Vacant Positions at Turner & Townsend

Job Description

Description of roles and responsibilities:  

• Assisting in establishing a client's requirements and undertaking feasibility studies   
• Applying Value Management techniques at the outset of a project where appropriate or applicable, and where necessary involving Senior Management   
• Managing and taking ownership of estimating and cost planning activities to include presenting the Cost Estimates   
• Managing and taking ownership of the procurement process, ensuring that all stages including pre-qualification, enquiry, Bills of Quantities, analysis, selection and contract preparation are performed effectively   
• Maintaining awareness of the different building contracts in current use   
• Ensuring that post-contract cost variances and change control processes are managed effectively   
• Providing advice on contractual claims   
• Ensuring that cost checking and valuation work is managed effectively   
• Ensuring the production of monthly post-contract cost reports and presenting them to the client   
• Value engineering, risk management and life cycle costing where applicable   
• Ensuring that final accounts are negotiated and agreed   
• Taking a lead role in interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages   
• Where appropriate, leading a cost management team, ensuring that they deliver on all of the above accountabilities   
• Ensuring that QA/QC procedures are adhered to at all times   
• Establishing friendly, professional and appropriate relationships with clients, colleagues and other parties involved in the projects and programmes we support.  
• Administering a variety of contracts in accordance with project objectives and policies.  
• Providing accurate project cost monitoring, forecasting and reporting to completion in line with budget.  
• Pro-actively monitoring and managing cost variance and contract cash flow, and ensuring that applications are made correctly and in a timely manner.  
• Collaborating with client and contractor teams to manage the delivery of project deliverables, KPIs, and objectives, including programme performance, cost control, and value engineering.  
• Managing contract change effectively, ensuring that projects remain within governance and adopt best practice   
• Driving improvements in the accuracy of forecasts and budgets  
• Proactively providing sound commercial knowledge and support to all stakeholders  
• Ensuring that final accounts are negotiated and agreed  
• Leading people and commissions as needed  

Qualifications

• Minimum 4-5 years of progressive experience
• Degree in Quantity Surveying as a minimum
• BORAQS registration, RICS is an added advantage
• Proficient in Cost X application 
• Proven experience in handling multiple projects

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Main Purpose of the Role:

• To perform the role of the Commission Manager, taking responsibility for end to end service delivery, often with respect to large or complex commissions. To act as the key, day to day client interface, ensuring that client objectives are met through the delivery of a value added cost management service.

Key Accountabilities:

Commission Management, to include:

• Support feasibility studies by outlining affordability envelopes at project inception stage
• Applying Value Management techniques at the outset of a project where appropriate or applicable, and where necessary involving Senior Management
• Managing and taking ownership of estimating and cost planning activities through-out the project lifecycle
• Managing and taking ownership of the procurement process, ensuring that all stages including pre-qualification, enquiry, Bills of Quantities, analysis, selection and contract preparation are performed effectively
• Ensuring that post-contract cost variances and change control processes are managed effectively
• Ensuring that cost checking and valuation work is managed effectively
• Ensuring the production of monthly post-contract cost reports and presenting them to the client
• Value engineering, risk management and life cycle costing where applicable
• Ensuring that final accounts are negotiated and agreed
• Taking a lead role in interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages
• Where appropriate, leading a cost management team, ensuring that they deliver on all of the above accountabilities
• Understanding the Turner & Townsend Target Improve Control delivery methodology and ensuring that QA/QC procedures are adhered to at all times

Marketing and business development, to include:

• Taking responsibility for developing new business opportunities with existing and new Turner & Townsend clients
• Identifying and acting upon cross-selling opportunities
• Working with Associate Directors and Directors to construct bids for new work
• Attending networking functions as required
• Identifying and acting upon opportunities to improve cost management procedures, templates and products and hence improve the service provided to clients
• Understanding the Turner & Townsend Target Improve Control philosophy and identifying and acting upon cross-divisional opportunities

Internal management accountabilities, to include:

• Staff management (where appropriate) – Inputting into the formal management of a Cost Manager or small cost management team, to include 1st round recruitment interviews, input into resource management and attendance at junior staff appraisals
• Knowledge management – Ensuring that key information and learning generated from each commission is input into the Turner & Townsend internal database and Best Practice library
• Financial management – Utilising the Turner & Townsend FMS in order to keep track of the ongoing margin levels and monthly fee/resource forecasts for each commission
• Process improvement – Identifying and acting upon ways to improve internal systems and processes
• Training and Mentoring – Identifying and proposing training requirements for Cost Managers, Assistant Cost Managers and mentoring staff as required.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7-10 years of progressive experience
• Degree in Quantity Surveying as a minimum
• BORAQS registration, RICS is an added advantage
• Proficient in Cost X application 
• Proven experience in handling multiple projects
• Demonstrated leadership experience managing diverse teams and coordinating with multiple stakeholders