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Senior Cost Manager; Economiste de la construction Senior; French & English

Job in Genf, Geneva, Switzerland
Listing for: Turner-
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-10-17
Job specializations:
  • Construction
    Quantity Surveyor, Procurement / Purchasing, Estimator
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 150000 - 220000 CHF Yearly CHF 150000.00 220000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: Senior Cost Manager (Economiste de la construction Senior) - French & English
Location: Genf

  • Full-time
Company Description

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.

Job Description

At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society. Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 111offices worldwide

Job Objectives
  • Pre and post-contract duties including preparation of cost estimates, procurement and tendering, contract administration, variation, final account, etc.
  • Completing feasibility studies and writing procurement reports
  • Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan
  • Tendering and procurement activity, including managing the pre-qualification stage, producing the tender list, preliminaries, tender analysis, tender report and compiling the contractual documents
  • Taking responsibility for timely and accurate cost checks and valuations
  • Producing monthly post contract cost reports and presenting them to the client
  • Interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages
  • Participate effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes
  • Perform cost risk analysis and provide input into value engineering; negotiate and approve final accounts
  • Maintain central feedback and learning on cost estimating from prospects and projects and contribute to updating of best practices in estimating
Qualifications
  • French language skills C1 or French mother tongue.
  • University degree in Construction Economics, or a degree in Quantity Surveying, or equivalent.
  • At least 10 years of experience in Cost Management
  • Very good knowledge of all methods of construction and procurement.
  • Experienced with, or managing team that uses multiple estimating tools and applications.
  • Strong experience with spreadsheets and databases.
  • Collaborative approach, able to develop strong relationships with clients and stakeholders, internally and externally.
  • Good organization skills with the ability to multi-task.
  • Demonstrated strong listening and communication skills.
  • Proven cost and/or commercial management experience, ideally within a consultancy environment.
Additional Information

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Position Requirements
10+ Years work experience
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