About the job
Join Turner & Townsend as a Cost Manager specializing in Real Estate Construction Projects in Mexico. This role offers a dynamic environment where you will be responsible for:
- Conducting comprehensive feasibility studies and preparing procurement reports.
- Reviewing construction plans and executing precise quantity take-offs, in addition to overseeing contract preparation and management.
- Creating and analyzing detailed estimates and cost plans.
- Leading estimating and cost planning activities, ensuring the final cost plan is well-presented and thoroughly owned.
- Utilizing Value Management techniques at the early stages of projects, engaging with our specialized Value Management team when necessary.
- Overseeing the procurement process and implementing effective procurement and contracting strategies, actively participating in negotiations, pre-qualifications, and bid evaluations.
- Effectively managing post-contract cost variances and change control processes, documenting design changes, and updating budgets as required.
- Supervising cost checking and valuation tasks to ensure accuracy and efficiency.
- Generating and presenting monthly post-contract cost reports to clients.
- Pursuing value engineering and life cycle costing initiatives, providing cost insights to support informed business decisions.
- Negotiating and finalizing accounts.
- Establishing and maintaining professional relationships with both external and internal stakeholders, taking a lead role in client interactions at all project stages, and reporting to senior leadership on cost estimates versus budget.
- Where applicable, leading a cost management team to ensure successful delivery of all assigned tasks.
- Contributing to staff management, including involvement in recruitment processes and junior staff appraisals.
- Facilitating knowledge management by compiling key information and lessons learned from each project into our internal database.
- Employing Financial Management Systems to track ongoing margin levels and monthly forecasts for each commission.
- Identifying and implementing process improvements to enhance internal systems and workflows.
