Senior Consultant, Infrastructure Cost & Commercial (Senior Estimator/QS)
Turner & Townsend · CA
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About the Role
Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced infrastructure cost and commercial professional specializing in construction cost estimating and quantity surveying. This role involves acting as a trusted advisor to clients, providing strategic and detailed independent cost planning advice and risk-related recommendations throughout the project lifecycle. You will lead or contribute to client-facing engagements, estimate assurance, and risk quantification workshops, while also mentoring junior professionals.
Responsibilities
- Act as a trusted advisor to clients by providing both strategic and detailed independent cost planning advice and risk-related recommendations throughout the project lifecycle.
- Lead or contribute to client-facing engagements, progressive estimate assurance and validation assignments and risk quantification workshops.
- Independently challenge contractor’s submissions during target cost development, procurement, and business case processes.
- Mentor and develop junior consultants, estimators, and quantity surveyors through coaching, technical guidance, and knowledge sharing.
- Contribute to the continued development of estimating methodologies, assurance frameworks, benchmarking systems, and best-practice cost planning and cost estimating.
Requirements
- Minimum 8-10 years' professional experience in cost estimating/QS, including substantial experience within a consultancy, professional services, advisory, or client-side infrastructure environment.
- Demonstrated experience leading or contributing to cost estimating, cost planning, cost assurance, commercial advisory, and investment decision support services for major infrastructure programs.
- Proven ability to engage effectively with client stakeholders and communicate complex technical or commercial aspects of construction cost estimating clearly and confidently.
- Experience supporting collaborative delivery models including Progressive Design-Build (PDB), CMAR, CMGC, Alliance, Design-Build, and other alternative procurement approaches.
- Strong commercial acumen and understanding of project controls, risk management, governance, procurement, and infrastructure delivery frameworks.
- Demonstrated experience mentoring junior professionals and contributing positively to team capability development.
Skills
- Construction cost estimating
- Quantity surveying
- Cost planning
- Cost estimating
- Cost assurance
- Commercial advisory
- Investment decision support
- Risk management
- Project controls
- Governance
- Procurement
- Infrastructure delivery frameworks
- Stakeholder engagement
- Relationship management
- Communication
Location
- Global
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 8-10+ years' postgraduate experience
- Senior Estimator/Quantity Surveyor
Education Level
- Professional accreditation such as CIQS, MRICS, FRICS, CCP (AACE), CEP, PMP, or equivalent is highly regarded.
Salary/Compensations
- CAD 125,000 - CAD 150,000 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
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.
- Promotes a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.
- Committed to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture that promotes a sense of belonging.
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.