Cost Manager- Real Estate

Turner & Townsend are looking for a Cost Manager to join our team and support construction cost services for our commercial real estate and public clients. The ideal candidate will be driven and promote our Turner & Townsend purpose and values.On-site/office presence is required Monday to Friday. Requirements may change depending on our client's needs.Responsibilities:Advising client on strategies, managing prequalification of vendors, assessing proposals, bids, and bid levelling documents, making final recommendations to the client, attending & chairing bid interviews, and managing appointment processManage estimating services for full project by developing project estimates (relating to construction, fees, direct work and other costs), reviewing estimations prepared by junior team members, presenting estimates to client, presenting value engineering recommendations and risk assessments to client, meeting with vendors to review, validate, and challenge costs, and reviewing estimates by utilizing benchmark data collected from other projectsManage cost reporting by establishing reporting schedule, reviewing & presenting cost reports and forecasts, reviewing project budget & spend forecast with the client, developing & maintaining commercial risk register, and hosting periodic meetings with project team & vendorsManage cost control process by reviewing payment application assessments prepared by junior team members, liaising with project managers to recommend contractor entitlements, reviewing requests for change orders from vendors & making recommendations to client, and using dispute prevention/management/resolution procedures to manage payment requisitions, change orders, and contractual disputesCost administration of a live construction contractDevelopment of change order procedure and sign off by the ClientSpot check of contractor measured quantities to ensure accuracy of bids receivedManage & monitor invoicing processBenchmark performance against other successful commissions.Manage all facets of the final accounting process and post contract audits and account close outs.Hold post-contract reviews with the client to establish a lesson learned document and apply lessons to create training manualDevelop procedures governing handover of projectPerform all the duties above through the use/preparation of Bid Analysis Sheets, Change Control Forms, Cost Estimating Software, and Take-off SoftwareSOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.