clients on feasibility studies
• Advising clients on their procurement options
• Managing the estimating and cost planning stages, including presenting the final cost plan to the client
• Tendering and procuring, including managing the pre-qualification stage, producing the tender list, producing the preliminaries, tender analysis, producing the tender report and compiling the contractual documents, utilising the relevant cost management tools and services;
  The Hive; eTender Platform
• Conducting the role of contract administrator, including dealing effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes, where applicable referring major changes to line manager
• Taking personal responsibility for peer reviewing cost allowances 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 via our Cost Control App and presenting them to the client
• Negotiating and agreeing final accounts
• Interfacing with the client, Project Manager, and other consultants, at all project stages
• Work collaboratively with Turner and…