Associate Director Cost Engineering Energy & Natural Resources

We have an exciting opportunity for a Cost Engineering Director to join our growing Energy & Natural Resources team. This is a leadership role focused on the delivery of high-quality cost engineering and cost management services across some of the UKs most complex and high-profile capital programmes and portfolios.

Key Responsibilities

Working with our clients and delivery partners you will lead the development and implementation of best-practice cost engineering solutions across projects programmes and portfolios. Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• Leading multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality cost engineering estimating forecasting and cost management services across major capital programmes.
• Developing and implementing cost management strategies procedures and governance frameworks that support successful project delivery and investment assurance.
• Establishing maintaining and assuring Cost Breakdown Structures (CBS) control budgets cost baselines and performance measurement frameworks.
• Leading the preparation review and assurance of estimates throughout the project lifecycle including benchmark assessments challenge sessions and independent reviews.
• Driving robust cost forecasting trend management change control and earned value management processes to provide accurate and reliable performance reporting.
• Providing strategic cost and commercial insight to clients identifying risks opportunities and emerging trends to support effective decision-making.
• Ensuring alignment and integration between cost schedule risk scope and commercial management functions.
• Leading the development and implementation of cost assurance governance and reporting processes to support executive and investment decision-making.
• Advising clients on industry best practice digital cost management solutions and innovative approaches to cost engineering and project controls.
• Collaborating with project commercial and supply chain teams to establish cost management requirements across delivery contracts and supplier organisations.
• Supporting business case development investment appraisals and portfolio-level cost performance analysis.
• Driving continuous improvement in cost engineering methodologies tools systems and data analytics capabilities.
• Providing leadership coaching and mentoring to cost engineering professionals supporting capability development across the wider team.
• Assuring the quality accuracy and integrity of all cost engineering deliverables and client outputs.
• Undertaking line management responsibilities including performance management career development and succession planning.
• Supporting business development activities client relationship management and the growth of Turner & Townsends Cost Engineering capability within the Energy & Natural Resources sector.

Qualifications :

Skills and Behaviours

• Demonstrated ability to engage with executive stakeholders senior leadership teams and client organisations providing strategic cost advice and influencing key investment and delivery decisions.
• Proven leadership capability in developing managing and inspiring high-performing cost engineering teams across complex projects programmes and portfolios.
• Ability to define implement and continuously improve cost engineering frameworks governance arrangements processes and reporting structures.
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to translate complex cost and performance data into meaningful insights and recommendations for clients and project teams.
• Expert user and advocate of cost engineering systems tools and digital solutions including cost estimating forecasting analytics and reporting platforms.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to build trusted relationships…