Cost Manager - Real Estate in Edinburgh

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

Turner & Townsend has an exciting opportunity for a Cost Manager to join our Edinburgh Real Estate team to help guide our clients and their professional teams on a number of exciting and iconic projects across Scotland. You’ll have a real desire and commitment to understand how the builders of the past put together their buildings, and what that means to modern contractors. You’ll be working on a day-to-day basis with leading conservators, architects and engineers to ensure that the client and contractor deliver the best value for money – advising all parties on the best solutions from a qualitative and commercial perspective. We’re looking for individuals with a keen interest in this space, a good knowledge of construction, whether from a Main Contracting or PQS background, and who possess an outgoing/collaborative approach.

Key Accountabilities

• 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

Qualifications

• A proven track record of delivering high quality cost management/quantity surveying services across the full project lifecycle
• Degree or HNC level qualification
• Professionally qualified (RICS or similar)

We endeavour to create a work environment that reflects the culture of the company, and we encourage every member of our staff to embrace our commitment to be: Professional, Quality Driven, Goal Orientated, Customer Focused, Continuously Improving, Flexible, Open & Integrated.

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.