Senior Mechanical Construction Cost Manager​/Estimator

Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over
22,000 peoplein more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure,energyand 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 includeprogramme, 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 estateservicesand investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premierprogramme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Turner & Townsend are looking for an experienced Senior Mechanical Cost Manager / Estimator to act as the key day-to-day client interface, ensuring client objectives are met through the delivery of a value-added cost management service.

To be successful in this role, you must have strong communication skills and be comfortable operating in a client-facing environment. The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, driven, and able to work independently as well as part of a team. In this significant position, you will be responsible for providing leadership and direction while embedding and promoting the purpose, values, and vision of Turner & Townsend.

• 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 cost estimates.
• Reconcile changes and assist the general contractor to ensure that their data is accurate.
• Communicate or meet with the general contractor and owner or project manager to gather status information to prepare cost estimate updates.
• Prepare written comments on contractor submissions, including executive summaries.
• Coordinate all sources of cost information including contractor pricing, supplier quotations, subcontractor proposals, and quantity information from design teams.
• Inform and drive engineering priorities based on cost impact.
• Work proactively with minimal supervision to resolve commercial and scheduling issues.
• Manage cost checks and carry out valuations on large-scale construction projects.
• Complete timely and accurate cost checking, auditing, and valuation processes.
• Participate effectively in post-contract cost variance and change control processes.
• Manage cost impact assessments, contingency management, risk tracking, and commitment logs.
• Prepare funding presentations and coordinate value engineering sessions with stakeholders.
• Develop cost plans and estimates through all design phases, delivering updated cost plans at key design milestones.
• Provide commercial input into design optioneering and value engineering exercises.
• Review contractor and subcontractor pricing and lead negotiations on behalf of the client to achieve fair and competitive contract pricing.
• Perform quantity surveying, cost controls, and change management activities throughout the project lifecycle.
• Lead mechanical cost management activities associated with HVAC systems, cleanroom environments, process piping, utility infrastructure, and process cooling water systems.
• Evaluate the cost impact of design development, scope growth, and structural or civil design changes on mechanical systems and overall project budgets.
• Utilize estimating and cost management tools including Excel, Bluebeam, Plan Swift, and similar digital quantity takeoff platforms to support cost planning, forecasting, and reporting.
• Monitor labor market conditions, workforce availability, and material supply chain factors to identify potential cost and schedule risks.
• Ensure post-contract cost variances and change control processes are managed effectively.
• Ensure cost auditing…