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Company Description
Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. We work with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy, and natural resources, transforming challenges into opportunities and delivering impactful projects that improve people’s lives.
Job Description
Turner & Townsend Contract Services team is highly experienced in providing authoritative advice and professional expertise in the fields of Intelligent Procurement, Project Advisory, and Dispute Resolution. We have a new opportunity for a Cost Management Lead who will lead the costing team within the PMO function of a large-scale rail project.
The Role Holder Will Oversee
* The implementation of processes, procedures, and systems for planning, estimating, budgeting, funding, managing, and controlling costs to ensure project completion within the approved budget.
* Support the development and definition of contingency management processes and procedures.
* Define and manage funding and cashflow requirements, reporting this to the client monthly to ensure contractual compliance.
* Develop cost management requirements for procurement and contract documents, ensuring alignment across all documents.
* Communicate cost and management requirements to contractors to ensure alignment with the project controls framework.
* Lead the cost management support team and support functions such as accounts payable.
* Support during the tender evaluation phase of the procurement process.
* Manage the project budget through delivery, coordinating costs from other elements of the client’s organization.
* Monitor compliance with cost control standards across all Core Contracts.
* Oversee the Project Delivery Partner's cost management activities.
* Undertake all necessary cost reporting required by the client.
* Ensure thorough documentation of costing and estimating processes is maintained throughout delivery.
Qualifications
* 15+ years’ experience in cost management with at least 5+ years’ experience within rail projects or projects of similar scale and complexity.
Further Experience / Understanding Of The Following Is Required
* Designing and implementing costing frameworks within a PMO function.
* Delivering cost management in major project environments.
* Knowledge of cost management principles, methods, techniques, and tools.
* Cost analysis, modelling, and benchmarking processes.
* Facilitating collaboration with project stakeholders.
* Project controls design.
* Delivering continuous improvement programs.
* Information management and reporting.
* Working in a comparable consultancy environment.
* Development of standard operating procedures.
Skills
* Good influencing skills to manage and motivate teams.
* Ability to coordinate multiple sources of reporting inputs and deliver project reports.
* Strong analytical skills.
* Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
* Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills.
* Ability to develop long-term relationships with team members.
* Ability to foster a committed, strategic, innovative, and inclusive culture.
Additional Information
* Competitive remuneration and attractive range of benefits.
* Pension.
* 27 days Annual leave.
* Opportunity to work on impactful and innovative projects.
* Career development opportunities.
* Opportunity to work with a diverse group of talented colleagues.
Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
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