Lead Cost Manager

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.
We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Turner & Townsend is pleased to announce an opportunity for Egyptian Nationals based in Cairo to join our esteemed Real Estate team. This position allows you to engage in a wide variety of impactful and innovative projects.

As part of our market-leading client base and diverse portfolio, this is an exceptional time to become a member of a growing business unit and advance your career within Turner & Townsend.

You will collaborate with a professional and ambitious team, receiving excellent support while also being encouraged to demonstrate your initiative and expertise.

We invite you to join us in shaping the future of real estate and to take the next step in your professional journey with Turner & Townsend.

MAIN PURPOSE OF ROLE:

• To performs the role of the Commission Manager, taking overall responsibility for end to end service delivery, often with respect to large or complex commissions.
• 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.
• To lead, guide and advise the cost management team to ensure a quality, time managed service to meet client and business operational requirements.

Commission Management to include:

• Taking a lead role in interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages.
• Leading a cost management team, ensuring that they deliver on all accountabilities and project commission requirements.
• Taking responsibility for developing new business opportunities with existing and new clients.
• Identifying and acting upon cross-selling opportunities.
• Working with Directors to construct bids for new work.
• Identifying and acting upon opportunities to improve cost management procedures, templates and products and hence improve the service provided to clients.
• Conducting staff performance reviews and contribute to staff development.
• Contributing to Turner & Townsend knowledge management processes.

Pre-Contract Commission Management:

• Conducting feasibility and Benchmarking studies and presenting to clients.
• Managing estimating and cost planning activities to include taking ownership of and presenting the cost plan.
• Leading and driving the Value Management process from the outset of a project.
• Managing the procurement process, ensuring that all stages including pre-qualification, enquiry, analysis, selection and contract preparation are performed effectively where required.
• Managing Life cycle costing where required.

Post-Contract Commission Management:

• Managing post-contract services ensuring robust Contract Administration processes are followed.
• Ensure cost control and change control processes are managed effectively.
• Ensuring the production of high quality monthly post-contract cost reports and presenting them to the client.
• Ensuring that final accounts are negotiated and agreed in a timely manner.

• Minimum 12+ years of experience in similar roles.
• Significant experience working in a similar role for a recognized Cost Consultancy
• Significant experience of end-to-end delivery of Real Estate commissions across a range of sectors is essential.
• Professional membership is an advantage i.e. MRICS
• Good knowledge of the construction industry and technical matters
• In country (Egypt) experience is required

Company Vision:

Our vision is to be the leading capital programmes professional service provider operating across property, infrastructure and natural resources.

In 2010 Turner & Townsend began a journey to grow the company on a global scale across our three core sectors. Our vision to excel has seen us climb from 2,500 staff in 63 offices across 28 countries, in 2010, to 6,800 in 110 offices across 45 countries in 2020.

Turner & Townsend recognise the fact that our employees are the key to our future growth. We invest heavily in the training, development and regular appraisal of our people: by managing each employee’s career aspirations and by promoting from within at every opportunity, we believe we have created a stimulating, challenging and exciting working environment for our staff.

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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