Associate Director, Estimating
About the role
Turner & Townsend helps deliver outcomes that matter through transformational programs covering consultancy, project delivery, and post-project operations. With offices globally, we impact projects in real estate, infrastructure, and natural resources sectors worldwide. Our dynamic, innovative, and client-focused team works in an inclusive and fun company culture valued for proactive approaches, expertise, integrity, and quality.
Responsibilities
Oversee the benchmarking & estimating of life science real estate construction projects.
Partner with client’s leadership, project teams & other stakeholders to establish key requirements and define strategy & goals for a standardized Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).
Develop standardized estimating processes across the program, including budget guidelines & estimate requirements for each project stage.
Lead the WBS and baseline establishment on new projects at pre-conceptual or earlier design phases to ensure compliance with program controls and Key Performance Indicators (KPI) strategy.
Liaise with project teams to align change management & schedule management with standardized WBS & estimating processes.
Conduct ongoing cost analysis for in-flight projects to refine benchmarking & improve forecasting through data mining, cleansing, validation, variance analysis, & data visualization.
Review detailed construction estimates from contractors at various stages of design maturity & provide recommendations to leadership.
Develop high-level conceptual ROM estimates (prior to contractor engagement) to support early property development planning efforts.
Lead resource management for cost estimating requirements across the program.
Train project teams on cost estimating processes, tools & techniques.
Maintain a library of templates, best practice standards & procedures for all estimating activities.
Manage the program benchmarking database & all project coding structures (including the standardized WBS dictionary).
Support Leadership with ad-hoc cost performance studies, labor rate assessments, market analysis, and other Estimating/Project Controls related functions as directed.
Qualifications
10 years of experience working in cost estimating in the commercial real estate construction industry.
Undergraduate or graduate degree in engineering, construction, or quantitative field.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (particularly, Microsoft Excel).
Experience working in a variety of cost estimating tools.
Working knowledge of Tableau or other BI tools is preferred.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, especially in regards to reports & presentations.
Team player with demonstrated professional & interpersonal skills interfacing with all levels of the organization, clients & vendors.
Detail-oriented & action-oriented with excellent organization skills & demonstrated ability to multitask.
Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines and quickly pivot in response to evolving priorities.