Senior Controls Manager Life Sciences
Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.
Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programs as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.
Our capabilities include program, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.
We 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 program, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.
About the Role:
As a Senior Controls Manager, you will oversee multiple multi-disciplined commercial real estate solutions for large and high-profile clients.
This job is part of the Building Consultancy function. They are responsible for specialist building services including surveying, inspections, and planning.
What You’ll Do:
- Manage all facets of cost management for multiple real estate projects.
- Assess complex project scopes and client needs to develop and present recommended budgets for necessary pre-bid and pre-construction cost estimating and cost planning services.
- Partner with large project teams to source and oversee the pre-bid and pre-construction services associated with the development of a project budget and cost plan.
- Work with the client and Sr. Project Managers to ensure all work is funded in compliance with the client's internal policies.
- Ensure all contracts include required language aligned with lease requirements for the solicitation of all landlord contributions.
- Review and report all bid responses to the client. Include recommendations for items such as high-value allowances, contingencies, and reserves.
- Align cost plan with project master schedule. Establish a strategy to manage cash flows and project accruals and report progress.
- Apply advanced knowledge to seek and develop new, better methods for accomplishing both individual and department objectives.
- Showcase expertise in own job discipline and in-depth knowledge of other job disciplines within the organization function.
- Coach others to develop in-depth knowledge and expertise in most or all areas within the function.
- Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values. Anticipates potential objections and persuades others, often at senior levels and of divergent interest, to adopt a different point of view.
- Impact the achievement of customer, operational, project, or service objectives across multi-discipline teams. Work is guided by functional policies which impact the design of procedures and policies.
- Contribute to new products, processes, standards, and/or operational plans in support of achieving functional goals.
- Communicate difficult and complex ideas with the ability to influence.
What You’ll Need:
- Bachelor's Degree preferred with 8-10 years of relevant experience. In lieu of a degree, a combination of experience and education will be considered.
- Experience with Life Sciences/Pharmaceutical facilities is preferred.
- The innovative mentality to develop methods that go beyond existing solutions.
- Ability to solve unique problems using standard and innovative solutions having a broad impact on the business.
- In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
- Expert organizational skills with an advanced inquisitive mindset.
- Highly sophisticated math skills. Ability to calculate somewhat complex figures such as percentages, fractions, and other financial-related calculations.
SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.
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