Director of Construction Cost Management

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. Working across real estate, infrastructure, energy, and natural resources, we transform challenges into opportunities 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.

About the role

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Director of Cost Management to lead and develop a team of Cost Managers while overseeing the successful delivery of cost management services across a portfolio of major construction projects in the Silicon Valley and South Bay market. The successful candidate will be a collaborative and results-driven leader with strong technical expertise, commercial acumen, and exceptional interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Strong leadership skills, experience leading a cost management team, ensuring they deliver on all accountabilities.
• Lead communications with clients and oversight of cost management team services.
• Lead research related to construction market conditions, including analysis of official published data.
• Produce thought leadership reports providing valuable insights to the construction market.
• Lead the strategic and operational management of Cost Management Services across a variety of construction sectors, including resource planning and management, financial management, business generation, and training and development.
• Set a clear strategy and ambition with the team in line with our Business Plan.
• Grow and develop exceptional people, promoting a culture of learning, respect, and inclusivity.
• Ensure knowledge management by inputting key information and learning from each commission into internal databases and sharing it.
• Identify and act upon ways to improve internal systems and processes.
• Ensure compliance with quality standards and participation in ISO audits.
• Develop priority plans including risk mitigation through internal tools, make performance measurements via Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and appraisal documents, management controls, and critical success factors based on company goals.
• Undertake internal BMS audits and coordinate and represent the office for external audits undertaken by the certification authority.
• Develop a detailed understanding of the regional construction market, acting as a brand ambassador and creating a pipeline of opportunities with existing and new clients.
• Identify and act upon cross-selling opportunities.
• Participate in meetings with senior leadership, directors, and staff, and prepare and deliver presentations.
• Track ongoing revenue, margin levels, monthly fees, and resource requirements for each cost commission using internal software.
• Prepare proposals and RFP responses for new clients and projects.
• Attend relevant networking events and other promotional opportunities with directors.
• Support the training and mentorship of current staff and promote an upward career trajectory.
• Proactively partner with the talent acquisition team to attract top talent, actively manage resource requirements, and plan for future staffing needs.
• Be a role model that drives a one-business culture achieving great outcomes by striking the right balance for our people, clients, stakeholders, and society.
• Adhere to SOX control responsibilities where applicable.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Cost Management, Quantity Surveying, Engineering, or a related construction field.
• Graduate degree in Quantity Surveying, Cost Management, Construction Management, or Engineering preferred.
• 12+ years of relevant cost management or quantity surveying experience.
• 2+ years managing high-performing cost management teams in a consulting environment.
• Prior people management experience.
• Proven track record of managing successful cost management service delivery for clients.
• Exceptional business development acumen and ambition to drive business growth.
• Major construction sector experience working with high-caliber clients across commercial real estate, corporate occupier, life sciences, data centers, industrial/manufacturing, and large capital projects.
• Demonstrated experience supporting complex ground-up developments, renovations, and restoration projects.
• Excellent presentation, verbal, written, organizational, and communication skills.

Benefits

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.

Pay

The base salary range for this full-time role is $180,000–$220,000 per year. Ranges are determined by role and level and represent a good faith effort to provide a fair and equitable salary. This range is a reflection of base salary only, not of a total compensation package. Turner & Townsend reserves the right to pay more or less than the posted range, depending on candidate’s experience and qualifications.

On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs.