Associate Director - Quantity Surveyor - Infrastructure

Turner & Townsend is one of the leading consultancy providers to the Infrastructure sector, and we are looking to recruit an Associate Director level Senior Quantity Surveyor / 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. To 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.

Responsibilities

• Conducting feasibility studies and writing procurement reports.
• Applying Value Management techniques at the outset of a project and involving Turner & Townsend’s specialist Value Management team where appropriate.
• Managing estimating and cost‑planning activities, taking ownership of and presenting the final cost plan.
• Managing the procurement process, ensuring 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.
• Producing monthly post‑contract cost reports and presenting them to the client.
• Conducting value engineering and life‑cycle costing.
• Negotiating and agreeing final accounts.
• Taking a lead role in interfacing with the client and other consultants at all project stages.
• Leading a cost management team, ensuring they deliver on all of the above accountabilities.
• 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.
• Improving cost management procedures, templates and products to enhance the service to clients.
• Managing staff (where appropriate): supporting the formal management of Senior Cost Managers, Assistant Cost Managers or a small cost management team, including recruitment interviews, resource management input and attendance at junior staff appraisals.
• Maintaining knowledge management practices.

Qualifications

• Proven Cost / Quantity Surveying / Commercial Management experience.
• Preferably MRICS.
• Experience with NEC3 contracts, particularly Option C – Target Cost.
• Post‑contract administration experience.
• Experience working on major programmes and projects.
• Experience in the infrastructure sector (rail, air/aviation, water/utilities, highways).
• Experience leading and managing teams.

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