Senior Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor – Life Sciences Construction
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Senior Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor delivering cost planning, controls, and change management for Turner & Townsend’s US life sciences construction projects. Supporting manufacturing, laboratory, and R&D developments.
Responsibilities:
- Support successful delivery of complex Life Sciences construction projects
- Act as the key day-to-day client interface
- Provide cost management services across manufacturing, laboratory, R&D, and related capital projects
- Estimate and negotiate change orders throughout the construction lifecycle
- Produce and present final cost plans
- Review and contribute to cost estimates with design teams and general contractors
- Reconcile changes and validate contractor data
- Gather project status information and prepare cost estimate updates
- Prepare written comments and executive summaries for contractor submissions
- Coordinate cost information from owners, contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, architects, and engineers
- Inform engineering priorities based on cost impact
- Manage cost checks, valuations, cost auditing, and cost validation
- Manage post-contract cost variances, change control, contingency, commitments, and tracking logs
- Prepare funding data presentations and coordinate value engineering sessions
- Develop and update cost plans and estimates through design milestones
- Provide commercial input to design optioneering and value engineering
- Review contractor and subcontractor pricing and lead client-side negotiations
- Perform quantity surveying, cost controls, and change management throughout the project lifecycle
- Produce monthly cost reports for client presentation
- Negotiate and agree final accounts
- Compile built cost estimate records for benchmarking
- Coach and mentor talent
- Provide leadership and ensure service delivery aligns with appointment conditions
- Track commission margins, fee/resource forecasts, and financial reports using internal software
- Promote consistent use of business management systems and delivery methodologies
- Support a one-business culture and balance the needs of people, clients, stakeholders, and society
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering, or a construction-related field
- Minimum 5–7 years of relevant experience in a construction industry cost management role
- RICS accredited or working towards it is preferred
- Experience leading cost management on medium or large-sized, medium- to high-complexity construction projects
- Construction consultancy experience is strongly preferred
- Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, including procurement routes, value management, and value engineering
- Excellent communication skills
- Client-facing and stakeholder management experience
- Ability to work independently and collaborate within multidisciplinary project teams
- Ability to work proactively with minimal supervision
- Ability to use internal software for margin tracking, fee/resource forecasts, and financial reporting
- Ability to implement and maintain business management systems and delivery methodologies
- Willingness to adhere to applicable SOX control responsibilities
Benefits:
- Remote work option
- Healthy, productive, and flexible working environment
- Work-life balance support
- Equal opportunity and inclusive workplace
- Opportunity to affect change and have a voice
- Confidential handling of applicant information
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