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About the Role

Leland Saylor Associates is seeking an experienced Senior Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor to deliver cost management, cost control, and estimating services on client projects, collaborating with the Los Angeles-based team. This role supports primarily U.S.-based clients and applies established U.S. estimating and cost-management practices across the full project lifecycle. Excellent communication skills and client-facing comfort are essential.

Responsibilities

Provide estimating and cost planning, including producing and presenting the final cost plan.
Collaborate with the design services team, general contractor, and owner in the development and reconciliation of cost estimates.
Reconcile changes and assist the general contractor to ensure data accuracy.
Meet with the general contractor and owner’s project manager to gather status information and prepare cost estimate updates.
Prepare written comments on the general contractor’s submissions, including the executive summary.
Estimate and negotiate change orders throughout the construction lifecycle.
Inform and drive design and engineering priorities based on cost impact.
Work proactively with minimal supervision to resolve scheduling and budget issues.
Manage cost checks and carry out progress valuations and pay-application reviews on larger projects.
Manage change control, post-contract cost variances, contingency management, and commitment tracking logs.
Develop cost plans and estimates through the design phase, delivering updated cost plans at each design milestone.
Prepare detailed conceptual cost estimates and cost studies from schematic or feasibility-level documentation.
Provide commercial input to design option analysis and lead value engineering exercises.
Develop variance summaries between estimates as the design evolves.
Prepare detailed instructions to bidders, trade-specific clarifications, and comprehensive bid packages.
Solicit and evaluate subcontractor bids using bid tally sheets, and lead negotiations on behalf of the client to secure fair, competitive pricing.
Make subcontractor award recommendations to the client/owner and support the finalization of subcontracts with trade partners.
Participate in and lead request-for-proposal (RFP) responses and formal cost/budget presentations to the client.
Perform quantity surveying, cost control, and change management activities throughout the project lifecycle.
Ensure that post-contract cost variances and change control processes are managed effectively.
Produce monthly cost reports for presentation to the client.

Requirements

Experience working in a construction cost management or estimating role.
5+ years of full-lifecycle cost management and/or estimating experience on private and public construction projects.
Experience leading cost management on medium to large, high-value building or infrastructure projects of medium to high complexity.
Familiarity with the U.S. competitive bidding process — soliciting and evaluating subcontractor proposals, using bid tally sheets, and making award recommendations.
Must have a Visa or be a US Citizen authorized to work.

Skills

Excellent communication skills
Comfortable operating in a client-facing capacity
Working knowledge of U.S. unit costs and the factors that affect construction cost, with the ability to estimate across all scopes of work.
Software proficiency in estimating and takeoff tools such as On-Screen Takeoff (OST), Bluebeam, WinEst, Sage Estimating (Timberline), or CostX required
Power BI, HCSS, Revit, and Assemble are value-adds.

Location

Los Angeles

Work Type

Hybrid
Full-time

Experience Level

Senior

Education Level

College and/or post-graduate degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering, or a field related to construction.
Professional accreditation a plus.
AACE International certification — Certified Cost Professional (CCP) or Certified Estimating Professional (CEP).
Chartered Quantity Surveyor — RICS, CIQS, AIQS recognized as the international equivalent.
ASPE Certified Professional Estimator (CPE)

Salary/Compensations

$110K–$195K per year

Benefits

401(k)
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
100% employer-paid premiums

About the Company

Leland Saylor Associates is seeking an experienced Senior Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor to deliver cost management, cost control, and estimating services on our clients’ projects, working in collaboration with our Los Angeles–based team.
Our work supports primarily U.S.-based clients, and this role applies established U.S. estimating and cost-management practices across the full project lifecycle.
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.
Please find out more about us at www.lelandsaylor.com

Equal Opportunity

Leland Saylor Associates 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.