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About the Role
As an Associate Director, you will provide leadership and direction, actively embedding and promoting the purpose, values, and vision of Turner & Townsend. You will be a trusted advisor, excelling at building client relationships, leading high-performing teams, and influencing key project decisions.
Responsibilities
- Client facing delivery of cost assessments, reviews and assurance services as well as presentation of independent estimates, cost plans, benchmarks, and reconciliations.
- Lead the validation and challenge process of assigned contractor estimates, target price/cost, and commercial submissions, particularly within collaborative delivery models such as Progressive Design-Build (PDB) and CMAR/CMGC.
- Lead the estimating uncertainty and support as necessary the quantitative risk assessment processes as part of target cost validation, facilitate as required value engineering, cost optimization, and support informed decision-making and value-for-money outcomes.
- Provide strategic cost advice to clients throughout the project lifecycle, from business case and concept design through detailed design, procurement and delivery.
- Mentor and develop estimating professionals, fostering a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Support business development activities, including client engagement, proposal preparation, and market growth initiatives.
Requirements
- Minimum 10-12 years of experience in multibillion infrastructure estimating programs, cost management, or cost assurance, including leadership of major capital projects.
- Demonstrated expertise across transportation, aviation, transit, highways, utilities, or other large-scale complex infrastructure sectors.
- Strong understanding of collaborative and alternative delivery models, including PDB, CMAR and Design-Build.
- Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and manage senior stakeholder relationships.
- Proficiency in industry-standard estimating software, benchmarking tools, and risk-based estimating methodologies.
Skills
- Cost estimating
- Cost advisory
- Cost assurance
- Client relationship management
- Team leadership
- Strategic thinking
- Commercial acumen
- Risk assessment
- Value engineering
- Cost optimization
Location
- Global
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior
- Associate Director
Education Level
- Degree in Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Professional designation or membership (CIQS, RICS, AACE, or equivalent).
Salary/Compensations
- CAD 125,000 - CAD 175,000 yearly
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.
- They provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.
- They promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.
Equal Opportunity
- 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.