Turner & Townsend
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Associate Cost Manager - Infrastructure
Manage cost control, forecasting and contract administration for infrastructure projects.
Job Highlights
About the Role
The role focuses on cost and commercial management for major infrastructure programmes, ensuring financial performance aligns with project goals while supporting effective delivery and value creation. • Build and maintain professional relationships with clients, colleagues and project stakeholders. • Administer contracts in line with project objectives and company policies. • Monitor, forecast and report project costs accurately through to completion. • Manage cost variance and contract cash flow, ensuring timely and correct applications. • Collaborate with client and contractor teams to deliver project KPIs, control costs and implement value engineering. • Handle contract changes while maintaining governance and best‑practice standards. • Improve the accuracy of budgets and forecasts. • Provide commercial expertise and support to all stakeholders. • Negotiate and agree final accounts. • Lead and mentor team members and commissions as needed. • Conduct post‑contract administration and manage major programmes and projects. • Lead and manage multidisciplinary teams.
Key Responsibilities
- ▸cost management
- ▸budget forecasting
- ▸contract administration
- ▸value engineering
- ▸stakeholder management
- ▸team leadership
What You Bring
The firm is hiring an Associate Cost Manager / Commercial Manager for its infrastructure‑focused projects. Candidates should bring extensive cost‑management experience, be comfortable holding challenging, consultative conversations, and be able to motivate both teams and clients to achieve project objectives. • Demonstrate proven cost/commercial management experience, preferably with MRICS accreditation. • Apply NEC3 contracts knowledge, especially Option C target‑cost contracts. • Experience on infrastructure assets such as rail, air, ports, utilities or highways.
Requirements
- ▸mrics
- ▸nec3
- ▸cost management
- ▸infrastructure
- ▸target cost
- ▸consultative
Benefits
• Offer a flexible, healthy work environment that supports work‑life balance.
Work Environment
Office Full-Time