Senior Cost Manager - Data Centre Construction
Turner Townsend, Bristol
Senior Cost Manager - Data Centre Construction
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Turner Townsend, Bristol
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 2 days ago, 11 Oct | Get your application in today.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 4a98a82969d849169e321938ae7d2708
Full Job Description
- To perform the role of the Commission Manager, taking responsibility for end-to-end service delivery
- To ensure that client objectives are met through the delivery of an effective cost management service, Commission Management, to include:
- Coaching junior staff, including allocating roles and responsibilities to ensure effective cost management on all projects
- Advising clients on feasibility studies
- Advising clients on their procurement options
- Managing the estimating and cost planning stages, including presenting the final cost plan to the client
- Tendering and procuring, including managing the pre-qualification stage, producing the tender list, producing the preliminaries, tender analysis, producing the tender report and compiling the contractual documents, utilising the relevant cost management tools and services; The Hive; eTender Platform
- Conducting the role of contract administrator, including dealing effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes, where applicable referring major changes to line manager
- Taking personal responsibility for peer reviewing cost allowances 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 via our Cost Control App and presenting them to the client
- Inputting into value engineering
- Negotiating and agreeing final accounts
- Interfacing with the client, Project Manager, and other consultants, at all project stages
- Work collaboratively with Turner and Townsend's project management team during project delivery
- Where appropriate, leading a cost management team, ensuring that they deliver on all of the above accountabilities
- Utilising our full suite of bespoke digital cost management tools and services; The Hive: Benchmarking App, CostX, Market Rates App, eTender Platform, and Cost Control App
- Implementing our Embodied Carbon Calculator, a bespoke carbon accounting tool, to produce carbon footprint reports
- Supporting the execution of our NewLeaf strategy
- Management of internal fees, internal job costing and resourcing requirements Marketing and business development, to include:
- Identifying opportunities to develop new business with existing clients and reporting such opportunities to the appropriate line manager and by making effective use of the marketing database
- Developing and maintaining a professional network of peers and potential clients
- Leading bid submissions
- Identifying ways in which cost management procedures, templates and products can be improved
- Being involved in extracurricular activities including external groups, attending networking and CPD events Internal management accountabilities, to include:
- Knowledge management - Ensuring that key information and learning generated from each commission is input into the Turner & Townsend internal database
- Process improvement - Identifying ways in which internal systems and processes can be improved and referring ideas to the appropriate line manager
- Lead in the support, development, and mentorship of junior staff members
- Management of projects on D365 REPORTING Depending upon context, a Senior Cost Manager is likely to report to an Associate Director, Project Director or Director. KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS A Senior Cost Manager will in part be assessed by the extent to which:
- Commissions are managed to the right quality standards and are completed efficiently and on time
- Service delivery on commissions is in line with the conditions of appointment
- Good relationships are developed with clients and members of the cross-functional team
- They work as an effective member of the cost management team, including where appropriate, taking effective responsibility for Assistant Cost Managers and Cost Managers
- Opportunities are identified to develop new business with existing clients
- Margin levels are kept track of on all commissions
- Key information and data is effectively cascaded and appropriately retained