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Turner & Townsend

Cost Manager Quantity Surveyor Real Estate Construction

Turner & Townsend, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199


Job Description

Turner & Townsend

are seeking a

Cost Manager and/or Quantity Surveyor

to work on large-scale commercial real construction projects, to support and execute an array of strategic and operational real estate development efforts across our client’s mixed use district development portfolio as well as ground up workplace office projects.

Responsibilities:

Estimating and negotiating change orders throughout the construction lifecycle.

Provide estimate and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan.

Review and participate with the design services team and general contractor, in the development of the cost estimates.

Reconcile changes and assist the general contractor to ensure that their data is accurate.

Communicate or meet with general contractor and owner project manager to gather status information to prepare a cost estimate update.

Prepare written comments to the general contractor’s submissions, including the executive summary.

Coordinate all sources of cost information for cost discussions and suppliers direct from NPA, subs, quantities from A/Es.

Inform and drive engineering priorities based on cost impact.

Work proactively with minimal supervision to resolve scheduling issues.

Manage cost checks and carry out valuations on larger projects. Complete timely, accurate cost checking and valuation processes.

Participate effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes.

Manage Cost impact / contingency management and commitment tracking logs.

Prepare funding data presentations and coordinate VE sessions with stakeholders.

You will also be responsible for:

Pre-Contract

Developing cost plans and estimates through the design phase, delivering updated cost plans at appropriate design milestones.

Providing commercial input to design optioneering and input into value engineering exercises.

Reviewing contractor and subcontractor pricing and leading negotiations on behalf of the client to drive fair contract prices.

Post-Contract

Performing quantity surveying, cost controls and change management activities throughout the project lifecycle.

Ensuring that post-contract cost variances and change control processes are managed effectively.

Ensuring that cost auditing and valuation work is managed effectively and that a robust process for cost validation is in place.

Carrying out the production of monthly cost reports for presentation to the client.

Ensuring that final accounts are negotiated and agreed in a timely manner.

Compiling as built cost estimate records for benchmarking purposes.

Qualifications:

A minimum of 3 years’ experience working in a construction cost management role.

College and/or post-graduate degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or a field related to construction.

Full life cycle cost management experience working on commercial real estate construction projects.

RICS accredited or working towards is valuable, but not required.

Hybrid In-Office and Onsite working is required.

Experience working on large-scale commercial real estate or data center projects.

Experience of leading cost management on medium or large sized construction projects of medium to high complexity.

Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management and value engineering.

US experience is strongly desirable.

Additional Information:

The salary range for this full-time role is

$115K-$130K

per year. Ranges are determined by role and level and represent a good faith effort to provide a fair and equitable salary. This range is a reflection of base salary only, not of a total compensation package. Please note Turner & Townsend reserves the right to pay more or less than the posted range, depending on candidate’s experience and qualifications.

On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs.

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.

Please find out more about us at

www.turnerandtownsend.com .

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