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Senior Estimator / Associate Director

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Job Description - Senior Estimator / Associate Director

Company Description

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 programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.



Our capabilities include programme, 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 programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.



Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com

Job Description

  • Accurate of Class 1, 2 and 3 estimating for various outputs at various stages of design of the project for Major Projects
  • TOC review process and TOC review analysis
  • Estimating variance reporting and analysis
  • Reviewing estimating templates and update according to the context of Major Projects
  • Review Indirect cost and Owner cost in the context of Major Projects and update the templates accordingly
  • Highly experienced and knowledgeable in project drawings, pricing elements, design and various construction phases to ensure the accuracy and change/variation is managed effectively
  • Improvement and refinement on project contingency – to ensure all class 3 estimates contingencies are risk based and being able to track the cost of these risks
  • Identify and analyse estimating risks and issues, proposing mitigation strategies
  • Conduct estimating analysis to identify cost savings and efficiencies, and related risks and opportunities
  • Prepare and present estimating reports to Mangers and stakeholders, highlight project status, progress and potential issues.
  • Provide insights and recommendations for estimating template optimization and improvement, best practices and methodologies
  • Providing support and inputs for Project Managers on estimating needs
  • Assisting in budget development and cost control, and responding for developing and maintaining project planning, scheduling and cost plans.

Qualifications

  • Professionally qualified in one of the following fields: construction, cost management, engineering, surveying or architecture. 
  • Masters in Cost Management or equivalent knowledge and experience.
  • At least 8 to 10 years’ experience.
  • A strong background in the delivery of consultancy services to the sectors serviced by Turner & Townsend.
  • Experience of leading cost management commissions for medium, large, sized construction projects of medium to high complexity.
  • Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management and value engineering.
  • People management experience, particularly in the context of managing a cost management team delivering a project

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance. 

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/

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It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time. 

Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review. 

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