Associate Director - Leeds, United Kingdom - Turner & Townsend

Turner & Townsend

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Leeds, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Company Description

At Turner & Townsend we're 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._
Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 110 offices worldwide._

Job Description:

Turner & Townsend is one of the leading consultancy providers to the Infrastructure sector, we are looking to recruit an Associate Director level, Senior Cost Manager / Commercial Manager to undertake a lead role on one of our prestigious infrastructure-based projects.

MAIN PURPOSE OF ROLE:

The Associate Director performs the role of the Commission Manager, taking responsibility for end to end service delivery, often with respect to large or complex commissions.
To act as the key, day to day client interface, ensuring that client objectives are met through the delivery of a value added cost management service.

Commission Management, to include:

Conducting feasibility studies and writing procurement reports
Managing estimating and cost planning activities to include taking ownership of and presenting the final cost plan
Managing the procurement process, ensuring that all stages including prequalification, enquiry, analysis, selection and contract preparation are performed effectively
Ensuring that postcontract cost variances and change control processes are managed effectively
Ensuring that cost checking and valuation work is managed effectively
Ensuring the production of monthly postcontract cost reports and presenting them to the client
Value engineering and life cycle costing
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.
Taking responsibility for developing new business opportunities with existing and new Turner & Townsend clients
Identifying and acting upon crossselling opportunities
Working with Directors to construct bids for new work
Identifying and acting upon opportunities to improve cost management procedures, templates and products and hence improve the service provided to clients
Staff management (where appropriate)
Inputting into the formal management of Senior Cost Managers and Assistant Cost Managers or small cost management team, to include 2nd round recruitment interviews, input into resource management and attendance at junior staff appraisals
Knowledge management

Qualifications:

Experience of working on major Rail projects
Proven Cost / Commercial Management experience
Preferably MRICS
NEC3 contracts (in particular Option C
Target Cost)
Post contract administration
Experience of working on Major Programmes and Projects
Experience of working in the Infrastructure (Rail, air, power, highways)
Experience in leading and managing teams

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 worklife balance._

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SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.