Cost Manager

Company Description
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. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world's most impactful projects and programs as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include program, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world's largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier program, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

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Job Description
The role is a traditional CM role for Factory/Plant work experience.

Role within the project

• Should be able to lead a project independently with the know-how of the following: Quantity survey, Rate Analysis, Value Engineering, Market Knowledge on pricing, procurement, post-contract management, tracking budget & commercial closure for Commercial Fit-out

Job Objectives

• Pre- and post-contract duties including preparation of cost estimates, procurement and tendering, contract administration, variation, final account, etc.
• Completing feasibility studies and writing procurement reports
• Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan
• Tendering and procurement activity, including managing the pre-qualification stage, producing the tender list, preliminaries, tender analysis, tender report and compiling the contractual documents
• Taking responsibility for timely and accurate cost checks and valuations
• Producing monthly post-contract cost reports and presenting them to the client
• Interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages
• Participate effectively with post-contract cost variances and the change control processes
• Perform cost risk analysis and provide input into value engineering; negotiate and approve final accounts
• Maintain central feedback and learning on cost estimating from prospects and projects and contribute to updating of best practices in estimating

Skills Required

• Technical knowledge of interior fit-out projects for a period of 5+years for CM/QS.
• Prior experience of handling base build projects is required and Candidates with Commercial project exposure could be prioritized, preferably should know background working on CostX
• Good knowledge of all methods of construction and procurement.
• Experienced with or managing a team that uses multiple estimating tools and applications.
• Strong experience with spreadsheets and databases.
• The collaborative approach, able to develop strong relationships with clients and stakeholders, internally and externally.
• Good organization skills with the ability to multi-task.
• Demonstrated strong listening and communication skills.
• Proven cost and/or commercial management experience, ideally within a consultancy environment.

Qualifications

• B.E/B.Tech/B.Arch. in Civil/Mechanical/Electrical Engineering
• 5 - 8 years of post-qualification experience in a similar role, preferably with a construction consultancy in India
• Degree in a relevant construction subject with good technical skills
• Excellent verbal and written English communication skills

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