Senior Commercial Manager - Construction

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Senior Commercial Manager to join our team to support a large-scale life sciences construction program!

• Provide estimate and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan.
• Manage all post-award contract administration tasks
• Provide benchmarking studies, analysis of cost data and presentation of data in reports.
• Undertake cost assurance of third-party estimates, report writing and presentation.
• Participate effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes.
• Manage cost checks and carry out valuations on larger projects, and ensure timely and accurate cost checking, and valuation process.
• Produce monthly cost reports and present to clients.
• Manage the contract change process and ensure they are reconciled with EAC
• Support risk management and take accountability of contingency drawdown
• Provide input into value engineering and options analysis.
• Apply EVM methodology to measure project progress.
• Review and validate contractor pay applications.
• Maintain liaison with client and other consultants at all projects stages.
• Provide leadership to cost management commissions, when necessary, ensure the delivery on all of accountabilities.
• Identify opportunities to develop new business with existing clients and report such opportunities to appropriate line manager and utilize marketing database.
• Identify improvements for cost estimating and cost management procedures, templates, and products, and refer ideas to appropriate line manager.
  
  Bachelor's degree (preferably Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management or related field).
• 10+ years as a Contract Manager or Cost Manager on capital projects, including design and construction phases.
• Direct experience working on teams within a complex matrix environment.
• Experience within the construction industry is a must, candidates with additional life sciences experience strongly preferred.
• Local candidates preferred, if not local, must be relocatable (relocation assistance provided).
• Must possess exemplary communication skills - both oral and written.
• Competency using Excel and other cost management tool to manage large amount of data
• Must be a "self-starter," and a goal/results-oriented leader and team player.
• Proven negotiation skills are required.
  
  On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs
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. 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., Turner & Townsend Consulting 1,001-5,000 employees

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