Senior Construction Cost Estimator – Infrastructure
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Company Description
Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.
Company Description
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.
Who are you?
You are a seasoned Senior Construction Cost Estimator who specialises in civil infrastructure construction cost estimating with a minimum of 10 years post-graduate experience looking for the next step or are currently undertaking a comparable role in a similar environment.
The ideal candidate is self-motivated, driven, and capable of working both independently and as part of a high-performing team. In this impactful role, you will be providing advice, leadership and direction, actively embedding and promoting the purpose, values, and vision of Turner & Townsend.
Job Description
As a Senior Estimator, you will be involved in:
- Producing, presenting and defending construction cost plans and cost estimates for key infrastructure clients developing complex engineering projects from feasibility/concept design up to detailed design (pre-tender estimates)
- Review, validation of cost submissions from General Contractor(s) within a Progressive Design Build contractual environment as part of Target Cost/Price Development
- When necessary, challenge General Contractor’s cost build-ups and associated assumptions
- Providing costings of options and presenting these as part of project Optioneering stages
- Providing cost reconciliation cost estimates including associated justification to be presented to project clients and key stakeholders
- Engaging in value engineering workshops to identify the cost savings and optimum solutions available for the client
- Participating in probabilistic risk assessment workshops to calculate contingency provisions e.g., Quantitative Risk Assessments (QRA)
- Producing cost benchmarks for validation and target-setting on major infrastructure projects
- Actively interfacing with project clients, key stakeholders, contractors, and consultants (engineering, etc.) providing cost advice during all project stages
- Working in close collaboration with high performing project teams to ensure expectations are managed adequately and clients’ goals are achieved
Qualifications
Qualifications
- Quantity Surveying / Civil Engineering / Construction Management Degree and/or Certification or equivalent
- Minimum of 10 years’ experience in cost estimating positions across pre-contract/post-contract phases of infrastructure projects
- Membership of professional organisations is a bonus (e.g., CIQS / RICS / AACE)
- Knowledge and proficiency with estimating software used on major civil engineering projects
- Experience working as an estimator in the aviation sector not essential but a bonus
Additional Information
What’s in it for you…
- 100% covered health and dental benefits for you and your dependents (including paramedical services)
- Health spending
Company
Turner & Townsend
Location
Toronto
Country
Canada
Salary
100.000
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