Senior Estimator - MEP - Turner & Townsend

From the inception of a project through to completion and beyond, Turner & Townsend help to deliver the outcomes that matter through transformational programs covering the full spectrum of consultancy, project delivery and post-project operations. 

With offices located globally, you're never far away from our services. Working from 113 offices in 46 countries, we make the difference to projects across the real estate, infrastructure and natural resources sectors worldwide. 

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. 

Job Objectives:

• Taking a lead role in interfacing with the client, stakeholders, and other consultants, at all project stages. 
• Identifying opportunities to improve estimating, cost management procedures, templates, and products. 
• Knowledge management – Ensuring that key information and learning generated from each commission is inputted into internal/ external client benchmarking databases and shared. 
• Process improvement – Identifying and acting upon ways to improve internal systems and processes. 
• Subject matter expertise for new work or variations for existing projects. 

Pre-Contract- Planning

• Provide estimate and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan. 
• Develop Project Capital Estimates using a bottoms-up approach.
• Ability to estimate at conceptual, programming, and detailed level. 
• Provide expert estimating services for Life science from early idea stage, RFP, and contract negotiation. through to construction completion, managing key relationships with the client, CM, and project team.
• Lead the training of templates & tools for the general contractor to ensure submissions are compliant for commercial analysis.
• Assist in all aspects of procurement, including managing the pre-qualification stage, produce bid list, bid analysis, produce bid report, and compile contractual documents. 
• Provide input into value engineering; assist in negotiating and approving final bids. 
• Maintain liaison with client and other consultants at all projects stages. 
• Provide leadership to cost management team, when necessary, ensure the delivery on all of accountabilities. 
• Provide detailed comparative analysis of commercial submittals from the CM.
• Lead the commercial review of the competitive bid process for major trades.
• Support the project delivery team with post-contract cost analysis & change order reviews.
• Benchmarking integration to ensure accurate data capture.

Post-Contract

• Assisting in change management activities throughout the project lifecycle throughout a portfolio.
• Assisting in Production of monthly post contract cost reports and present to client. 
• Manage cost checks and carry out valuations on larger projects, and ensure timely and accurate cost checking, and valuation process. 

• A minimum of 10 years’ post graduate experience working in a construction cost management/ Estimating role and preparing large-scale construction cost estimates. 
• Confident reviewing Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP), Civil and Architectural Subcontract packages with client key stakeholders.
• College and/or post-graduate degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or field related to construction.
• RICS accredited/ AACE or working towards is valuable, but not required.
• Experience working on large-scale Life Sciences projects or similar.
• Experience of leading cost management on medium or large sized construction projects of medium to high complexity.
• Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management and value engineering.
• US experience is strongly desirable.

*On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs*

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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