Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor job at Turner & Townsend
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Vacancy title:
Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Construction , Category: Construction Services ]

Jobs at:

Turner & Townsend

Deadline of this Job:
17 March 2022  

Duty Station:
Within Kenya , Nairobi , East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Friday, March 04, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:
Who are you?
You are a Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor with a minimum of 5 - 10 years post-graduate experience working on large-scale, mission critical construction projects. Have experience within the Real Estate, Retail, Commercial, Oil & Gas, Energy and Mining

Job Description
Candidate will perform the following duties and not limited;
• Estimating and negotiating change orders throughout the construction lifecycle.
• Provide estimate and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan.
• Review and participate with the design services team and general contractor, in the development of the cost estimates.
• Reconcile changes and assist the general contractor to ensure that their data is accurate.
• Communicate or meet with general contractor and owner project manager to gather status information to prepare a cost estimate update.
• Prepare written comments to the general contractor’s submissions, including the executive summary.
• Coordinate all sources of cost information for cost discussions and suppliers direct from subs and contractors
• Inform and drive engineering priorities based on cost impact.
• Work proactively with minimal supervision to resolve scheduling issues.
• Manage cost checks and carry out valuations on larger projects. Complete timely, accurate cost checking and valuation processes.
• Participate effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes.
• Manage Cost impact / contingency management and commitment tracking logs.
• Prepare funding data presentations and coordinate VE sessions with stakeholders.

You will also be responsible for:
Pre-Contract
• Developing cost plans and estimates through the design phase, delivering updated cost plans at appropriate design milestones.
• Providing commercial input to design and input into value engineering exercises.
• Reviewing contractor and subcontractor pricing and leading negotiations on behalf of the client to drive fair contract prices.
Post-Contract
• Performing quantity surveying, cost controls and change management activities throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ensuring that post-contract cost variances and change control processes are managed effectively.
• Ensuring that cost auditing and valuation work is managed effectively and that a robust process for cost validation is in place.
• Carrying out the production of monthly cost reports for presentation to the client.
• Ensuring that final accounts are negotiated and agreed in a timely manner.
• Compiling as built cost estimate records for benchmarking purposes.

Qualifications
Candidate will be expected to have the following;
• A minimum of 5 - 10 years post-graduate experience working in a construction cost management related role.
• College and/or post-graduate degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or field related to construction.
• RICS accredited or working towards.
• 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.

Work Hours: 8


Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education:
Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
Use the link below to apply.
https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/TurnerTownsend/743999809589479-cost-manager-quantity-surveyor


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Job Info
Job Category: Civil/ Construction jobs in Kenya
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 17 March 2022
Duty Station: Kenya
Posted: 04-03-2022
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 04-03-2022
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 04-03-2065
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