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Turner & Townsend is seeking a Cost Manager and/or Quantity Surveyorwith experience developing and maintaining all aspects of cost management to work with our Southern California team out of Los Angeles on a wide portfolio of construction projects ranging from medium to large complexity; including commercial real estate, life sciences, industrial, manufacturing etc.
Responsibilities:
- Estimating and negotiating change orders throughout the construction lifecycle.
- Provide estimate and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan.
- Ability to estimate at conceptual, programming and detailed level.
- Assist in providing feasibility studies and using the application of parametric benchmark cost data.
- Provide benchmarking studies, analysis of cost data and presentation of data in reports.
- Undertake cost assurance of third-party estimates, report writing and presentation.
- Ability to perform all aspects of procurement, including managing the pre-qualification stage, produce bid list, bid analysis, produce bid report, and compile contractual documents.
- Participate effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes.
- Manage cost checks and carry out valuations on larger projects, and ensure timely and accurate cost checking, and valuation process.
- Produce monthly cost reports and present to clients.
- Provide input into value engineering and options analysis.
- Maintain liaison with client and other consultants at all projects stages.
- Provide leadership to cost management commissions, when necessary, ensure the delivery on all of accountabilities.
- Identify opportunities to develop new business with existing clients and report such opportunities to appropriate line manager, and utilize marketing database.
- Identify improvements for cost estimating and cost management procedures, templates, and products, and refer ideas to appropriate line manager.
- Provide leadership and training to estimating, direct-reports as necessary and appropriate;
- Demonstrated proficiency utilizing estimating formats, including Uniformat and CSI Masterformat.
- Demonstrated experience working as a Construction Cost Manager on real estate, industrial and technology sector projects.
- Hybrid In-Office and Onsite working is required.
- College and/or post-graduate degree in Construction Management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or a field related to construction.
- Competency using Excel, Word, PowerPoint, CostX, Bluebeam.
- Must possess exemplary communication skills - both written and oral.
- Must be a "self-starter," and a goal/results-oriented leader and team player.
- Demonstrated negotiation skills, required.
- Strong knowledge of construction industry legal and technical matters, such as different procurement routes, contract types, value management and value engineering.
The salary range for this full-time role is $75K-$140K per year. Ranges are determined by role and level and represent a good faith effort to provide a fair and equitable salary. This range is a reflection of base salary only, not of a total compensation package. Please note Turner & Townsend reserves the right to pay more or less than the posted range, depending on candidate's experience and qualifications.
*On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs.
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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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