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Cost Manager - Data Centers in Zaragoza

On-site in Zaragoza·Full-time·Added 6 months ago (last checked 26 Oct)

Turner & Townsend

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Work mode: On-site, Zaragoza
Contract: Full-time
Spanish: Fluent
English: Required
Experience: 3+ years
Education: University degree

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Skills

Turner & Townsend is hiring for this role in several places. This vacancy is in Zaragoza.

Requirements

What we're looking for

Degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, Quantity Surveying or a related field.
A proven track record of delivering high quality cost management/quantity surveying services across the full project lifecycle.
Experience of leading cost management commissions for large construction projects of high complexity.
Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters.
English and Spanish language skills are required.
Demonstrates excellent presentation, verbal, written, and communication skills.
Sound organisational skills; ability to multi-task and be a team player.
Working knowledge of MS Office software and tools.

The role

What you'll do

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Professional, to join our Cost Management team. Supporting our Data Centre client to deliver complex projects and challenging programmes.

The individual must be self-motivated and Client facing (both internal & external) with the ability to manage major projects and clients. This will involve establishing early budgets, early estimating, and cost planning, managing a design team to the budget, tendering and procurement and post contract reporting to the Client.

Assisting on feasibility studies and writing procurement reports.
Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan to internal & external clients.
Tendering and procuring, including managing the pre-qualification stage.
Dealing effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes.
Taking responsibility for making cost checks and carrying out valuations on larger projects and in all cases ensuring that timely and accurate cost checking and valuation takes place.
Producing monthly post contract cost reports and presenting them to the client.
Inputting into value engineering.
Negotiating and agreeing final accounts.
Interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages.
Where appropriate, leading a cost management team, ensuring that they deliver on all of the above accountabilities.

About Turner & Townsend

Turner & Townsend is a global programme management and construction consultancy firm with over 80 years of experience. It employs more than 23,000 people across 63 countries, delivering projects in sectors such as real estate, infrastructure, energy, and data centres. The company provides services including cost management, project controls, procurement, and sustainability consulting.

Industry: Real Estate Consulting
Founded: 1946
Employees: 10,000+
Headquarters: Leeds, United Kingdom

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Turner & Townsend operates in 63 countries, offering global mobility opportunities for employees.
The company has a strong focus on sustainability and corporate responsibility, with over 73,000 hours volunteered in local communities.
With 115 nationalities represented, the workforce is highly diverse and inclusive.
The company offers early career programs and has numerous live job openings across various locations worldwide.

In their own words

About the company & team

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.

Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com

Additional information

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.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/

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