Senior Cost Manager - Real Estate

About the Role

The Senior Cost Manager (Commission Manager) is responsible for end‑to‑end service delivery, ensuring client objectives are met through effective cost‑management services on commissions typically ranging from £10 million to £50 million. • Lead end‑to‑end commission delivery, ensuring client objectives are met. • Coach and allocate tasks to junior staff, overseeing cost management across projects. • Advise clients on feasibility studies, procurement options and present final cost plans. • Manage estimating, tendering, pre‑qualification, tender analysis and contract documentation using The Hive and eTender Platform. • Administer contracts, control post‑contract cost variances, change control and produce monthly cost reports via Cost Control App. • Conduct peer reviews, valuations and value‑engineering inputs on large projects. • Negotiate and agree final accounts, and interface with clients, project managers and consultants. • Lead and mentor cost‑management teams, utilizing digital tools such as CostX, Benchmarking App and Embodied Carbon Calculator. • Support NewLeaf strategy, internal fee and job‑costing management, and contribute to marketing and business development activities. • Capture knowledge in internal databases, drive process improvements, and manage projects on D365.

Key Responsibilities

• ▸commission delivery
• ▸tender management
• ▸cost control
• ▸value engineering
• ▸costx
• ▸d365 management

What You Bring

• Chartered status (RICS) with proven autonomous working ability. • Highly organised, able to prioritize workload and meet tight deadlines. • Strong stakeholder collaboration, relationship‑building and delegation skills. • Resilient under pressure and self‑motivated to take initiative.

Requirements

• ▸chartered
• ▸rics
• ▸organised
• ▸prioritisation
• ▸stakeholder
• ▸resilient

Benefits

The company’s core values—loving a challenge, being stronger together, and bringing out the best in everyone—are reinforced through a market‑leading suite of digital tools, a championed diverse workforce, and clear development pathways such as the NewLeaf strategy, professional accreditation support and flexible working arrangements. Turner & Townsend promotes an inclusive, equal‑opportunity environment, offering a healthy work‑life balance, flexible working, and a commitment to diversity, while also requiring adherence to SOX control responsibilities where applicable. • Flexible, healthy working environment promoting work‑life balance. • Professional development opportunities including RICS chartership support and multidisciplinary collaboration. • Inclusive, diverse culture with social, sports and networking groups.

Work Environment

Office Full-Time