Senior Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor - Semiconductor Construction

Turner & Townsend are looking for an experienced Senior Cost Manager and/or Quantity Surveyor to act as the key day-to-day client interface, ensuring that client objectives are met through the delivery of a value-added cost management service. This role will support the delivery of cost consultancy services on large-scale semiconductor and advanced manufacturing construction projects. The successful candidate will play a key role in the commercial and financial management of complex capital projects, supporting cost planning, estimating, procurement, change management, cost reporting, and contract administration throughout the project lifecycle. This position offers the opportunity to work on technically complex, fast-paced projects involving manufacturing facilities, cleanrooms, utilities, and related support infrastructure. To be successful in this role, you must have strong communication skills and be comfortable operating in a client-facing environment. The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, driven, and able to work independently as well as part of a team. In this significant position, you will be responsible for providing leadership and direction, embedding and promoting the purpose, values, and vision of Turner & Townsend. Responsibilities: • Estimating and negotiating change orders throughout the construction lifecycle. • Provide estimate and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan. • Review and participate with the design services team and general contractor in the development of cost estimates. • Reconcile changes and assist the general contractor to ensure that their data is accurate. • Communicate or meet with the general contractor and owner or project manager to gather status information to prepare a cost estimate update. • Prepare written comments to the general contractor's submissions, including the executive summary. • Coordinate all sources of cost information for cost discussions and suppliers direct from NPA, subs, quantities from A/Es. • Inform and drive engineering priorities based on cost impact. • Work proactively with minimal supervision to resolve scheduling issues. • Manage cost checks and carry out valuations on larger projects. Complete timely, accurate cost checking and valuation processes. • Participate effectively with post-contract cost variances and the change of control processes. • Manage cost impact, contingency management, and commitment tracking logs. • Monitor project budgets, commitments, changes, and forecasted cost at completion throughout the project lifecycle. • Prepare funding data presentations and coordinate VE sessions with stakeholders. • Develop cost plans and estimates through the design phase, delivering updated cost plans at appropriate design milestones. • Provide commercial input to design optioneering and value engineering exercises. • Review contractor and subcontractor pricing and lead negotiations on behalf of the client to drive fair contract prices. • Perform quantity surveying, cost controls, and change management activities throughout the project lifecycle. • Ensure that post-contract cost variances and change control processes are managed effectively. • Ensure that cost auditing and valuation work is managed effectively and that a robust process for cost validation is in place. • Carry out the production of monthly cost reports for presentation to the client. • Review contractor applications for payment and support commercial evaluations during procurement and construction. • Ensure that final accounts are negotiated and agreed upon in a timely manner. • Compile built cost estimate records for benchmarking purposes. • Identify, coach and mentor talent to realize their potential and celebrate the success of