COST MANAGER AT TURNER & TOWNSEND | COST MANAGER JOBS IN LAGOS

About Company:

At Turner & Townsend, we are passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society. With more than 6,000 professionals in 112 offices across 45 offices, we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, providing the skills and insight to improve the way they develop, deliver and operate their physical real estate assets.

Across private and public sectors, our talented professionals provide the most innovative solutions for our clients’ greatest challenges. Our clients value our proactive and client-centric approach, depth of expertise, integrity, and the quality of the work we deliver. As a result, our employees get to work for the top global brands on some of the most exciting projects around the world.

Job Description:

This will include taking responsibility of all cost management aspects of a project from inception through to close-out and use.  

• Assisting in establishing a client's requirements and undertaking feasibility studies 
• Applying Value Management techniques at the outset of a project where appropriate or applicable, and where necessary involving Senior Management 
• Managing and taking ownership of estimating and cost planning activities to include presenting the Cost Estimates 
• Managing and taking ownership of the procurement process, ensuring that all stages including pre-qualification, enquiry, Bills of Quantities preparation (CSA and MEP), tender analysis, selection and contract preparation are performed effectively 
• Maintaining awareness of the different building contracts in current use 
• Ensuring that post-contract cost variances and change control processes are managed effectively 
• Providing advice on contractual claims 
• 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, risk management and life cycle costing where applicable 
• 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 
• Ensuring that QA/QC procedures are adhered to at all times 
• Establishing friendly, professional and appropriate relationships with clients, colleagues and other parties involved in the projects and programmes we support.
• Administering a variety of contracts in accordance with project objectives and policies.
• Providing accurate project cost monitoring, forecasting and reporting to completion in line with budget.
• Pro-actively monitoring and managing cost variance and contract cash flow and ensuring that applications are made correctly and in a timely manner.
• Collaborating with client and contractor teams to manage the delivery of project deliverables, KPIs, and objectives, including programme performance, cost control, and value engineering.
• Managing contract change effectively, ensuring that projects remain within governance and adopt best practice 
• Driving improvements in the accuracy of forecasts and budgets
• Proactively providing sound commercial knowledge and support to all stakeholders
• Ensuring that final accounts are negotiated and agreed
• Leading people and commissions as needed

Requirements:

• A proven track record of delivering high quality cost management/quantity surveying services across the industry
• Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor's Degree of Quantity Surveying or equivalent
• Working towards a professional qualification
• Post Graduate Qualification in relevant field would be an added advantage
• You should have relevant experience of working for a construction company
• Strong MEP experience.
• 5-10 years of post-qualification experience in similar role
• BIM knowledge / experience would be an added advantage
• Excellent verbal and written English communication skills.
• Should have a good knowledge of the following.
  • Change management and control
  • Valuation
  • Risk Management
  • Procurement
  • Estimating
  • Pricing
  • Reporting
• Collaborative approach and best-for-project attitude
• Sharing best practice
• People management
• Commission management
• Identifying and driving efficiencies and improvements through the project lifecycle
• Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management, and value engineering.

Salary

Application Closing Date: Not specified

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