Company Description
Are you interested in working on some of the world’s most exciting projects, with some of the world’s leading businesses?
At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society. Every day we help our clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects in over 118 offices and 47 countries worldwide.
At Turner & Townsend, we offer a wide variety of benefits to our staff to help them inside or outside of the work. We offer true work life balance, working from home arrangements, team events and much more.
Due to significant growth and ongoing delivery success with our clients, Turner & Townsend Infrastructure division is recruiting for a Senior Cost Manager in Perth.
Working within friendly, professional and highly successful teams and reporting to the relevant regional Director, you will work across various projects.
Job Description
To perform the role of Senior Cost Manager and estimator, taking responsibility for end to end service delivery and to ensure that client objectives are met through the delivery of an effective cost management service. Experience on working on Aviation, Rail, Roads, Ports, Defence and Utilities projects in WA.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate and develop good relationships with clients and stakeholders internally and externally
• Responsible for pre and post-contract quantity surveying 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 procuring, including managing the pre-qualification stage, producing the tender list, putting the preliminaries together, tender analysis, producing the tender report and compiling the contractual documents
• Taking personal responsibility for making cost checks and carrying out valuations on larger projects and in all cases ensuring that timely and accurate cost checking and valuation takes place
• Producing monthly post contract cost reports and presenting them to the client
• Interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages
• Business development experience, particularly in the context of identifying opportunities with existing clients.
• Possess the personality that is capable of determining needs for the business and gain support of the Directors.
• To work within the wider infra team supporting multiple clients and project directors

QUALIFICATIONS

• A recognised Degree Qualification in Quantity Surveying or Construction Management
• Relevant work experience, ideally in a consultancy environment
• Achievement of Chartered status with AIQS or RICS or equivalent recognised body is preferable.
• 5+ years cost management/estimating experience, preferably in a private practice or construction organization on infra roles.
  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. Any speculative or unsolicited CV’s will be treated as a direct application.
  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.
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• Collaborate and develop good relationships with clients and stakeholders internally and externally
• Responsible for pre and post-contract quantity surveying 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 procuring, including managing the pre-qualification stage, producing the tender list, putting the preliminaries together, tender analysis, producing the tender report and compiling the contractual documents
• Taking personal responsibility for making cost checks and carrying out valuations on larger projects and in all cases ensuring that timely and accurate cost checking and valuation takes place
• Producing monthly post contract cost reports and presenting them to the client
• Interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages
• Business development experience, particularly in the context of identifying opportunities with existing clients.
• Possess the personality that is capable of determining needs for the business and gain support of the Directors.
• To work within the wider infra team supporting multiple clients and project director