Cost Manager - Commercial Real Estate Construction

We need to output HTML fragment with headings

for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title. Must not include Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info, no invented or summarizing away detail. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, application instructions. Also remove social media invites, EEO statements, etc. Keep core description. We need to parse the posting. Content: Intro paragraph about Turner & Townsend (company description). That could be "About the role"? Actually "About the role" maybe includes description of role and company. The posting says: "Job Description Turner & Townsend is seeking a Cost Manager to join our growing Commercial Real Estate team, supporting a diverse portfolio of construction projects across the United States. In this role, you will provide cost management services throughout the project lifecycle, helping clients achieve successful project outcomes through effective cost planning, commercial oversight, and financial control. The ideal candidate will be proactive, client-focused, and driven to deliver excellence while promoting Turner & Townsend's purpose, values, and collaborative culture. Strong communication, analytical, and stakeholder management skills are essential, along with the ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary project team." That's role description. Could be under "About the role". Also there is earlier company overview paragraph: "Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company..." That's company description, could be part of About the role or maybe separate "About the company". But we only have allowed headings; we could put company overview under About the role as well. But we must not invent sections. We'll include About the role with that content. Responsibilities: list bullet points after "Responsibilities:" heading. We need to extract each duty. Responsibilities block: "Advising client on strategies, managing prequalification of vendors, assessing proposals, bids, and bid levelling documents, making final recommendations to the client, attending & chairing bid interviews, and managing appointment process. Manage estimating services for full project by developing project estimates (relating to construction, fees, direct work and other costs), reviewing estimations prepared by junior team members, presenting estimates to client, presenting value engineering recommendations and risk assessments to client, meeting with vendors to review, validate, and challenge costs, and reviewing estimates by utilizing benchmark data collected from other projects. Manage cost reporting by establishing reporting schedule, reviewing & presenting cost reports and forecasts, reviewing project budget & spend forecast with the client, developing & maintaining commercial risk register, and hosting periodic meetings with project team & vendors. Manage cost control process by reviewing payment application assessments prepared by junior team members, liaising with project managers to recommend contractor entitlements, reviewing requests for change orders from vendors & making recommendations to client, and using dispute prevention/management/resolution procedures to manage payment requisitions, change orders, and contractual disputes. Manage & monitor invoicing process. Benchmark performance against other successful commissions. Manage all facets of the final accounting process and post contract audits and account close outs. Hold post-contract reviews with the client to establish a lesson learned document and apply lessons to create training manual. Develop procedures governing handover of project. Perform all the duties above through the use/preparation of Bid Analysis Sheets, Change Control Forms, Cost Estimating Software, and Take-off Software. SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable." We need to turn each bullet into

. Could combine some sentences but keep detail. We'll produce list items each representing a duty. Qualifications: after "Qualifications" heading we have: "Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or field related to construction. Minimum 3-5 years of relevant experience working in a cost management role in the construction industry. RICS accredited or working towards it is valuable Experience supporting cost management on medium or large sized construction projects. Construction consultancy experience is strongly preferred. Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management, and value engineering. Strong communication skills." Also there is "Additional Information" with salary etc. That could be Pay and Benefits sections. Pay: "The base salary range for this role is $100,000-$130,000 USD. This range reflects the company's good faith estimate of the base salary for this position at the time of the posting. Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity. In addition to base salary, employees may be eligible for bonuses and a comprehensive benefits package." Thus Pay section includes salary range and bonus eligibility. Benefits: "In addition to base salary, employees may be eligible for bonuses and a comprehensive benefits package." Also later: "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." That's benefits description. Also maybe "flexible working environment". So we can include Benefits section with that prose. Schedule: Not mentioned explicitly. There's "*On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs." That could be schedule? It's about on-site presence. Not exactly schedule. Could be considered Schedule? But we should only include Schedule if posting actually states it. It mentions on-site presence may change; not a schedule like full-time/part-time. Might be considered Schedule? The instruction: "never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them." The posting does not explicitly state schedule (e.g., full-time, hours). It mentions on-site presence may change. That's not a schedule. So we should omit Schedule section. Also we need to include Skills? There's a "Skills" heading allowed. The posting mentions skills: Strong communication, analytical, stakeholder management skills; ability to work independently and as part of multidisciplinary team; good knowledge of construction industry technical matters; etc. Those could go under Skills. However we already have Qualifications covering education/experience; Skills could be separate for soft skills. The instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. We could combine skills into Qualifications or Responsibilities? But we have a separate Skills heading allowed; we could include it if there is specific content. The posting does mention skills explicitly: "Strong communication, analytical, and stakeholder management skills are essential, along with the ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary project team." Also "Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management, and value engineering." That's more knowledge than skill but could be skill. We'll create a Skills section with those. But we must avoid duplication: if we put skills also in Qualifications, that duplicates. Better to keep Qualifications for education/experience/credentials, and Skills for abilities. Let's do that. Now we need to strip boilerplate: remove EEO, social media, recruitment fee warnings, etc. Also remove "Additional Information" heading (we will use its content for Pay and Benefits). Remove "Please find out more about us at ..." etc. Remove "All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines." Remove "Join our social media conversations..." etc. Remove recruitment fee warnings. Now produce HTML:

About the role

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.

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Cost Manager to join our growing Commercial Real Estate team, supporting a diverse portfolio of construction projects across the United States. In this role, you will provide cost management services throughout the project lifecycle, helping clients achieve successful project outcomes through effective cost planning, commercial oversight, and financial control. The ideal candidate will be proactive, client-focused, and driven to deliver excellence while promoting Turner & Townsend's purpose, values, and collaborative culture. Strong communication, analytical, and stakeholder management skills are essential, along with the ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary project team.

Then Responsibilities:

Responsibilities

• Advising client on strategies, managing prequalification of vendors, assessing proposals, bids, and bid levelling documents, making final recommendations to the client, attending & chairing bid interviews, and managing appointment process.
• Manage estimating services for full project by developing project estimates (relating to construction, fees, direct work and other costs), reviewing estimations prepared by junior team members, presenting estimates to client, presenting value engineering recommendations and risk assessments to client, meeting with vendors to review, validate, and challenge costs, and reviewing estimates by utilizing benchmark data collected from other projects.
• Manage cost reporting by establishing reporting schedule, reviewing & presenting cost reports and forecasts, reviewing project budget & spend forecast with the client, developing & maintaining commercial risk register, and hosting periodic meetings with project team & vendors.
• Manage cost control process by reviewing payment application assessments prepared by junior team members, liaising with project managers to recommend contractor entitlements, reviewing requests for change orders from vendors & making recommendations to client, and using dispute prevention/management/resolution procedures to manage payment requisitions, change orders, and contractual disputes.
• Manage & monitor invoicing process.
• Benchmark performance against other successful commissions.
• Manage all facets of the final accounting process and post contract audits and account close outs.
• Hold post-contract reviews with the client to establish a lesson learned document and apply lessons to create training manual.
• Develop procedures governing handover of project.
• Perform all the duties above through the use/preparation of Bid Analysis Sheets, Change Control Forms, Cost Estimating Software, and Take-off Software.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Qualifications:

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or field related to construction.
• Minimum 3-5 years of relevant experience working in a cost management role in the construction industry.
• RICS accredited or working towards it is valuable.
• Experience supporting cost management on medium or large sized construction projects.
• Construction consultancy experience is strongly preferred.
• Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management, and value engineering.
• Strong communication skills.

Skills:

Skills

• Strong communication, analytical, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary project team.
• Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management, and value engineering.

Pay:

Pay

The base salary range for this role is $100,000-$130,000 USD. This range reflects the company's good faith estimate of the base salary for this position at the time of the posting. Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity. In addition to base salary, employees may be eligible for bonuses and a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits:

Benefits