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Job DescriptionTurner & Townsend are looking for Assistant Cost Managers to join our award winning, growing Cost Management team in our London office, working within Turner & Townsend's Real Estate team.
The right candidate will have the opportunity to progress within our business and receive a competitive salary and benefits package. There will also be the opportunity to support internal business initiatives and development, in order to offer our people an all-round exposure to the business. The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate consultancy experience and have professional membership of the RICS (or working towards this).
Commission Management, to include:
- Assisting on 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
- Dealing effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes
- 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
- Inputting into value engineering
- Negotiating and agreeing final accounts • Interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages
- Where appropriate, leading a cost management team, ensuring that they deliver on all of the above accountabilities.
- A proven track record of delivering high quality cost management/quantity surveying services across the full project lifecycle
- Good technical grounding in all of the main areas of cost management
- Experience of acting as Commission Manager on small to medium sized projects, or at least sufficient related experience to enable a step up to performing the role of Commission Manager
- Good knowledge of the main procurement methods and their application with respect to the 'tactical procurement' of small to medium sized buildings
- Knowledge and understanding of value engineering
- Experience of utilising a range of industry standard processes and systems (IT and other) in order to effectively deliver a project.
- Professionally qualified (RICS or similar)
- Degree or HNC level qualification • Ability to successfully manage and prioritise more than one project at a time.
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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.
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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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