Associate Director – Cost Management – Water/Utilities
- Full-time
- Department: Infrastructure
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. Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.
Turner & Townsend is one of the leading consultancy providers to the Infrastructure sector. We are looking to recruit an Associate Director level, Senior Cost Manager / Commercial Manager to undertake a lead role on a high profile, London based Infrastructure project.
Main Purpose of Role
The Associate Director performs the role of the Commission Manager, taking responsibility for end to end service delivery, often with respect to large or complex commissions. The Associate Director also acts as the key day to day client interface, ensuring that client objectives are met through the delivery of a value added cost management service.
Key Responsibilities
- Conducting feasibility studies and writing procurement reports.
- Applying Value Management techniques at the outset of a project and where appropriate involving Turner & Townsend’s specialist Value Management team.
- Managing estimating and cost planning activities to include taking ownership of and presenting the final cost plan.
- Managing the procurement process, ensuring that all stages including pre-qualification, enquiry, analysis, selection and contract preparation are performed effectively.
- Ensuring that post-contract cost variances and change control processes are managed effectively.
- Ensuring that cost checking and valuation work is managed effectively.
- Producing monthly post-contract cost reports and presenting them to the client.
- Value engineering and life cycle costing.
- Ensuring that final accounts are negotiated and agreed.
- Taking a lead role in interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages.
- Leading a cost management team where appropriate, ensuring they deliver on all of the above accountabilities.
- Developing new business opportunities with existing and new Turner & Townsend clients.
- Identifying and acting upon cross‑selling opportunities.
- Working with Directors to construct bids for new work.
- Improving cost management procedures, templates and products to enhance service provided to clients.
- Staff management (where appropriate) – input into formal management of Senior and Assistant Cost Managers or small cost management team, including recruitment interviews, resource management and staff appraisals.
- Knowledge management.
Qualifications / Experience
- Preferably MRICS.
- Knowledge of NEC3 contracts, particularly Option C – Target Cost.
- Experience in post-contract administration.
- Experience working on major programmes and projects.
- Experience in the Infrastructure sector (Rail, air/aviation, Water/Utilities, highways).
- Experience leading and managing teams.
Equal Opportunity Statement
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.
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