Senior Consultant; Cost & Commercial 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 programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

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., with partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

You are an experienced senior‑level consultant (7‑10+ years post‑graduate) with proven capability across pre‑contract estimating and post‑contract cost/commercial management for infrastructure projects. You are comfortable leading deliverables, advising clients, and collaborating within high‑performing integrated project teams. You bring strong analytical discipline, excellent stakeholder communication, and the confidence to present, justify, and defend estimates, budgets, and commercial positions.

The ideal candidate is self‑motivated, driven, and capable of working both independently and as part of a team. In this impactful role, you will be providing leadership and direction, actively embedding and promoting the purpose, values, and vision of Turner & Townsend.

As a Senior Consultant, you will be involved in:

• Preparing robust construction cost estimates from feasibility/concept through detailed design, including pre‑tender estimates and final cost plans; own and present the cost plan to clients and stakeholders.
• Cost planning and options analysis/optioneering; develop reconciliations with clear assumptions and justifications for decision‑making.
• Engaging in value engineering workshops to identify cost savings and optimum solutions available for the client.
• Development, validation, and control of the Target Price within an Integrated Project Team.
• Providing client advice on capital and operational expenditure (OPEX) elements of the project (e.g., operation and maintenance, life cycle cost, whole life costs, etc.).
• Producing cost benchmark for validation and target‑setting on major infrastructure projects.
• Delivering post‑contract cost management including change/variation evaluation, monthly cost reporting, and payment certification.
• Undertaking cost analysis, cost checking, and valuation to provide cost assurance across project stages.
• Engage in commercial discussions and (as applicable) claims/negotiations with contractors and subcontractors; support contract administration consistent with Turner & Townsend practices.
• Participating in probabilistic risk assessment workshops to calculate contingency provisions e.g., Quantitative Risk Assessments (QRA).
• Actively interfacing with project clients, key stakeholders, contractors, and consultants during all project stages.
• Working in close collaboration with high performing project teams to ensure expectations are managed adequately and clients’ goals are achieved.

• 7+ years of experience in cost/commercial management positions across pre‑contract/post‑contract phases of infrastructure projects.
• A recognized university degree (or equivalent) in Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or equivalent certification.
• Membership in relevant professional organizations is a bonus (e.g., CIQS, RICS, AACE).
• Experience in cost/claims negotiations with (sub) contractors. Working for a General Contractor is a bonus but not essential.
• Knowledge and proficiency with cost estimating software used on major civil engineering projects.

• 100% covered health and dental benefits for you and your dependents (including paramedical services).
• Health spending account, to top up expenses not covered in the benefits program.
• RRSP option with company…