Cost Manager - Life Sciences Construction

Turner & Townsend
Raleigh
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: Construction, Civil & Site EngineeringExperience: 3-5 yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Analytical skills","Organizational skills","Communication skills","Client focus","Independent work"]

Lead cost management and quantity surveying services for large-scale life sciences and advanced manufacturing projects. Advise clients on procurement strategies, bids, and contract awards; develop and validate estimates, cost plans, and forecasts; and manage cost control through change orders, entitlements, and payment reviews. Prepare cost reports and risk registers, support dispute avoidance, manage final account negotiations, and drive lessons learned and best-practice procedures.

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Cost Manager - Life Sciences Construction

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Job Summary

Lead cost management and quantity surveying services for large-scale life sciences and advanced manufacturing projects. Advise clients on procurement strategies, bids, and contract awards; develop and validate estimates, cost plans, and forecasts; and manage cost control through change orders, entitlements, and payment reviews. Prepare cost reports and risk registers, support dispute avoidance, manage final account negotiations, and drive lessons learned and best-practice procedures.
Location: Raleigh
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Construction, Civil & Site Engineering
Seniority: Entry level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Advise clients on procurement strategies, manage vendor prequalification, assess proposals and bids, attend bid interviews, and support contract awards.
  • •Provide estimating services across the project lifecycle, including cost planning, benchmark analysis, and value engineering and risk assessment recommendations.
  • •Validate and challenge project costs and commercial assumptions with contractors, consultants, and vendors.
  • •Manage cost reporting and cost control: establish reporting schedules, prepare cost reports and forecasts, review budgets and spend forecasts, maintain risk registers, and review payment applications and change orders.
  • •Support contract administration and dispute avoidance, manage project invoicing, lead final account negotiations and post-contract audits, and drive project closeout and lessons learned.

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Cost Management, Quantity Surveying, Engineering, Architecture, or a related construction discipline.
  • •Minimum 3-5 years of experience in cost management, quantity surveying, estimating, or commercial management within the construction industry.
  • •Experience supporting medium to large-scale construction projects.
  • •Experience supporting life sciences, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, laboratory, healthcare, advanced manufacturing, industrial, or highly technical construction projects is preferred.
  • •RICS accreditation or progress toward accreditation is valued, along with strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
Experience:3-5 yearsConstruction
Education:Bachelor's in Construction Management, Cost Management, Quantity Surveying, Engineering, Architecture, or a related construction discipline
Skills:Analytical skillsOrganizational skillsCommunication skillsClient focusIndependent work
Certifications:RICS
Languages:English

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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