Associate Director of Cost Management - Life Sciences
Associate Director of Cost Management - Life Sciences
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Job Description
Turner & Townsendis engaged to support our clients with many complex projects responsible for all aspects of cost management and project delivery and we are seeking an experienced Associate Director of Cost Management to act as the daytoday interface with the client and drive a large construction project to achieve an excellent outcome.
The ideal candidate has experience with large scale newbuild developments providing cost management and/or project controls services on life sciences or other technical programs.
- Strong leadership skills: experience leading a cost management team ensuring they deliver on all accountabilities.
- Taking a lead role in interfacing with the client stakeholders and other consultants at all project stages.
- Identifying opportunities to improve cost management procedures templates and products.
- Review and participate with the design services team and general contractor in the development of the cost estimates.
- Reconcile changes that occur over the planning phase and assist the general contractor to ensure that their data is accurate.
- Communicate or meet with general contractor and owner project manager to gather status information to prepare a cost estimate update.
- Prepare written comments to the general contractors submissions including the executive summary.
- Coordinate all sources of cost information for cost discussions.
- Inform and drive engineering priorities based on cost impact.
- Execute cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan.
- Manage cost checks and carry out valuations on large projects. Complete timely accurate cost checking and valuation processes.
- Participate effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes.
- Manage Cost impact / contingency management and commitment tracking logs.
- Prepare funding data presentations and coordinate VE sessions with stakeholders.
- Knowledge management Ensuring that key information and learning generated from each commission is inputted into internal databases and shared.
- Process improvement Identifying and acting upon ways to improve internal systems and processes.
- Taking responsibility for developing new business opportunities with existing and new Turner & Townsend clients.
- Identifying and acting upon crossselling opportunities.
- Lead proposals for new work or variations for existing projects.
- Attending relevant networking events and other promotional opportunities.
- Staff management Inputting into the formal management of staff and recruitment interviews.
- Undertake Staff Performance reviews.
- Financial management Utilizing the tools provided to keep track of the ongoing margin levels and monthly fee/resource forecasts for each commission.
- Quality Control Ensuring compliance with quality standards and participation in ISO audits.
- This role will be based onsite at the project location(s) at least 80% of the time.
Qualifications :
- Demonstrates excellent presentation verbal written and communication skills.
- Solid technical experience in all cost management areas; planning estimating precontract post contract and final account.
- Ability to estimate at conceptual programming and detailed level.
- Understands cost (material prices labor productivities) as well as commit profiles cashflow LLE dates and overall project cost.
- Experience preparing Cost Management estimates and reports.
- Experience with advising clients on value management value engineering and life cycle costing.
- Experience with key aspects of business development.
- Good organization skills ability to multitask and be a team player.
- Proficient with collaborative software including MS Office Suite or other related computer software.
Education/Experience:
- College or postgraduate degree in construction management engineering quantity surveying or a related field.
- 8 years of relevant cost management/quantity surveying experience
- Solid/demonstrated leadership experience in the construction industry.
- US construction industry experience is preferred.
Additional Information :
Turner & Townsend is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Equal Employment Opportunity Posters If youd like to view a copy of the companys affirmative action plan please email . If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process please contact the Human Resources Department ator . This telephone line and email address is reserved solely for job seekers with disabilities requesting accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process. Please do not call about the status of your job application if you do not require accessibility assistance or an accommodation. Messages left for other purposes such as following up on an application or nondisability related technical issues will not receive a response.
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Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
