Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor - Construction Management

Overview

Turner & Townsend is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Cost Manager and / or Quantity Surveyor to join our Phoenix, Arizona area team, working on large-scale, high-impact projects, including Data Centers, Mission Critical, Commercial, and Manufacturing facilities for global clients.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in cost management or quantity surveying, with experience managing complex, fast-paced projects within the construction sector.

Responsibilities

• Advising client on strategies, managing prequalification of vendors, assessing proposals, bids, and bid level documents, making final recommendations to the client, attending & chairing bid interviews, and managing appointment process
• Manage estimating services for full project by developing project estimates (relating to construction, fees, direct work and other costs), reviewing estimations prepared by junior team members, presenting estimates to client, presenting value engineering recommendations and risk assessments to client, meeting with vendors to review, validate, and challenge costs, and reviewing estimates by utilizing benchmark data collected from other projects
• Manage cost reporting by establishing reporting schedule, reviewing & presenting cost reports and forecasts, reviewing project budget & spend forecast with the client, developing & maintaining commercial risk register, and hosting periodic meetings with project team & vendors
• Manage cost control process by reviewing payment application assessments prepared by junior team members, liaising with project managers to recommend contractor entitlements, reviewing requests for change orders from vendors and making recommendations to client, and using dispute prevention / management / resolution procedures to manage payment requisitions, change orders, and contractual disputes
• Manage & monitor invoicing process
• Benchmark performance against other successful commissions
• Manage all facets of the final accounting process and post-contract audits and account close outs
• Hold post-contract reviews with the client to establish a lesson learned document and apply lessons to create training manual
• Develop procedures governing handover of project
• Perform all the duties above through the use / preparation of Bid Analysis Sheets, Change Control Forms, Cost Estimating Software, and Take-off Software
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable

Qualifications

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change. We promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance. Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer and we celebrate an inclusive environment for all employees.

Turner & Townsend does not accept speculative or unsolicited CVs from agencies outside of our supplier list or that have not followed due process. Any speculative or unsolicited CVs will be treated as a direct application.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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