Aviation Associate Director/Project Director - Cost Management

Company DescriptionWho is Turner & Townsend?All over the world people are using buildings, infrastructure, and assets we helped to deliver. It could be the hospital they work in, the railway they travel on every day, the fuel that powers their car or the data centre they depend on at work. For more than 75 years we’ve been helping to deliver transformational programmes across the real estate, infrastructure and natural resources sectors, making a difference to people’s lives and ensuring a return on investment for our clients and their investors.Our purpose:Transforming performance for a green, inclusive, and productive world.The world is changing and we have a responsibility to support that change, helping drive it and be part of it. Through the commitment, capability and care our team brings, we build trust between clients, suppliers, governments and society. Delivering better outcomes that have a positive impact on the world around us. We work smarter to face the challenges of the future; bringing the clarity that helps teams realise their full potential across the real estate, infrastructure and natural resources sectors. It’s how we’ve made the difference for more than 75 years.Our values:Love a challenge: We love a challenge and we work hard to make change happen and see things through. We don’t stand still, challenging ourselves and others to do better every day. And we are trusted to do the right thing, raising standards all the time.Stronger together: We’re stronger together by connecting people in diverse teams, so that we can all collaborate to deliver our best work. We focus on what matters and use our influence to build a better world for everyone.Bring out the best in everyone: We bring out the best in everyone. We help each other to make the most of our potential, always learning from our experience. We treat each other with care and respect and make time to give everyone a voiceJob DescriptionAct as Commission Manager, taking responsibility for end to end service delivery, often with respect to large or complex commissions or multiple 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.Managing estimating and cost planning activities to include taking ownership of and presenting the final cost plan.Ensuring the production of monthly post-contract cost reports and presenting them to the client.Leading value engineering and life cycle costing exercise.Motivate team members, and drive towards positive client outcomes and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.Critically analyze, challenge and brainstorm project requirements and deliverables, in order to find creative solutions and alternatives on behalf of clients.To lead a cost management team, ensuring that the team members deliver on all accountabilities.To identify & act upon opportunities to improve cost management procedures, templates and products and hence improve the service provided to clients.To take line management responsibility as required.QualificationsDegree qualifications in Quantity Surveying, construction management, engineering or similar discipline with more than 15 years’ work experience.Experience working on a major programmes particularly in aviationExcellent communication skillsStrong business acumen, with the ability to drive outcomes on behalf of clients, develop new business, leverage current opportunities, and coordinate with construction and design teams to meet deadlines and deliverablesExperience in client management with solid experience in client facing environment that requires incumbent to utilize critical business development skills and advisory skills to enhance project delivery on value management, value engineering and life cycle costing.#LI-RT1Additional InformationJoin our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects: It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time. Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.