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About the Role

As a Cost Consultant, you will support the delivery of cost management services, including providing estimates, cost planning, and preparing Construction Cost Estimate reports for various projects throughout Canada. You will manage estimating and cost planning activities, ensure effective cost analysis and valuation, and participate in value engineering and life cycle costing.

Responsibilities

• Provide estimate and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan.
• Prepare Construction Cost Estimate reports at all stages of design for commercial, institutional and residential projects throughout Canada.
• Manage estimating and cost planning activities to include taking ownership of and presenting the final cost plan.
• Ensure that cost analysis, cost checking and valuation work is managed effectively.
• Participate in Value engineering, LEED analysis and Life Cycle costing.
• Provide input into value engineering; negotiate and approve final accounts.
• Maintain liaison with client and other consultants at all projects stages.
• Prepare Mechanical/Electrical cost estimates for all asset classes, and at all levels of design, related to real estate throughout Canada.
• Identify opportunities to develop new business with existing clients and report such opportunities to appropriate line manager and utilize marketing database.

Requirements

• Experience preparing mechanical and electrical cost estimates for complex construction projects.
• Knowledge of MEP (Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing) systems is considered an asset.
• Membership in a relevant professional organizations (i.e. RICS, CIQS, AACEI).
• Strong presentation, verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office; experience with AutoCAD, Navisworks, or related software is an asset.
• Strong organizational abilities, multitasking capability, and a collaborative mindset.
• Good understanding of construction procurement methodologies.
• Experience advising clients on value management, value engineering, and life‑cycle costing.
• Certification or designation from a professional organization is an asset (i.e. MRICS, PQS, CCP).

Skills

• Mechanical Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• MEP systems
• Microsoft Office
• AutoCAD
• Navisworks
• Value management
• Value engineering
• Life-cycle costing

Location

• Canada

Work Type

• Hybrid

Experience Level

• Experienced Cost Consultant

Salary/Compensations

• $75,000 - $90,000 per year

Benefits

• 100% covered health and dental benefits for you and your dependents (including paramedical services)
• Health spending account
• RRSP option with company matching
• Annual learning and development budget
• Access to a range of online learning tools, and support for career development and growth
• Coverage of one professional membership or license fee per year
• Vacation, flex and sick days
• Flexible, hybrid work approach

About the Company

• Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.
• Working with clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, they transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives.
• Capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.
• Majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc.
• 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.
• We promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Equal Opportunity

• We are an Equal opportunity employer who will ensure accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities upon request.
• We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.