Senior Cost Manager / Associate - Retail, Education, Defense

About the role

Turner & Townsend, a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries, is recruiting a Senior Cost Manager/Associate in Perth. The role covers cost planning, tendering and procurement, and works on projects in retail, education and defense. It is a full-time position.

Key responsibilities

• Produce feasibility studies and write procurement reports.
• Estimate and cost plan, including producing and presenting the final cost plan.
• Handle tendering and procurement: manage prequalification, produce the tender list, prepare preliminaries, run pre-tender estimates, tender analysis, the tender report and the contractual documents.
• Manage post-contract cost variances and change control, referring major changes to the line manager.
• Assess progress claims on site and carry out cost checks and valuations on larger projects.
• Produce monthly post-contract cost reports for the line manager to present to the client.
• Input into value engineering and feed lessons learned from each commission into the company's internal database.
• Identify new business opportunities with existing clients and follow project governance processes.
• Cascade cost management procedures to staff and lead a cost management team where appropriate.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of the role.

Required profile

• Recognised degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management or similar.
• Sound experience in cost planning and contract administration.
• 5+ years of experience in cost management roles, with an emphasis on consultancy roles.
• Experience managing clients, contractors and consultants directly.
• RICS and AIQS accreditation preferred; previous CostX experience preferred.
• Intermediate to high-level MS Excel experience.
• Valid driver's licence.