Senior Cost Manager - Health Science Education

Turner & Townsend are looking for a Senior Cost Manager to join our Health Science & Education team to work on a highprofile project within our London Real Estate business.  Our team is dynamic innovative and clientfocused supported by an inclusive and fun company culture. Our clients value our proactive approach depth of expertise integrity and the quality we deliver. As a result our people get to enjoy working on some of the most exciting projects in the world.

Turner & Townsend is one of the leading consultancy providers to the Health Science & Education sector. Using our skills processes and knowledge we provide industry leading services to our clients.  Our extensive experience and databank of information enables us to provide a proactive valueadded service to our clients. 

Job Objectives:

Senior Cost Managers lead commissions of varying sizes depending upon the complexity of the project.  Our Senior Cost Managers work on projects ranging from 1m to over 300m.

MAIN PURPOSE OF ROLE:

• To perform the role of the Senior Cost Manager taking responsibility for endtoend service delivery or acting as a key element of a wider project team on larger or more complex projects
• To ensure that client objectives are met through the delivery of an effective cost management service from pre contract to handover.

KEY EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• Knowledge of and experience in the healthcare and/or education sectors
• Ability to lead clients through different stages of projects from feasibility through to completion
• Experience of working on projects delivered via TwoStage tendering
• Experience of working with JCT and NEC contracts
• Demonstrable experience of interfacing with key stakeholders and being clientfacing in the role of Senior Cost Manager
• The candidate will be required to demonstrate knowledge of the risks challenges and opportunities facing publicsector healthcare bodies
• Experience of producing monthly postcontract cost reports and presenting them to the client
• Experience of managing the procurement process ensuring that all stages including prequalification enquiry analysis selection and contract preparation are performed effectively
• Ability to effectively negotiate and agree final accounts
• Knowledge of contract administration value engineering and lifecycle costing
• Experience of using CostX or similar measurement software

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan.
• Tendering and procuring including managing the prequalification stage producing the tender list creating preliminaries tender analysis producing the tender report and compiling the contractual documents.
• Dealing effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes where applicable referring major changes to line manager.
• Taking personal responsibility for making cost checks and carrying out valuations on larger projects and in all cases ensuring that timely and accurate cost checking and valuation takes place.
• Producing monthly post contract cost reports and presenting them to the client.
• Inputting into value engineering.
• Negotiating and agreeing final accounts.
• Interfacing with the client and other consultants at all project stages.
• Where appropriate leading junior members of the cost management team ensuring that they deliver on their project accountabilities.

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 people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work where each person has the opportunity and voice to drive change. We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy and flexible working environment that respects worklife balance and caters for the individual needs.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We actively promote diversity of thought and are committed to creating an inclusive environment. We are encouraging 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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