Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.
Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy, and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programs as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.
Our capabilities include program, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.
We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier program, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

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Job Description

Main Purpose of Role

To perform the role of the Commission Manager, taking responsibility for end-to-end service delivery and To ensure that client objectives are met through the delivery of an effective cost management service. Cost Managers handle commissions of varying sizes, depending upon the complexity of the project.

Key Accountabilities

Commission Management, to include:

Possesses in-depth knowledge of pre-contract and post-contract cost management.
Experienced in estimating, rate analysis, and cost planning, with the ability to develop and present final cost plans to clients.
Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan
Tendering and procuring, including managing the pre-qualification stage, producing the tender list, putting the preliminaries together, 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 a cost management team, ensuring that they deliver on all of the above accountabilities

Marketing and business development, to include:

Identifying opportunities to develop new business with existing clients and reporting such opportunities to the appropriate line manager and by making effective use of the marketing database
Assisting in the production of bid documentation
Identifying ways in which cost management procedures, templates and products can be improved and referring ideas to the appropriate line manager
Understanding the Turner & Townsend 2+2=5 philosophy and identifying cross-divisional opportunities

Internal management accountabilities, to include:

Knowledge management – Ensuring that key information and learning generated from each commission is input into the Turner & Townsend internal database
Financial management – Utilising FMS in order to keep track of the ongoing margin levels
Process improvement – Identifying ways in which internal systems and processes can be improved and referring ideas to the appropriate line manager

Reporting

Depending upon the context, a Cost Manager is likely to report to a Senior Cost Manager, Area Manager or Associate Director.

Key Performance Indicators

A Cost Manager will in part be assessed by the extent to which:

Commissions are managed to the right quality standards and are completed efficiently and on time
Service delivery on commissions is in line with the conditions of appointment
Good relationships are developed with clients and members of the cross-functional team
They work as an effective member of the cost management team, including where appropriate, taking effective responsibility for Assistant Cost Managers
Opportunities are identified to develop new business with existing clients
Margin levels are kept track of on all commissions
Key information and data is effectively cascaded and appropriately retained

Environment Policy

Should adhere to the company’s global environmental policy

Qualifications

Degree in Civil Engineering / Construction / QS .
7-13 years civil cost management experience.
Strong in estimating, rate analysis, cost planning .
Experience in tendering, procurement, bid evaluation .
Skilled in post‑contract cost control & change management .
Ability to prepare detailed cost plans across all design stages.
Proficient in BOQ preparation (POMI, NRM, IS) .
Strong client-facing & communication skills

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Assistant Cost Manager

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