Construction Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor – Advanced Manufacturing Projects

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 programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success. 

Our capabilities include programme, 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 programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world. 

Turner & Townsend are looking for all levels of Cost Managers / Quantity Surveyors to join our team supporting construction cost services on a major, long-term capital program within a high-tech manufacturing environment. This opportunity offers involvement in one of the largest and most complex industrial construction programs in the United States, with a multi-phase delivery spanning many years. The ideal candidate will be driven and aligned with Turner & Townsend’s purpose and values.


Responsibilities

• Advise the client on commercial strategies, including vendor prequalification, bid evaluation, and bid leveling, making final recommendations and supporting contractor appointment processes.
• Manage estimating services across the full project lifecycle, including developing project estimates (construction, fees, direct works, and related costs), reviewing junior team output, and presenting findings to stakeholders.
• Present value engineering opportunities and risk assessments, ensuring alignment with project objectives within a large-scale, multi-phase construction program.
• Engage with contractors and vendors to review, validate, and challenge costs, utilizing benchmarking data from comparable large-scale projects.
• Establish and maintain cost reporting processes, including reporting schedules, cost forecasts, and budget tracking across multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Develop and maintain commercial risk registers and facilitate regular cost and program review meetings with project teams and vendors.
• Manage cost control processes, including payment applications, change order review, and contractor entitlement recommendations.
• Support contract administration and manage dispute prevention/resolution in a complex, multi-contractor environment.
• Monitor and manage invoicing processes, ensuring compliance with project and governance requirements.
• Benchmark performance against similar large-scale industrial or manufacturing programs.
• Manage final accounts, post-contract audits, and project closeout across phased construction delivery.
• Lead post-contract reviews and contribute to lessons learned and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Develop and support standardized procedures governing project delivery, controls, and handover as part of a program-level framework.
• Perform all duties using cost estimating tools, take-off software, and standard commercial documentation (e.g., bid analysis, change control forms).
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable. 

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum 3–5+ years of relevant experience in cost management, quantity surveying, or estimating within the construction industry.
• Experience supporting cost management on large-scale or multi-phase construction projects, ideally within industrial or manufacturing environments.
• Consultancy experience is strongly preferred.
• RICS accreditation or progress toward certification is advantageous.
• Strong understanding of construction methodologies, procurement routes, value management, and value engineering.
• Experience working in complex, multi-contractor environments with high levels of coordination and interface management.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience in semiconductor, advanced manufacturing, or similar industrial sectors is preferred.

*On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs*

The salary range for this full-time role is $120K-$200K per year. Ranges are determined by role and level and represent a good faith effort to provide a fair and equitable salary. This range is a reflection of base salary only, not of a total compensation package.  Please note Turner & Townsend reserves the right to pay more or less than the posted range, depending on candidate’s experience and qualifications. 

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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. 

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