Cost Manager

Turner & Townsend
United Kingdom
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Capital Markets, Trading & QuantEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Collaboration","Problem-solving","Commercial awareness","Data-driven decision-making","Adaptability"]

Manage and support commercial contracts, procurement, and negotiations across NEC contracts for major UK infrastructure programmes. Lead post-contract activities such as payment approvals, cost assessments, change control, and interim payment verification, while producing cost reports and forecasting. Contribute to tender preparation and competitive tender processes, support key decision-making with data-driven cost insights, and help drive value for money, transparency, and commercial performance.

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Turner & Townsend
Turner & Townsend
2 months ago

Cost Manager

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Job Summary

Manage and support commercial contracts, procurement, and negotiations across NEC contracts for major UK infrastructure programmes. Lead post-contract activities such as payment approvals, cost assessments, change control, and interim payment verification, while producing cost reports and forecasting. Contribute to tender preparation and competitive tender processes, support key decision-making with data-driven cost insights, and help drive value for money, transparency, and commercial performance.
Location: United Kingdom
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time · Permanent
Job Function: Capital Markets, Trading & Quant
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Manage and assist with commercial contracts, procurement, and negotiations in an NEC environment.
  • •Lead post-contract commercial activities including payment approvals, cost assessments, and contract changes.
  • •Scrutinise and verify interim payment applications; prepare certificates and manage change control.
  • •Prepare cost reports and cost forecasting, and support project managers with early warnings, instructions, and compensation events.
  • •Support tender processes (strategy, tender lists, issuing tender documents, evaluating tender submissions) and attend progress meetings.
Travel: Low travel

Key Requirements

  • •Degree-qualified and working towards (or already have) chartered status.
  • •Proven capability in Quantity Surveying & Estimating, ideally within large-scale infrastructure projects.
  • •Familiarity with NEC contracts and cost management best practices.
  • •Ability to collaborate effectively as a team player and adapt to challenges.
  • •Knowledge to manage commercial contracts, procurement, negotiations, and post-contract quantity surveying activities.
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:CollaborationProblem-solvingCommercial awarenessData-driven decision-makingAdaptability
Certifications:Chartered status
Languages:English
Tech Stack:NEC contracts

Company Brief

Turner & Townsend
Global professional services firm providing program, project and cost management, advisory and consulting services across property, infrastructure and natural resources sectors to public and private clients worldwide.
Industry: Consulting
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Established Company
Headquarters: Leeds, United Kingdom
Founded: 1946
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