Senior Cost Manager - Remote

Company Description

Who is Turner & Townsend?

All over the world people are using buildings, infrastructure, and assets we helped to deliver. It could be the hospital they work in, the railway they travel on every day, the fuel that powers their car or the data centre they depend on  more than 75 years we’ve been helping to deliver transformational programmes across the real estate, infrastructure and natural resources sectors, making a difference to people’s lives and ensuring a return on investment for our clients and their investors.

Transforming performance for a green, inclusive, and productive world.

The world is changing and we have a responsibility to support that change, helping drive it and be part of it. Through the commitment, capability and care our team brings, we build trust between clients, suppliers, governments and society. Delivering better outcomes that have a positive impact on the world around us. We work smarter to face the challenges of the future;

bringing the clarity that helps teams realise their full potential across the real estate, infrastructure and natural resources sectors. It’s how we’ve made the difference for more than 75 years.

Love a challenge: We love a challenge and we work hard to make change happen and see things through. We don’t stand still, challenging ourselves and others to do better every day. And we are trusted to do the right thing, raising standards all the time.

Stronger together: We’re stronger together by connecting people in diverse teams, so that we can all collaborate to deliver our best work. We focus on what matters and use our influence to build a better world for everyone.

Bring out the best in everyone: We bring out the best in everyone. We help each other to make the most of our potential, always learning from our experience. We treat each other with care and respect and make time to give everyone a voice.

We are looking to recruit an experienced Senior Cost Manager, from a Real Estate background to join our Saudi Arabia based team on a remote location.

The ideal applicant will have a strong background in Quantity Surveying, ideally gained through the delivery of complex infrastructure / real estate projects. Ideally you will have worked within a professional consultancy before, but those with a background in other areas, such as experience working for main contractors are encouraged to apply.

As a Senior Cost Manager, you will be able to work independently managing your own deliverables but also work well as part of a team. You will strive to promote and maintain the highest of professional standards, while supporting junior staff to grow and learn through your knowledge and experience.

• Collaborate and develop good relationships with clients and stakeholders internally and externally
• Responsible for pre and post-contract quantity surveying duties
• Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan
• Tendering and procuring, including managing the pre-qualification stage, producing the tender list, putting the preliminaries together, tender analysis, producing the tender report and compiling the contractual documents
• Dealing effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control process
• Producing monthly post contract cost reports and presenting them to the client
• Negotiating and agreeing final accounts
• Where appropriate, leading a cost management team, ensuring that they deliver on all of the above accountabilities
• Supporting developing and securing new business opportunities as required.

• A recognised degree qualification in Quantity Surveying (or similar).
• Able to work in a remote location
• MRICS accreditation or similar (preferred).
• Relevant work experience, ideally in a consultancy environment.
• Good leadership and interpersonal skills, able to work independently and where appropriate lead a team
• Experience of leading and successfully delivering cost management commissions in the Middle East market
• Experience working on Infrastructure projects
• Excellent command of written and spoken English
• Highly motivated and driven with a passion for your…