Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.
Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy, and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programs as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.
Our capabilities include program, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.
We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier program, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.
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Main Purpose of Role
To perform the role of the Commission Manager, taking responsibility for end to end service delivery and To ensure that client objectives are met through the delivery of an effective cost management service
Key Accountabilities
Commission Management, to include:
- Assisting on feasibility studies and writing procurement reports
- Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan
- Tendering and procuring, including managing the pre-qualification stage, producing the tender list, putting the preliminaries together, tender analysis, producing the tender report and compiling the contractual documents
- Dealing effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes, where applicable referring major changes to line manager
- Taking personal responsibility for making cost checks 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 and presenting them to the client
- Inputting into value engineering
- Negotiating and agreeing final accounts
- 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
- Involved in the complete lifecycle of the project.
- Thorough knowledge on Electrical, HVAC, fire alarm systems, plumbing & fire fighting.
- Supporting technical design briefs, analyze designs, and coordinate with multiple vendors.
- Experience in sustainability /LEED & other concepts.
- Review MEP specifications, interpret contracts, and participate in technical & commercial negotiations with vendors.
- Lead a team & be able to supervise & coordinate onsite MEP construction activities
- Review/analyze and re-design all MEP drawings & material schedules with involvement in supervision of the site activities and to control cost and ensure timely completion of the project.
- Co-ordinate all electro-mechanical activities with client, consultant, suppliers, site engineers & various subcontractors at site. Checking and preparing VO, negotiation with Sub-con and Client.
- Provide interpretations of plans, project scope, detail sheets, and specifications for our MEP contractors/ sub contractors and engineers to ensure a comprehensive and mutual understanding of the project plan.
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
- Assisting in the production of bid documentation
- Identifying ways in which cost management procedures, templates and products can be improved and referring ideas to the appropriate line manager
- Understanding the Turner & Townsend 2+2=5 philosophy and identifying cross-divisional opportunities
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
- Financial management – Utilising FMS in order to keep track of the ongoing margin levels
- Process improvement – Identifying ways in which internal systems and processes can be improved and referring ideas to the appropriate line manager
Reporting
Depending upon context, a Cost Manager is likely to report to a Senior Cost Manager, Area Manager or Associate Director.
Key Performance Indicators
A 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
- 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
Environment Policy
Should adhere to the company’s global environmental policy
Qualifications- Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, or related technical field.
- RICS qualification (preferred) or working toward it.
- 3 to 15 years’ experience in large‑scale MEP cost estimating.
- Experience across full project lifecycle and delivering MEP packages.
- Ability to estimate at conceptual, programming, and detailed design levels.
- Strong understanding of MEP supply chain and procurement processes.
- Skilled in digital cost management tools.
- Strong client-facing, communication, and negotiation skills.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and lead cost teams when needed.
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