Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor - Construction Management

Turner & Townsend
Boston
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 100,000 - 135,000 annuallyFunction: Construction, Civil & Site EngineeringExperience: 3-5 yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Communication","Stakeholder management","Risk assessment","Value engineering recommendations","Procurement strategy"]

Advise clients on construction cost and procurement strategies across medium to large project lifecycles. Lead estimating, cost reporting, cost control, invoicing, and post-contract audits, partnering with vendors, project teams, and clients to validate bids, manage budgets and risk registers, and recommend change orders and dispute prevention. Use cost estimating and take-off tools, and support value engineering, lessons learned, and project handover procedures.

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Turner & Townsend
Turner & Townsend
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Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor - Construction Management

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Job Summary

Advise clients on construction cost and procurement strategies across medium to large project lifecycles. Lead estimating, cost reporting, cost control, invoicing, and post-contract audits, partnering with vendors, project teams, and clients to validate bids, manage budgets and risk registers, and recommend change orders and dispute prevention. Use cost estimating and take-off tools, and support value engineering, lessons learned, and project handover procedures.
Location: Boston
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Construction, Civil & Site Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Advise clients on cost and procurement strategies, manage vendor prequalification, assess proposals/bids, and recommend outcomes.
  • •Develop and review project estimates across full lifecycles; present estimates and provide value engineering recommendations and risk assessments.
  • •Establish reporting schedules and manage cost reporting, including budgets/spend forecasts and commercial risk registers with periodic meetings.
  • •Manage cost control processes including payment application assessments, contractor entitlements, and recommendations on change orders and dispute resolution.
  • •Oversee invoicing alignment with delivery and financial controls, and complete final accounting processes including post-contract audits and lessons learned documentation.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 100,000 - 135,000 annually

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering, or a related construction field.
  • •Minimum 3–5 years of relevant experience in a cost management or quantity surveying role within the construction industry.
  • •Experience supporting cost management on medium to large-scale construction projects.
  • •RICS accreditation or working toward accreditation is valuable.
  • •Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
Experience:3-5 yearsConstructionCost managementQuantity surveyingConstruction consultancyReal estate
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:CommunicationStakeholder managementRisk assessmentValue engineering recommendationsProcurement strategy
Certifications:RICS
Languages:English
Tech Stack:Cost estimating softwareTake-off softwareBid Analysis SheetsChange Control FormsCost reportingCommercial risk registersPayment application assessments

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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