TURNER & TOWNSEND SENIOR COST MANAGER - MINING & METALS, BELO HORIZONTE

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 118 offices worldwide.
Job Description Our team is dynamic, innovative, and client-focused, supported by an inclusive and fun company culture.
Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity, and the quality we deliver.
As a result, our people get to enjoy working on some of the most exciting projects in the world.
Working with Cost Manager to manage commercial aspects of projects in several sectors.
Responsible for support and assistance to manage budget and to control project costs.
Involved throughout but more heavily during estimation points and procurement phase.
Also involved with change control during execution.
Qualifications Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan  Tendering and procuring, including managing the pre-qualification stage, producing the tender list, putting the preliminaries together, tender analysis, producing the tender report and compiling the contractual documents  Dealing effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes, where applicable referring major changes to line manager  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 the above accountabilities  Marketing and business development, to include.
Identifying opportunities to develop new business with existing clients and reporting such opportunities to the appropriate line manager and by making effective use of the marketing database  Assisting in the production of bid documentation  Identifying ways in which cost management procedures, templates and products can be improved and referring ideas to the appropriate line manager Internal management accountabilities, to include.
Knowledge management – Ensuring that key information and learning generated from each commission is input into the Turner & Townsend internal database  Financial management – Utilizing FMS to keep track of the ongoing margin levels  Process improvement – Identifying ways in which internal systems and processes can be improved and referring ideas to the appropriate line manager REPORTING  Depending upon context, a Cost Manager is likely to report to a Senior Cost Manager, Area Manager or Associate Director.
KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS - A Senior Cost Manager will in part be assessed by the extent to which.
• Commissions are managed to the right quality standards and are completed efficiently and on time • Service delivery on commissions is in line with the conditions of appointment • Good relationships are developed with clients and members of the cross-functional team • They work as an effective member of the cost management team, including where appropriate, taking effective responsibility for Assistant Cost Managers • Opportunities are identified to develop new business with existing clients • Margin levels are kept track of on all commissions • Key information and data is effectively cascaded and appropriately retained.
Key responsibilities.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to.
Prepare estimations according to all design phases.
Monitor, control and prepare Valuations  Participate to value engineering sessions  Prepare and analyse change orders  Develop the primary project budget  Develop progress measurement criteria with vendors  Collect cost market data  Support quotation process responding to the questions of services/materials proponents  Produce cash flow forecasts for internal and client purposes  Quantify materials and labour for all phases of a project.
Prepare Cost benefit analysis  Review project budget after design packages issuance by the technical team  Collaborate with the creation of the recommendation report  Participate in the weekly project and departmental meetings  Issue weekly progress reports on project costs including forecasting reimbursable expenses  Qualifications & skills  Degree-qualified or equivalent in Quantity Surveyor, Engineering, Architecture.
Relevant proven senior experience in similar roles.
Working towards RICS membership or recently chartered  Conversant in all aspects of quantity surveying  Experience in utilizing software systems e.
., Primavera, Cost X, CATO, BIM (Building Information Modelling) Measure  Experience in utilizing Excel advanced level  Experience in utilizing AutoCAD.
Fluent in English  Excellent communication skills and client facing  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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