Cost Manager at Turner & Townsend

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.

Our team is dynamic, innovative and client-focused, supported by an inclusive and fun company culture. Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity and the quality we deliver. As a result, our people get to enjoy working on some of the most exciting projects in the world.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Cost Manager

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Contract
Department: Infrastructure

Job Description
Key requirements of the role include, but are not limited to:

• Act as principle point of contact for cost management 
• Motivates others to participate and contribute, provides necessary direction and inspires high performance
• Take on key account role(s), project execution assurance and maintain client relationships as required
• Deliver assurance services to projects - peer review, gateway review, maturity assessments, readiness reviews, progress and performance audits
• Periodically take on major program delivery roles and lead the Turner & Townsend team on the commission - achieve a successful "steady state" delivery and then manage transition and backfill
• Provide oversight and assurance to the Turner & Townsend major program in the region
• Identify organizational needs, build recruitment plans and develop role specifications
• Extensive experience in delivering CM/Project Controls programs, projects and segment knowledge
• Assist in the development and implementation of marketing and business development strategies
• Provide solutions to clients and work together with business development team member(s) on sales proposals, qualification packages and presentation materials
• Coordinate with project team leaders on project negotiations and execution
• Collaborate with the other business divisions and teams
• Provide oversight and assurance to the Turner & Townsend major programs in the region
• Delivers high quality of service products by utilizing Turner & Townsend systems, policy and procedure, managing time, planning and organizing to ensure excellence
• Demonstrates understanding of commercial business drivers and ensures that work and projects are carried out in alignment. Contributes to the development of business opportunities
• Demonstrable appetite for challenge, innovation and continued improvement in CM/PC discipline
• Identify and understand the areas of opportunity and development
• Enable continued growth trajectory within the market

Qualifications
Candidate must have the following;

• You must have at least Bachelor's Degree in the Building Environment, Construction Management or other relevant discipline
• 15 - 20 years proven experience in a similar role  
• Strong knowledge of construction contract law  

Why it’s great to work for Turner & Townsend

• 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 130 countries worldwide.
• Our team is dynamic, innovative and client-focused. Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity and the quality we deliver.  As a result our people get to work on some of the most exciting projects in the world.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note

• 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.
• Turner & 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.