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Cost Manager

Job ID

207334

Posted

19-Feb-2025

Role type

Full-time

Areas of Interest

Quantity Surveying

Location(s)

London - England - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Job Description - Senior Cost Manager

MAIN PURPOSE OF ROLE

To perform the role of the Commission Manager, taking responsibility for end to end service delivery, often with respect to large or complex commissions.

To act as the key, day to day client interface, ensuring that client objectives are met through the delivery of a value added cost management service.

SCOPE

Senior Cost Managers handle commissions of varying sizes, depending upon the complexity of the project, etc. For example a Senior Cost Manager might be the Commission Manager for a £15m construction project or have commissioning responsibilities for a £50m package of a much larger overall contract.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Commission Management, to include:

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

Ensuring the production of 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

Where appropriate, leading a cost management team, ensuring that they deliver on all of the above accountabilities

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