Cost Manager / Senior Cost Manager - Life Sciences

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.
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Job Description

Turner & Townsend is seeking Cost Managers and Senior Cost Managers to join the Health, Science & Education team within the London Real Estate business. These roles will support the delivery of a Life Sciences project and may also provide opportunities to work across healthcare, education, and science sectors.

The London Cost Management Health team delivers cost management services across a range of public and private sector projects, including refurbishment schemes and large-scale healthcare developments. The team forms part of a broader Health, Education & Science practice, enabling professionals to gain experience across multiple sectors.

Turner & Townsend provides consultancy services to organisations within the Health, Science & Education sectors, supporting clients through all stages of project delivery.

Job Objectives

Senior Cost Managers may lead commissions of varying scale and complexity or contribute as part of a larger project team. Projects typically range in value from £1m to more than £300m.

Main Purpose of the Role

• Deliver cost management services across the full project lifecycle or contribute as part of a wider project team on larger or more complex projects.
• Support the achievement of client objectives through effective cost management from pre-contract stages through to project handover.

Experience Requirements

• Knowledge of, or experience working within, the healthcare and/or education sectors.
• Experience supporting projects through all stages, from feasibility to completion.
• Experience working on projects procured through two-stage tendering.
• Familiarity with JCT and NEC forms of contract.
• Experience working directly with clients and project stakeholders in a cost management capacity.
• Understanding of the risks, challenges and opportunities relevant to public sector healthcare organisations.
• Experience preparing and presenting monthly post-contract cost reports.
• Experience managing procurement activities, including pre-qualification, tender enquiry, tender analysis, supplier selection and contract preparation.
• Ability to negotiate and agree final accounts.
• Knowledge of contract administration, value engineering and lifecycle costing.
• Experience using CostX or similar measurement software.

Key Accountabilities

• Prepare estimates and cost plans, including the development and presentation of final cost plans.
• Manage tendering and procurement activities, including pre-qualification, tender documentation, tender analysis, reporting and preparation of contract documentation.
• Manage post-contract cost variations and change control processes, escalating significant changes where appropriate.
• Undertake cost checks and valuations, ensuring accuracy and timely reporting.
• Produce and present monthly post-contract cost reports.
• Contribute to value engineering activities.
• Negotiate and agree final accounts.
• Collaborate with clients, consultants and project stakeholders throughout project delivery.
• Where required, provide guidance and coordination for junior members of the cost management team to support project delivery.

Qualifications

• Ideally Degree qualified in one of the following fields: construction, cost management or Quantity surveying.
• MRICS Qualification preferred and/or relevant experience.
• Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management and value engineering.
• Experience of working in Education sector projects would be advantageous.

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

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

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