MEP Cost Manager (m/f/d) - Construction Projects

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.

Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an MEP Cost Manager , to join our Cost Management team in our Frankfurt, Munich or Stuttgart office.

Supporting our Occupier, Life Science and Tech clients to deliver complex projects and challenging programmes.

The individual must be self-motivated and Client facing (both internal & external) with the ability to manage major projects and clients.

This will involve establishing early budgets, early estimating, and cost planning, managing a design team to the budget, tendering and procurement and post contract reporting to the Client.

A good knowledge of MEP systems and supply chain is fundamental with the ability to work both collaboratively but robustly with any main contractor and their MEP supply chain.

• Assisting on feasibility studies and writing procurement reports
• Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan to internal & external clients
• Tendering and procuring, including managing the pre-qualification stage
• Dealing effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes
• Taking personal responsibility for making cost checks and carrying out valuations on larger projects and in all cases ensuring that timely and accurate cost checking and valuation takes place
• Producing monthly post contract cost reports and presenting them to the client
• Inputting into value engineering
• Negotiating and agreeing final accounts
• Interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages
• Where appropriate, leading a cost management team, ensuring that they deliver on all of the above accountabilities

Qualifications

Experience and Skills :

• Degree in Quantity Surveying, Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field.
• A proven track record of delivering high quality cost management / quantity surveying services across the full project lifecycle.
• Experience in delivering MEP elements of work for clients
• Experience of leading cost management commissions for large construction projects of high complexity.
• Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters.
• English skills are required as well as basic German skills (min. B1), and willingness to improve the German language skills.
• Demonstrates excellent presentation, verbal, written, and communication skills.
• Sound organisational skills; ability to multi-task and be a team player.
• Working knowledge of MS Office software and tools.
• Working knowledge of cost databases and / or estimating software is advantageous.

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.

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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