Senior Cost Manager

Overview

Senior Cost Manager / Senior Quantity Surveyor role at Turner & Townsend.

Location:

Midlands with travel opportunities.

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. We transform across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources to deliver outcomes that improve people’s lives. 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.

for whom Turner & Townsend delivers premier programme, project and cost management offerings globally.

Senior Cost Manager / Senior Quantity Surveyor

Location:

Midlands with travel opportunities

Join the Future of Infrastructure with Turner & Townsend.

• Manage commercial contracts, procurement, and negotiations in an NEC environment.
• Lead post-contract commercial activities, including payment approvals, cost assessments, and contract changes.
• Support contractors in keeping everything transparent and data-driven.
• Identify cost-saving strategies and optimize contract performance.
• Support key decision-making with data-driven cost management insights.
• Be an integral part of a team accountable for the commercial and contractual performance of a project.
• Support business objectives of delivering value for money in all circumstances.
• Carry out assigned duties efficiently and in accordance with processes and procedures.
• Comply with established commercial/procurement/contractual strategies.
• Take personal responsibility for complying with Environmental, Health, Safety, Security and Quality Standards.
• Individually or as part of a team, operate processes for the selection, appointment and management of construction and engineering contractors.
• Procurement responsibilities including advising on strategy, preparing tender lists, issuing tender documents, managing competitive tenders and tender evaluations.
• Scrutinising and verifying applications for interim payments.
• Prepare certificates.
• Manage change control in accordance with contracts.
• Produce cost reports and cost forecasting.
• Assist Project Managers in preparing Early Warnings, Instructions and Compensation Events.
• Attend progress meetings.
• Promote commercial awareness throughout the project.
• Support formal dispute resolution process and contract close-out strategy as required.

• Proven expertise in quantity surveying, procurement, and/or estimating, ideally on large-scale infrastructure projects.
• Degree-qualified, with chartered status (MRICS) or actively working towards it.
• Strong knowledge of NEC contracts and infrastructure cost management.
• A collaborative, proactive approach — we value clear communicators and adaptable thinkers.
• Ability to balance site travel with flexible, balanced working.
• A drive to contribute, lead, and grow within a global consultancy.

If you’re looking to join a global consultancy where you can grow your career, contribute to legacy projects, and work with some of the brightest minds in the industry, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now and let’s shape the future of infrastructure together.

• Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
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