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About the Role

Turner & Townsend seeks a Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor for its San Francisco team to support construction cost services across a diverse project portfolio. This role offers exposure to complex, high-profile programs within a collaborative and growing team.

Responsibilities

• Advise clients on strategies, manage vendor prequalification, assess proposals and bids, make recommendations, attend bid interviews, and manage the appointment process.
• Manage estimating services by developing project estimates, reviewing junior team members' estimations, presenting estimates to clients, providing value engineering and risk assessment recommendations, and validating costs with vendors.
• Manage cost reporting by establishing schedules, reviewing cost reports and forecasts, discussing project budgets and spend forecasts with clients, maintaining a commercial risk register, and hosting project team and vendor meetings.
• Manage the cost control process by reviewing payment application assessments, liaising with project managers on contractor entitlements, reviewing change order requests, and utilizing dispute resolution procedures.
• Manage and monitor the invoicing process.
• Benchmark performance against other successful commissions.
• Manage the final accounting process, post-contract audits, and account close-outs.
• Conduct post-contract reviews with clients to develop lessons learned and training materials.
• Develop procedures for project handover.
• Utilize Bid Analysis Sheets, Change Control Forms, Cost Estimating Software, and Take-off Software for all duties.
• Adhere to SOX control responsibilities where applicable.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, Engineering, or a related field.
• 3–5+ years of experience in cost management, quantity surveying, or estimating within the construction industry.
• Experience supporting cost management on medium to large-scale construction projects.
• Consultancy experience is strongly preferred.
• Solid understanding of construction methodologies, procurement routes, and value management/engineering principles.
• Progress toward or attainment of RICS (or similar professional accreditation) is a plus.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to operate in a client-facing role.
• Eagerness to work across a range of project types and adapt within a dynamic delivery environment.

Skills

• Cost Management
• Quantity Surveying
• Estimating
• Construction Methodologies
• Procurement Routes
• Value Management
• Value Engineering
• Communication
• Stakeholder Management
• Client-Facing Skills
• Cost Estimating Software
• Take-off Software

Location

• San Francisco

Work Type

• On-site
• Full-time

Experience Level

• 3-5+ years

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree

Salary/Compensations

• $120K-$140K per year

Benefits

• Great place to work
• Opportunity and voice to affect change
• Support for work-life balance
• Healthy, productive, and flexible working environment

About the Company

• Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.
• They work with clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy, and natural resources, transforming projects and improving people's lives.
• Their capabilities include program, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.
• Turner & Townsend is majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc.

Equal Opportunity

• Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer.
• They celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
• Actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
• All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.