Cost Manager​/Quantity Surveyor - Da.

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Turner & Townsendis seeking an experiencedSenior Cost Manager or Quantity Surveyorto provide commercial management, cost control and estimating services on a global technology client’s massive data center construction program.

To be successful in this role you must have great communication skills and be comfortable operating in a client-facing role.

Responsibilities:

• Estimating and negotiating change orders throughout the construction lifecycle.
• Provide estimate and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan.
• Review and participate with the design services team and general contractor, in the development of the cost estimates.
• Reconcile changes and assist the general contractor to ensure that their data is accurate.
• Communicate or meet with general contractor and owner project manager to gather status information to prepare a cost estimate update.
• Prepare written comments to the general contractor’s submissions, including the executive summary.
• Coordinate all sources of cost information for cost discussions and suppliers direct from NPA, subs, quantities from A/Es.
• Inform and drive engineering priorities based on cost impact.
• Work proactively with minimal supervision to resolve scheduling issues.
• Manage cost checks and carry out valuations on larger projects. Complete timely, accurate cost checking and valuation processes.
• Participate effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes.
• Manage Cost impact / contingency management and commitment tracking logs.
• Prepare funding data presentations and coordinate VE sessions with stakeholders.
• SOXcontrol responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Pre-Contract

• Developing cost plans and estimates through the design phase, delivering updated cost plans at appropriate design milestones.
• Providing commercial input to design optioneering and input into value engineering exercises.
• Reviewing contractor and subcontractor pricing and leading negotiations on behalf of the client to drive fair contract prices.

Post-Contract

• Performing quantity surveying, cost controls and change management activities throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ensuring that post-contract cost variances and change control processes are managed effectively.
• Ensuring that cost auditing and valuation work is managed effectively and that a robust process for cost validation is in place.
• Carrying out the production of monthly cost reports for presentation to the client.
• Ensuring that final accounts are negotiated and agreed in a timely manner.
• Experience working in a constructioncost management role.
• College and/or post-graduate degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or a field related to construction.
• Full life cyclecostmanagement experience working on commercial real estate construction projects.
• RICS accredited or working towards is valuable, but not required.
• Experience working on large, high value datacenter, mission critical or relatable projects.
• Experience of leadingcostmanagement on medium or large sized construction projects of medium to high complexity.
• Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as differentprocurementroutes, value management and value engineering.


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