Associate Director - Cost Management - Infrastructure

Turner & Townsend is one of the leading consultancy providers to the Infrastructure sector. We are looking to recruit an Associate Director level Senior Cost Manager / Commercial Manager to undertake a lead role on a high-profile, London-based Infrastructure project.

Main Purpose of Role

The Associate Director performs the role of the Commission Manager, taking responsibility for end-to-end service delivery, often with respect to large or complex commissions. Act as the key day-to-day client interface, ensuring that client objectives are met through the delivery of a value-added cost management service.

Commission Management – Responsibilities

• Conducting feasibility studies and writing procurement reports.
• Applying Value Management techniques at the outset of a project and, where appropriate, involving Turner & Townsend’s specialist Value Management team.
• Managing estimating and cost planning activities, taking ownership of and presenting the final cost plan.
• Managing the procurement process, ensuring that all stages including pre-qualification, enquiry, analysis, selection and contract preparation are performed effectively.
• Ensuring that post-contract cost variances and change control processes are managed effectively.
• Ensuring that cost checking and valuation work is managed effectively.
• Ensuring the production of monthly post-contract cost reports and presenting them to the client.
• Value engineering and life cycle costing.
• Ensuring that final accounts are negotiated and agreed.
• Taking a lead role in 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.
• Taking responsibility for developing new business opportunities with existing and new Turner & Townsend clients.
• Identifying and acting upon cross-selling opportunities.
• Working with Directors to construct bids for new work.
• Identifying and acting upon opportunities to improve cost management procedures, templates and products and hence improve the service provided to clients.
• Staff management (where appropriate) – input into the formal management of Senior Cost Managers and Assistant Cost Managers or small cost management teams, including second-round recruitment interviews, input into resource management and attendance at junior staff appraisals.
• Knowledge management.

Qualifications

• Proven Cost / Commercial Management experience.
• Preferably MRICS.
• Experience with NEC3 contracts (in particular Option C – Target Cost).
• Post contract administration experience.
• Experience of working on Major Programmes and Projects.
• Experience of working in the Infrastructure sector (Rail, air/aviation, Water/Utilities, highways).
• Experience in leading and managing teams.

Equal Opportunity Statement

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.

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.