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Construction Cost Manager/Quantity Surveyor

Turner & Townsend

Construction Cost Manager/Quantity Surveyor

Houston, TX
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Job Description

    Do you want to be part of our successful Real Estate team supporting top clients for TURNER & TOWNSEND in the Houston, Texas area?  We are hiring an ambitious and forward thinking CONSTRUCTION COST MANAGER/QUANTITY SURVEYOR to work in our growing team.

    The Cost Manager is responsible for implementing administering and maintaining cost control systems and procedures to track budgets, commitments, expenditures and forecasts, and to assist in the preparation and review of cost estimates and schedules for projects of medium complexity and value

    • Provide cost information to support decision and alternative selection
    • Evaluate contractor invoices prior to submission into client Finance systems for pre-approval
    • Utilize information from SAP (or similar) and input to cost report and validation of spending
    • Evaluate and analyze fee proposals / bids and provide recommendation for decision making
    • Provide forecasts and cash flow analysis
    • Maintain and manage the cost report and provide regular updates on financial position
    • Assist in the development, validation and maintenance of the project schedule
    • Assist in developing reporting tracking tools and generates cost reports on regular basis including evaluation of earned value
    • Support the coordination of the Change Management process for the project
    • Build intricate spreadsheets to enable fast and accurate data manipulation of large data sets
    • Extract data from several sources, transforming it to fit operational needs
    • Reconcile data to support complete accuracy and creates a clean audit trail

    Pre-Contract

    • Developing cost plans and estimates through the design phase, delivering updated cost plans at appropriate design milestones.
    • Providing commercial input to design optioneering and input into value engineering exercises.
    • Reviewing contractor and subcontractor pricing and leading negotiations on behalf of the client to drive fair contract prices.

    Post-Contract

    • Performing quantity surveying, cost controls and change management activities throughout the project life cycle.
    • Ensuring that post-contract cost variances and change control processes are managed effectively.
    • Ensuring that cost auditing and valuation work is managed effectively and that a robust process for cost validation is in place.
    • Carrying out the production of monthly cost reports for presentation to the client.
    • Ensuring that final accounts are negotiated and agreed in a timely manner.
    • Compiling as built cost estimate records for bench marking purposes.

     

  • Qualifications

    Qualifications

    • 5-10 years of relevant experience
    • Ideally degree qualified in construction, cost management or quantity surveying
    • Experience of leading cost management on medium or large sized construction projects of medium to high complexity
    • Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management and value engineering
    • Commercial construction experience, preferred

    Additional Information

    Turner & Townsend is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Equal Employment Opportunity Posters  If you’d like to view a copy of the company’s affirmative action plan, please email recruitmentUSA@turntown.com.  If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact the Human Resources Department at 713-457-9400 or recruitmentUSA@turntown.com.  This telephone line and email address is reserved solely for job seekers with disabilities requesting accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process. Please do not call about the status of your job application if you do not require accessibility assistance or an accommodation. Messages left for other purposes, such as following up on an application or non-disability related technical issues, will not receive a response.

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