Senior Cost Manager - Commercial Developer
Turner & Townsend is a leading management consultancy provider in the Commercial Developer sector. Leveraging our skills, processes, and knowledge, we offer industry-leading services to our clients. Our extensive experience and databank enable us to deliver proactive, value-added solutions across all facets of the sector, including projects involving hotels, residential schemes, and commercial offices.
Our projects range from complex small-scale initiatives to large new builds, each presenting unique challenges and requiring sector expertise. This diversity provides individuals with opportunities to develop their knowledge, experience, and skills.
Role Responsibilities
- Assist with feasibility studies and procurement reports
- Estimate and plan costs, present the final cost plan
- Manage tendering, pre-qualification, tender list, preliminaries, analysis, and reports
- Handle post-contract cost variances and change control
- Conduct cost checks and valuations, ensuring accuracy
- Produce and present monthly post-contract cost reports
- Input into value engineering
- Negotiate and agree on final accounts
- Interface with clients and consultants at all project stages
- Lead cost management team, ensuring accountability
- Identify new business opportunities with existing clients
- Assist in producing bid documentation
- Improve cost management procedures, templates, and products
- Ensure key information and learnings are input into the internal database
- Track financial management using FMS
- Identify and refer ideas for process improvement
- Assess commission management quality and efficiency
Qualifications
- Degree qualified in Quantity Surveying
- MRICS qualified
- UK Cost Management experience within the Real Estate/Property sector
- Experience working on larger projects
- Experience working on new build and fit-out projects
- Excellent communication skills and client facing.