Senior Cost Manager - Proyectos Aeroportuarios

• Conducting feasibility studies and writing procurement reports;
• Review construction plans and preparing quantity take-offs, along with Contract Preparation and Management
• Prepare and review detailed estimates and cost plans
• Managing estimating and cost planning activities to include taking ownership of and presenting the final cost plan;
• Applying Value Management techniques at the outset of a project and where appropriate involving Turner & Townsend's specialist Value Management team;
• Managing the procurement process, implementing procurement, and contracting strategies and participate in negotiations ensuring that all stages including pre-qualification, enquiry, analysis, perform bid evaluations and cost negotiations selection and contract preparation are performed effectively and RFPs revisions and evaluation;
• Ensuring that post-contract cost variances and change control processes are managed effectively, documenting any changes in design, and updating budgets;
• Ensuring that cost checking and valuation work is managed effectively;
• Preparing and issuing monthly post-contract cost reports and presenting them to the client;
• Value engineering and life cycle costing, drive value engineering and offer cost insights to support business decisions;
• Ensuring that final accounts are negotiated and agreed;
• Establish and maintain professional relationships with external and internal stakeholders, taking a lead role in interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages, and report to senior leadership on current estimated cost vs. budget, and advise managers and clients on improvements and new strategies;
• Where appropriate, leading a cost management team, ensuring that they deliver on all their assigned tasks and accountabilities;
• Staff management (where appropriate) -Inputting into the formal management of a Cost Manager or small cost management team, to include 1st round recruitment interviews, input into resource management and attendance at junior staff appraisals;
• Knowledge management - Ensuring that key information and lessons learnt are generated from each commission and are included within Turner & Townsend internal database;
• Financial management - Utilizing Financial Management Systems to keep track of the ongoing margin levels and monthly fee/resource forecasts for each commission;
• Process improvement - Identifying and acting upon ways to improve internal systems and processes;
• Liaise with site managers, clients, contractors, and subcontractors;
• Prepare reports, analyses, contracts, budgets, risk assessment, and other documents;
• Review and approve subcontractor proposals, manage contracts, and change request;
• Review and approve payment applications, monitor invoicing, and ensure payments are accurate and processed in line with the Contract;
• Advise the Project Manager / Client of any forecasted unforeseen cost or over expenditure and proposes corrective actions;
• Travel from the office to various site locations when or if required or be willing to be based on site;
• The Candidate is required to carry out all tasks and obligations in accordance with their professional level and to Turner & Townsend's quality standards.

• 8- 12 years professional experience related to Cost Management ;
• Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering, Architecture, or any degree relevant to the position;
• RICS, AACE Certifications/Memberships;
• Fluent in English and Spanish;
• Ability to work under pressure to deliver deadlines;
• Good communication skills and has experience explaining concepts, methodologies and their deliverables to Clients;
• Strong client management, change management and teamwork & team management skills;
• Strong Microsoft skills, specifically excel & PowerPoint, CostX, Knowledge of AutoCAD.
• Budget control of infrastructure projects

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