Senior Cost Estimator - EV Construction Management

** 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 programs as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include program, 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 program, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

** Job Description*
* ** Turner & Townsend
** is seeking an experienced  
** Senior Cost Estimator
** to act as the key, day‑to‑day client interface on large, mission‑critical construction programs. This role is responsible for ensuring client objectives are met through the delivery of disciplined, value‑added commercial and cost management services across complex, schedule‑driven projects.

The successful candidate will be confident in a client‑facing environment, highly organized, and comfortable operating independently while collaborating within integrated project teams. In this position, you will provide commercial leadership during design and construction, supporting the successful delivery of complex campus‑scale facilities that include infrastructure‑heavy works, MEP‑intensive buildings, and fleet‑support systems such as EV charging.

You will represent and promote Turner & Townsend's purpose, values, and commitment to excellence while supporting best‑practice commercial governance throughout the project lifecycle.

This role offers flexibility for remote work; however,  
** strong preference will be given to candidates who are able and willing to work regularly with our team in San Francisco** . Proximity to the SF Bay Area and the ability to engage locally with project teams and stakeholders will be viewed as a significant advantage.

** Responsibilities:*
* + Act as the primary day‑to‑day commercial interface with the client during design and construction.

+ Provide cost planning, estimating, and forecasting services, including producing and presenting cost plans at key design and construction milestones.

+ Establish and maintain robust cost control, change management, and commercial governance processes.

+ Estimate, review, negotiate, and manage change orders throughout the construction lifecycle.

+ Review contractor and subcontractor pricing for accuracy, entitlement, and value for money, leading negotiations on behalf of the client where required.

+ Manage contingency, commitment tracking, cost‑to‑complete forecasting, and cost variance analysis.

+ Perform post‑contract quantity surveying, cost control, valuations, and payment certification.

+ Carry out accurate interim valuations, cost checks, and commercial audits on medium to large construction projects.

+ Review and provide written commentary on contractor submissions, including executive summaries.

+ Administer cost and commercial aspects of contracts, supporting correct application of contractual mechanisms.

+ Ensure final accounts are negotiated, agreed, and closed out in a timely and defensible manner.

+ Compile built‑cost data and benchmarking records to support future phases and portfolio planning.

+ Collaborate with owners, project managers, design teams, and contractors to support cost development and design progression.

+ Inform and influence engineering and design priorities by assessing and communicating cost, risk, and schedule impacts.

+ Coordinate all sources of cost data, including GC submissions, subcontractor pricing, supplier inputs, direct procurement, and quantities from A/Es.

+ Participate in value engineering and design optioneering exercises, supporting cost optimization without…