Cost Consultant

Company Description

Do you want to be part of our successful Real Estate team supporting top clients for **Turner & Townsend** in Vancouver? We are hiring an ambitious and forward thinking **Cost Consultant** to work in our growing team.

At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.

Our team is dynamic, innovative and client-focused. Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity and the quality we deliver. As a result our people get to work on some of the most exciting projects in the world.

**Who are you?**

You are an experienced Cost Consultant with a minimum of 3 - 5 years post-graduate experience looking for the next step or are currently undertaking a similar role in a similar environment

**Job Description**:
**As a Cost Consultant, you will be involved in**:

- Preparing Construction Cost Estimate reports at all stages of design for education, healthcare, residential corporate occupier and commercial projects within the Vancouver
- Managing estimating and cost planning activities including taking ownership of and presenting the final cost plan/estimate
- Post-contract cost management including change order analysis, monthly cost reporting and payment certification
- Ensuring that cost analysis, cost checking and valuation work is managed effectively
- Participating in Value engineering, LEED analysis and Life Cycle costing
- Taking a lead role in interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages
- Leading a cost management team, ensuring that it delivers on all of the above accountabilities
Research related to construction market conditions throughout Canada, including analysis of official published data
- Managing commissions and participating on basic project and financial management responsibilities such as free tracking, invoice preparation etc.

**Other Key responsibilities at Senior Consultant level**
- Business Development - Being aware and proactive to highlight potential opportunities to Associate Directors and Directors
- Staff management
- Input into performance review process of consultants and graduate consultants
- Recruitment - Inclusion in selection and recruitment process, including interviews
- Knowledge management - Ensuring that key information and learning generated from each commission is input into the Turner & Townsend internal database

**Qualifications**:

- 3 - 5 years’ experience delivering pre-construction and post contract construction cost services
- A recognized University Degree in Quantity Surveying or related field
- Membership of Relevant Professional Organizations such as the Canadian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (CIQS); The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS); and/or Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering (AACE)
- Knowledge of and experience using CostX is an asset

Additional Information
**Turner & Townsend** is a leading independent professional services company specializing in program management, project management, cost management and consulting across the property, infrastructure and natural resources sectors. With 108 offices in 45 countries, we draw on our extensive global and industry experience to manage risk while maximizing value and performance during the construction and operation of our clients’ assets. We are an Equal opportunity employer who will ensure accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities upon request