Lead Quantity Surveyor

Who is Turner & Townsend?

All over the world people are using buildings, infrastructure, and assets we helped to deliver. It could be the hospital they work in, the railway they travel on every day, the fuel that powers their car or the data centre they depend on at work. For more than 75 years we’ve been helping to deliver transformational programmes across the real estate, infrastructure and natural resources sectors, making a difference to people’s lives and ensuring a return on investment for our clients and their investors.

Our purpose:

Transforming performance for a green, inclusive, and productive world.

The world is changing and we have a responsibility to support that change, helping drive it and be part of it. Through the commitment, capability and care our team brings, we build trust between clients, suppliers, governments and society. Delivering better outcomes that have a positive impact on the world around us. We work smarter to face the challenges of the future; bringing the clarity that helps teams realise their full potential across the real estate, infrastructure and natural resources sectors. It’s how we’ve made the difference for more than 75 years.

Our values:

Love a challenge:  We love a challenge and we work hard to make change happen and see things through. We don’t stand still, challenging ourselves and others to do better every day. And we are trusted to do the right thing, raising standards all the time.

Stronger together:  We’re stronger together by connecting people in diverse teams, so that we can all collaborate to deliver our best work. We focus on what matters and use our influence to build a better world for everyone.

Bring out the best in everyone:  We bring out the best in everyone. We help each other to make the most of our potential, always learning from our experience. We treat each other with care and respect and make time to give everyone a voice

Job Description

• Deliver consistent but appropriate cost management structures for major, complex projects.
• Roll-out of the emerging Company standard tools and processes, as appropriate for each project's life cycle development & execution phase.
• Provide project management support in the development of cost breakdown structures (CBS) and their population from the estimate.
• Develop Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and document Cost Time and Resource (CTR) sheets for phased cost estimates in line with the Company guidance notes for agreement and sign-off by the CTR budget holders.
• Provide project guidance for creation of accurate monthly cost reports, identifying variances from the plan on commitment
• value of work done, changes and currency fluctuations against approved Authorities for Expenditure (AFEs).
• Develop and implement the change management process for projects.
• Provide guidance on trend analysis and the assessment of change impacts on cost.
• Participate in peer reviews and other Assurance events.
• Contribute to the development of junior staff through coaching and training in cost engineering practices, tools and techniques.
• Drive and raise awareness of the importance of developing the cost management structure in early project phases.

Pre-Contract Stage

• Developing cost plans and estimates through the design phase, delivering updated cost plans at appropriate design milestones.
• Providing commercial input to design optioneering and input into value engineering exercises.
• Reviewing contractor and subcontractor pricing and leading negotiations on behalf of the client to drive fair contract prices.
• Analyzing existing budgets and making improvements, reviewing plans and preparing quantity estimates, negotiating with various contractors and vendors, as well as building relationships with clients and site managers.
• Presenting detailed information of a progress of work on a periodic basis to enable payment for those works carried out to date.
• Providing advice, recommendations, and suggestions to managers and clients on innovative improvements and new strategies.

Post-Contract Stage

• Performing quantity surveying, cost controls and change management activities throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ensuring that post-contract cost variances and change control processes are managed effectively.
• Ensuring that cost auditing and valuation work is managed effectively and that a robust process for cost validation is in place.
• Carrying out the production of monthly cost reports for presentation to the client.
• Ensuring that final accounts are negotiated and agreed in a timely manner.
• Compiling as built cost estimate records for benchmarking purposes.
• Led the QS team, ensures accurate measurement of the subcontractor progress construction for payment application. Reviewed forecasted quantities and costs, to manage for better control of project delivery.
• Tracked dan monitored the accurate actual cost, analyzed trends and variances to develop realistic Project forecasts incorporating all scope.
• Ensured the post-contract cost variances and change control processes are managed effectively.
• Carried out the production of the monthly cost reports. Compiled as built cost estimate records for bench marking purposes.

Qualifications

• Engineering Degree in Civil, Mechanical, Electrical and/or Certification as a Cost Engineer or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 12 years industry experience in lead cost engineering positions.
• Minimum 7 years in lead cost engineering position in Mining and or O&G industry.
• Willing for project site work (remote condition).
• Excellent analytical, oral and written communication skills
• Experience in managing small teams of junior personnel.
• Fully versed with Cost Control principles and techniques
• Fully versed and or fully knowledge with FIDIC Red Book, a standard contract used for construction projects where the contractor executes works based on the employer's design. It provides a robust framework for contractual relationship.
• Fluently in English Language and Bahasa Indonesia
• MS office - Microsoft Project, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word

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.

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