Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor - Construction

Turner & Townsend is seeking a talented Cost Manager/Quantity Surveyor to join our growing San Francisco team and support the delivery of construction cost management services across a diverse portfolio of projects. This role will support multiple client accounts and provide cost consultancy expertise on commercial real estate, mixed-use developments, public sector facilities, infrastructure improvements, and other large-scale capital programs.
As part of Turner & Townsend's integrated project delivery approach, the Cost Manager will work closely with clients, project managers, design teams, contractors, and key stakeholders to successfully manage project budgets, commercial risks, and cost controls throughout the project lifecycle. The successful candidate will be driven, client-focused, and committed to delivering exceptional outcomes while promoting Turner & Townsend's purpose, values, and collaborative culture.
The ideal candidate will bring strong cost management and quantity surveying experience, excellent communication skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, client-facing environment. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to high-profile development and infrastructure initiatives while supporting Turner & Townsend's continued growth.
Responsibilities:
Advising client on strategies, managing prequalification of vendors, assessing proposals, bids, and bid levelling documents, making final recommendations to the client, attending & chairing bid interviews, and managing appointment process.
Manage estimating services for full project by developing project estimates (relating to construction, fees, direct work and other costs), reviewing estimations prepared by junior team members, presenting estimates to client, presenting value engineering recommendations and risk assessments to client, meeting with vendors to review, validate, and challenge costs, and reviewing estimates by utilizing benchmark data collected from other projects.
Manage cost reporting by establishing reporting schedule, reviewing & presenting cost reports and forecasts, reviewing project budget & spend forecast with the client, developing & maintaining commercial risk register, and hosting periodic meetings with project team & vendors.
Manage cost control process by reviewing payment application assessments prepared by junior team members, liaising with project managers to recommend contractor entitlements, reviewing requests for change orders from vendors & making recommendations to client, and using dispute prevention/management/resolution procedures to manage payment requisitions, change orders, and contractual disputes.
Manage & monitor invoicing process.
Benchmark performance against other successful commissions.
Manage all facets of the final accounting process and post contract audits and account close outs.
Hold post-contract reviews with the client to establish a lesson learned document and apply lessons to create training manual.
Develop procedures governing handover of project.
Perform all the duties above through the use/preparation of Bid Analysis Sheets, Change Control Forms, Cost Estimating Software, and Take-off Software.
SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Employment type
Full-time

Work arrangement
Hybrid