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Associate Director - Cost Management

Turner Townsend

Associate Director - Cost Management

Salary Not Specified

Turner Townsend, Leeds

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

, 22 Jun | Get your application in now before you're too late!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: af0b4d82fdf34bc7908ffc1b8ae4d7b1

Full Job Description

  • 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.


    • Commission Management, to include:
  • 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 to include 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) - Inputting into the formal management of Senior Cost Managers and Assistant Cost Managers or small cost management team, to include 2nd round recruitment interviews, input into resource management and attendance at junior staff appraisals

  • Knowledge management

    As an experienced individual you will come with a wealth of experience in cost management ready to apply your existing knowledge in a new and dynamic environment. We are looking for a candidate comfortable in having challenging conversations with a consultative approach that can bring the best out of their team and client.

    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 one of our prestigious infrastructure-based projects.