Cost Manager

Turner & Townsend
Nottingham
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Construction, Civil & Site EngineeringEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Collaboration","Problem-solving","Commercial awareness","Data-driven decision making","Adaptability"]

Join Turner & Townsend as a Cost Manager/Quantity Surveyor supporting major UK infrastructure programs across airports, utilities, and transport. You’ll manage commercial contracts in an NEC environment, lead post-contract activities like payments and change control, and produce cost reports and forecasting. Working with a team accountable for contractual performance, you’ll help drive value for money through data-driven cost insights and procurement/tender support.

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Turner & Townsend
Turner & Townsend
2 months ago

Cost Manager

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Job Summary

Join Turner & Townsend as a Cost Manager/Quantity Surveyor supporting major UK infrastructure programs across airports, utilities, and transport. You’ll manage commercial contracts in an NEC environment, lead post-contract activities like payments and change control, and produce cost reports and forecasting. Working with a team accountable for contractual performance, you’ll help drive value for money through data-driven cost insights and procurement/tender support.
Location: Nottingham
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Construction, Civil & Site Engineering
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.
  • •Identify cost-saving strategies and support value-for-money objectives with data-driven cost insights.
  • •Support procurement and tender processes, including preparing tender documents and contributing to tender evaluations.
  • •Perform post-contract quantity surveying tasks such as interim payment verification, change control, cost reporting, and supporting dispute resolution/contract close-out as required.
Travel: Medium travel

Key Requirements

  • •Proven quantity surveying and estimating experience, ideally on large-scale infrastructure projects.
  • •Degree-qualified, working towards (or already holding) chartered status.
  • •Familiarity with NEC contracts and cost management best practices.
  • •Comfort collaborating as a proactive problem-solver who adapts to challenges.
  • •Ability to support commercial and contractual performance in line with established commercial/procurement/contractual strategies.
Experience:ConstructionInfrastructureProcurementCost management
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:CollaborationProblem-solvingCommercial awarenessData-driven decision makingAdaptability
Certifications:Chartered status
Languages:English
Tech Stack:NEC

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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