Senior Cost Manager - Health, Science & Education
Company Description *At Turner \& Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realise their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.*
*Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 110 offices worldwide.*
*The London Cost Management Health team is a highly regarded health team working on some of the largest and most prestigious health projects covering the public and private sectors. The London Cost Management Health team have a wide and varied workload working on many projects from smaller refurbishments to large scale hospitals. The Health team are a key part of a wider Health, Education and Science team allowing candidates the opportunity to cover other sectors should they wish to develop other skills.*
Job Description
Turner \& Townsend are looking for a Senior Cost Manager to join our Health, Science \& Education team to work on a high\-profile project within our London Real Estate business. Our team is dynamic, innovative and client\-focused, supported by an inclusive and fun company culture. Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity and the quality we deliver. As a result, our people get to enjoy working on some of the most exciting projects in the world.
The London Cost Management Health team is a highly regarded health team working on some of the largest and most prestigious health projects covering the public and private sectors. The London Cost Management Health team have a wide and varied workload working on many projects from smaller refurbishments to large scale hospitals. The Health team are a key part of a wider Health, Education and Science team allowing candidates the opportunity to cover other sectors should they wish to develop other skills.
Turner \& Townsend is one of the leading consultancy providers to the Health, Science \& Education sector. Using our skills, processes and knowledge, we provide industry leading services to our clients. Our extensive experience and databank of information enables us to provide a proactive, value\-added service to our clients.
Job Objectives:
Senior Cost Managers lead commissions of varying sizes, depending upon the complexity of the project. Our Senior Cost Managers work on projects ranging from £1m to over £300m.
MAIN PURPOSE OF ROLE:
- To perform the role of the Senior Cost Manager, taking responsibility for end\-to\-end service delivery or acting as a key element of a wider project team on larger or more complex projects
- To ensure that client objectives are met through the delivery of an effective cost management service from pre contract to handover.
- Knowledge of and experience in the healthcare and/or education sectors
- Ability to lead clients through different stages of projects from feasibility through to completion
- Experience of working on projects delivered via Two\-Stage tendering
- Experience of working with JCT and NEC contracts
- Demonstrable experience of interfacing with key stakeholders and being “client\-facing” in the role of Senior Cost Manager
- The candidate will be required to demonstrate knowledge of the risks, challenges and opportunities facing public\-sector healthcare bodies
- Experience of producing monthly post\-contract cost reports and presenting them to the client
- Experience of managing the procurement process, ensuring that all stages including pre\-qualification, enquiry, analysis, selection and contract preparation are performed effectively
- Ability to effectively negotiate and agree final accounts
- Knowledge of contract administration, value engineering and lifecycle costing
- Experience of using CostX or similar measurement software
- 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, creating preliminaries, 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 junior members of the cost management team, ensuring that they deliver on their project accountabilities.
- Ideally Degree qualified in one of the following fields: construction, cost management or Quantity surveying.
- MRICS Qualification preferred and/or relevant experience.
- Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management and value engineering.
- Experience of working in Education sector projects would be advantageous.
*We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work\-life balance.*
*Turner \& Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.*
*Please find out more about us at* *www.turnerandtownsend.com/*
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SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.
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