Construction Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor At Turner & Townsend

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Job Detail

  • Job ID 1148
  • Experience 5 Years
  • Gender Both
  • Industry Construction
  • Qualifications Degree Bachelor / HND

Job Description

Candidate will perform the following duties and not limited:

  • Estimating and negotiating change orders throughout the construction lifecycle.
  • Provide estimate and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan.
  • Review and participate with the design services team and general contractor, in the development of the cost estimates.
  • Reconcile changes and assist the general contractor to ensure that their data is accurate.
  • Communicate or meet with general contractor and owner project manager to gather status information to prepare a cost estimate update.
  • Prepare written comments to the general contractor’s submissions, including the executive summary.
  • Coordinate all sources of cost information for cost discussions and suppliers direct from  subs and contractors
  • Inform and drive engineering priorities based on cost impact.
  • Work proactively with minimal supervision to resolve scheduling issues.
  • Manage cost checks and carry out valuations on larger projects. Complete timely, accurate cost checking and valuation processes.
  • Participate effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes.
  • Manage Cost impact / contingency management and commitment tracking logs.
  • Prepare funding data presentations and coordinate VE sessions with stakeholders.
  • You will also be Responsible For
    Pre-Contract:

    • Developing cost plans and estimates through the design phase, delivering updated cost plans at appropriate design milestones.
    • Providing commercial input to design optioneering and input into value engineering exercises.
    • Reviewing contractor and subcontractor pricing and leading negotiations on behalf of the client to drive fair contract prices.

    Post-Contract:

    • Performing quantity surveying, cost controls and change management activities throughout the project lifecycle.
      • Ensuring that post-contract cost variances and change control processes are managed effectively.
      • Ensuring that cost auditing and valuation work is managed effectively and that a robust process for cost validation is in place.
      • Carrying out the production of monthly cost reports for presentation to the client.
      • Ensuring that final accounts are negotiated and agreed in a timely manner.
      • Compiling as built cost estimate records for benchmarking purposes.

      Qualifications
      Candidate will be expected to have the following;

      • A minimum of 5 – 10 years post-graduate experience working in a construction cost management related role.
        • College and/or Post-graduate Degree in Construction Management, Cost Management, Quantity Surveying, Engineering or field related to construction.
        • RICS accredited or working towards.
        • Experience of leading cost management on medium or large sized construction projects of medium to high complexity.
        • Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management and value engineering.

        Who are You?

        • You are a Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor with a minimum of 5 – 10 years post-graduate experience working on large-scale, mission critical construction projects.
        • Have experience within the Real Estate, Retail, Commercial, Oil & Gas, Energy and Minning.

Required skills

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