Senior Cost Manager​/Quantity Surveyor - Life Sciences Construction

Position: Senior Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor - Life Sciences Construction
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., 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 programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Job Description

Turner & Townsend are seeking an experienced Senior Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor to act as the primary day‑to‑day client interface on a large-scale, multi-phase life sciences manufacturing upgrade and integration program. This complex capital project involves the modernization and expansion of an existing manufacturing campus.

In this role, you will lead cost management activities across the full project lifecycle, including cost planning, estimating, change management, contractor negotiations, and reporting. You will work closely with design teams, contractors, and stakeholders to ensure accurate cost controls, drive value engineering initiatives, and support timely decision-making.

The position requires strong client-facing communication skills, the ability to operate independently, and experience managing costs on large, technically complex construction projects in regulated or advanced manufacturing environments.

Responsibilities:

* Estimating and negotiating change orders throughout the construction lifecycle.

* Provide estimate and cost planning, including producing and presenting final cost plans.

* Review and participate with the design team and general contractor in the development of cost estimates.

* Reconcile changes and assist the general contractor to ensure cost data accuracy.

* Communicate with the general contractor and client project team to gather status information for cost updates.

* Prepare written comments on contractor submissions, including executive summaries.

* Coordinate all sources of cost information including suppliers, subcontractors, and design teams.

* Inform and help drive engineering priorities based on cost impact.

* Work proactively with minimal supervision to resolve cost and scheduling issues.

* Manage cost checks and carry out valuations on large, complex projects.

* Participate in post-contract cost variance and change control processes.

* Manage cost impact, contingency tracking, and commitment logs.

* Prepare funding data presentations and coordinate value engineering sessions with key stakeholders.

* Develop cost plans and estimates through the design phase at appropriate milestones.

* Provide commercial input into design optioneering and value engineering exercises.

* Review contractor and subcontractor pricing and lead negotiations on behalf of the client.

* Perform quantity surveying, cost controls, and change management activities throughout the project lifecycle.

* Ensure cost auditing, validation, and reporting processes are robust and accurate.

* Produce monthly cost reports for client presentation.

* Ensure final accounts are negotiated and agreed upon in a timely manner.

* Compile cost benchmarking data and maintain historical cost records.

* Mentor and support team members while contributing to a high-performance team environment.

* Support financial management activities, including fee forecasting and reporting.

* Ensure consistent implementation of internal systems, methodologies, and best practices.

* SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Qualifications

* Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Cost Management, Quantity Surveying,…