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Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.\nOur capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.\nWe are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.\nPlease visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com\n An exciting opportunity has arisen within our Life Sciences division for a Cost Engineering Lead to support in the delivery of construction and manufacturing projects for our Real Estate team. We are seeking applications from Cost Controllers with experience in working on major construction projects for the Pharmaceuticals or Biotech sector or similar highly regulated fields i.e., Nuclear, Oil & Gas etc.\nJob Objectives\nPre and post-contract duties including preparation of cost estimates, procurement and tendering, contract administration, variation, final account, etc.\nCompleting feasibility studies and writing procurement reports\nEstimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan\nTendering and procurement activity, including managing the pre-qualification stage, producing the tender list, preliminaries, tender analysis, tender report and compiling the contractual documents\nTaking responsibility for timely and accurate cost checks and valuations\nProducing monthly post contract cost reports and presenting them to the client\nInterfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages\nParticipate effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes\nPerform cost risk analysis and provide input into value engineering; negotiate and approve final accounts\nMaintain central feedback and learning on cost estimating from prospects and projects and contribute to updating of best practices in estimating\nSkills Required\nTechnical knowledge of Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech, or other related facility asset types for period of 5 years+\nGood knowledge of all methods of construction and procurement.\nExperienced with or managing team that uses multiple estimating tools and applications.\nStrong experience with spreadsheets and databases.\nCollaborative approach, able to develop strong relationships with clients and stakeholders, internally and externally.\nGood organization skills with the ability to multi-task.\nDemonstrated strong listening and communication skills.\nProven cost and/or commercial management experience, ideally within a consultancy environment.\n Typically, a qualified graduate in a relevant discipline with proven working experience in the delivery of project controls services for major projects or programmes. Additionally, we would welcome applicants who are CIMA qualified.\nExperience\nDelivered cost engineering across a range of major projects, preferably across multiple sectors. Worked across the full project lifecycle including for pre-investment decision, design development, execution, and commissioning phases.\nHas experience in working to cost engineering procedures and processes, and the ability to define project cost procedures and standards to which the project and/or programme will adhere to.\nHighly conversant with cost management systems such as Prism and Ecosys, including for the interface with corporate finance systems such as SAP and Oracle. The cost engineer would have an appreciation of business rules, and how project funding and performance aligns with business financial account requirements within the project or programme environment.\n 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.\nWe 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.\nTurner & 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.\nPlease find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/\nJoin our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects:\nTwitter\nInstagram\nLinkedIn\nIt is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time. \nAny unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. 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