Cost Manager​/Quantity Surveyor- Energy & Natural Resources

Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services firm with a growing national team of over 600 Controls & Performance professionals. Our award‑winning Controls & Performance team focuses on driving innovation, enhancing our client’s integrated controls capability, improving performance, and delivering better programme outcomes. We provide you with opportunities to draw upon a vast pool of experience and support your career progression through our career pathways.

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Our strong capability, discipline communities and varied client base offer great opportunities to drive your career, supported by clear career pathways. This is the environment where you can share our vision and mission.

Owing to continued demand and our ambitious plans for growth, we are recruiting Cost Managers with a proven track record and experience across the Power sector. Your experience delivering projects in Distribution, Transmission, Renewables or other technologies will enable you to support our clients’ ambitions.

As a Cost Manager you will work with high-profile clients, develop consultancy skills and diversify your sector experience. We are keen to support those looking to progress their career personally and professionally. We currently support hybrid working and consider part time applications.

• Suitably qualified & experienced operating at Cost Management level.
• Administer a variety of contracts in accordance with project objectives and policies.
• Provide accurate project cost monitoring, forecasting and reporting to completion in line with budget.
• Proactively monitor and manage cost variance and contract cash flow, ensuring that applications are made correctly and in a timely manner.
• Collaborate with client and contractor teams to manage delivery of project deliverables, KPIs and objectives, including programme performance, cost control and value engineering.
• Manage contract change effectively, ensuring that projects remain within governance and adopt best practice.
• Drive improvements in the accuracy of forecasts and budgets.

Ideally degree qualified (or equivalent) in a relevant subject. Ideally hold or be working towards an appropriate professional body membership or equivalent. Contract Management (NEC3, Option C preferred).

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. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role where applicable.

It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.

Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e‑mail accounts are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. To be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited by the Recruitment Team to submit candidates for review.