**Company Description**:
- At Turner & Townsend we're passionate about making the difference.
That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society._
- Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 110 offices worldwide._
Turner & Townsend has an exciting opportunity for a Cost Manager to join our Rio de Janeiro Cities & Places team to help guide our clients and their professional teams on a number of exciting and iconic projects across the Market.
You'll have a real desire and commitment to understand how the builders of the past put together their buildings, and what that means to modern contractors.
You'll be working on a day-to-day basis with leading conservators, architects and engineers to ensure that the client and contractor deliver the best value for money - advising all parties on the best solutions from a qualitative and commercial perspective.
We're looking for individuals possessing a keen interest in this space with a good knowledge of construction, whether from a Main Contracting or PQS background; who possess an outgoing / collaborative approach.
**KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES**:
Commission Management, to include:
- Prepare estimations according to all design phases.-
- Monitor, control and prepare Valuations-
- Participate to value engineering sessions-
- Prepare and analyse change orders-
- Develop the primary project budget-
- Develop progress measurement criteria with vendors-
- Collect cost market data-
- Support quotation process responding to the questions of services/materials proponents-
- Produce cash flow forecasts for internal and client purposes-
- Quantify materials and labour for all phases of a project.-
- Prepare Cost benefit analysis-
- Review project budget after design packages issuance by the technical team-
- Collaborate with the creation of the recommendation report-
- Participate in the weekly project and departmental meetings-
- Issue weekly progress reports on project costs including forecasting reimbursable expenses**Qualifications**:
**Experience and Skills**- Degree-qualified or equivalent in Quantity Surveyor, Engineering, Architecture.-
- Minimum 10 years of experience in similar roles.-
- Working towards RICS membership or recently chartered-
- Conversant in all aspects of quantity surveying-
- Experience in utilizing software systems e.g., Cost X, CATO, BIM (Building Information Modelling) Measure-
- Experience in utilizing Excel advanced level-
- Experience in utilizing AutoCAD.-
- Fluent in English-
- Degree qualified in Quantity Surveying-
- Experience working on larger projects of £10m value or over (or equivalent)-
- Experience working on new build and fit-out projects-
- Excellent communication skills and client facing**Additional Information**:
- 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._
- We 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._
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