Senior Cost Manager

1 month ago


Perth Perth amp Kinross, United Kingdom Turner & Townsend Group Full time
  • Full-time
  • Department: Natural resources
Company Description

At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference – we are committed to delivering Sustainable Net Zero outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.

The world is changing, and we have a responsibility to support that change, helping drive it and be part of it.

Through the commitment, capability and care our team brings, we build trust between clients, suppliers, governments, and society. Delivering better outcomes that have a positive impact on the world around us.

We work smarter to face the challenges of the future; bringing the clarity that helps teams realise their full potential across the real estate, infrastructure, and natural resources sectors.

Owing to continued demand and our ambitious plans for growth, Turner & Townsend are looking to recruit Cost Managers and Senior Cost Managers with a proven track record and experience across Natural Resources (Oil, Gas, Chemical, Mining) and new Energies (Offshore Wind, CCUS, Hydrogen) sector. Opportunities are available in our London, Teesside, Edinburgh & Aberdeen offices

Discipline knowledge: civil, structural, mechanical, pipework, electrical, instrumentation, access, insulation, painting

A Quantity Surveying degree is desirable however not mandatory as industrial experience in a similar role is critical

Key Objectives

Cost Managers provide cost & commercial management for major projects or portfolio of Projects which can include Engineering only (study, FEED) or EPC or EPCM or Construction only

Provide project commercial management to clients Engineering & Projects team including

  • Cost estimates to include owner cost, EPC/EPCM, procurement & supply chain, construction costs from pre-concept to beneficial operation
  • Support project manager with risk management pre and post sanction
  • Pre-contract including undertaking contracting & procurement activities including developing scope, commercial & contractual from sourcing strategy through request for bid, tender process through tender evaluation, post tender negotiations, bid analysis to recommendation & contract award
  • Oversee a portfolio of projects which can vary in size from several thousand to multi-millions or work on a major project
  • Manage funding process including sanction requests to approval process
  • Cost management including cost collection, accruals, value of work done, changes, variations, forecast and end life
  • Cost reporting including summary and detailed level – including risk and status reporting
  • Working with owners team, procurement team, and contractors to validate cost and progress
  • Value of work done to including schedule performance, cost performance, changes, risk – current and end life
  • Support PM on commercial and cost position of each project
Qualifications
  • Relevant experience in sector
  • Suitably qualified & experience operating at Senior Cost Management level
  • Discipline knowledge: Industrial mechanical, pipework, electrical, instrumentation, access, insulation, painting (Not MEP in built environment)
  • Experience in contract administration and contract management
  • Excellent interpersonal skills including ability to work as part of team as well as interacting with client’s representatives
  • Working experience in high regulated industries including energy, power, process
  • Computer literate including use of MS office packages specifically a working knowledge of Excel, emails, etc
  • Experience of SAP or a similar system
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

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Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

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.

Turner & Townsend does not accept any speculative or unsolicited CV’s that have been sent to our internal recruitment team or hiring managers from agencies outside of our preferred supplier list or that have not followed due process. Any speculative or unsolicited CV’s will be treated as a direct application.

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

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It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.

Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property ofTurner & Townsend and arenot subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team,to submit candidates for review.

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