Cost Planner/senior Cost Planner

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._
- It’s how we’ve made the difference for 75 years. Transforming performance for a _green_, _inclusive_ and _productive_ world._

**Job Description**:
Owing to continued demand and our ambitious plans for growth, Turner & Townsend are looking to recruit **Cost Planners** and **Senior Cost Planners** with proven experience across the Infrastructure (**Rail, Airports, Highways, Power, Water or Utilities**) sector.

Cost Planners at Turner & Townsend make the difference for our clients by supporting them as an embedded resource within their organisation or through ad-hoc pieces of work for multiple clients across the Infrastructure sector as part of the Turner & Townsend Estimating Hub. Although our work is predominantly for UK-based clients, as workload requires, our Cost Planners have the opportunity to work remotely (from the UK) on estimating tasks for our clients across the globe.

Our team deliver a wide range of cost planning outputs for our clients, to support their decision making, including:

- Estimate Production (from Order of Magnitude estimates through to detailed estimates built up from first principles)
- Estimating Assurance
- Estimating Support to Major Programme Set up
- Estimating Data

As a Cost Planner at Turner & Townsend you will be responsible for:

- Production of accurate and comprehensive estimates and cost plans for projects in a timely and efficient manner.
- Control and management of the estimating process at project level;
- Production of estimates without management or supervision;
- Supporting development and promotion of estimating good practice within Turner & Townsend;
- Assisting in the achievement of departmental objectives;
- Staying abreast of developments within own technical area of expertise to be able to give best practice advice in line with business objectives.
- Prepare accurate and comprehensive Estimates and Cost Plans for large or complex Programmes or projects in a timely and efficient manner
- Support the change control process of their projects
- Support development of demonstration of Value for Money through production of reports and benchmarking analysis
- Undertake commercial assurance and negotiation of contractors offers

**Qualifications**:

- Qualified to high standard in Estimating or Quantity Surveying with proven relevant experience
- Relevant successful experience of provision of estimating and/or QS services in a large project environment.
- Previous experience of working with estimating software packages.
- Membership of a relevant professional body with chartered status or working towards
- Desirable membership of RICS / CIOB /A. Cost E.

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._

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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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