Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor - Data Centres / Industrial / Life Science

Company Description
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 major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 110 offices worldwide.
Working with the world’s leading corporations, we enable the successful delivery of their world class Industrial, Science & Technology mission critical facilities. Turner & Townsend are leaders in professional services to the Data Centre’s, Life Sciences, Pharma, R&D facilities, Industrial, Manufacturing, Distribution & Logistics sectors globally. We have multiple IST Cost Management opportunities and are hiring Quantity Surveyors / Cost Managers with proven experience of delivery in these sectors.
Job Description
Turner & Townsend currently have a number of exciting opportunities for Cost Managers to support High Tech and Manufacturing projects in the Nordics, working collaboratively with the clients Project Manager and supply chain to provide cost management consulting to drive delivery and enable successful project outcomes.
As an experienced Cost Management Professional you will establish the required processes, templates and tools, and agree the baseline for cost and schedule, whilst monitoring performance against it and incorporating the impacts of risk, opportunities and change in a controlled manner. In order to do this you will:-
Identify trends and root causes of deviations against the baseline using lead and lag indicators, recommend remedial actions in order to drive best value for the client.
Lead the evaluation of the project‘s time, cost, and quality targets, applying governance controls as necessary to enable the successful delivery of the project.
Cooperate with a remote team of cost managers responsible for reaching an agreed, market tested cost baseline and ensuring the client is receiving value for money.
Guide and influence the general contractor, ensuring they are progressing in line with the schedule and within agreed cash flow parameters.
Act as the key point of contact to the client overcoming delivery and commercial issues whilst preparing formal and ad hoc reports focussing on time, cost and quality targets.
Control costs with your knowledge of conceptual estimating, funding stage gates, basic contingency principals, procurement principals.
Create and/or work within a cost report, summarizing financials in a executive level dashboard.
Understand change management principals, lead agreed change management process and work flow, providing a platform for adding/tracking/monitoring/approving change.
Coordinate and lead planning sessions and workshops with clients and vendors to compile the master project/programme schedule, agreeing baselines and a critical path.
Understand procurement principals, collate lead times from vendors and client into the master schedule communicate the prioritisation of ordering materials and equipment to meet scheduled install dates.
Work closely with the client to define vendor schedule requirements.
Actively participate in project team risk evaluations, incorporating the defined risks into monte carlo to output quantitative impacts to the overall project cost and schedule.
Work closely with the project team to stay informed on status of project changes, incorporating and communicating these to the project team to allow for approvals in the change management process.
Hold vendors accountable for required schedule updates and reporting to maintain timely and accurate updates of the master schedule ensuring that the schedules adhere to the defined process and quality expectations.

Qualifications
Degree or equivalent in Cost Management / Quantity Surveying
Chartered with the RICS, or equivalent
Proven experience in cost management in all phases of the project lifecycle
Specialist life sciences or data centre sector experience.
Strong measurement and cost planning expertise
JCT / NEC / FIDIC experience
Commercially astute with good negotiation skills
Excellent people person and great communicator, both internal and external
Able to demonstrate a commitment to providing excellent service.
Reliable with the ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.
Strong time management skills, quick thinking and ability to meet project deadlines as necessary.
Highly motivated and driven with a passion for delivering to your clients and have the ability to work independently.

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. We also encourage our staff to strive to ‘make a difference’ and become involved in various working committees and forums (for example, Inclusion Working Group, Social & Wellness, Learning & Development, Corporate Social Responsibilities and Net Zero Vision).
At Turner & Townsend we offer a competitive remuneration package and company benefits.
Turner & Townsend value greatly and have a focus on Corporate Responsibilities (CR), this includes a day’s leave entitlement to support a local charity or community activity along with the opportunity to participate in several office events that held throughout the year.
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 people 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.
Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/