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Senior Estimator - Life Sciences Construction

$120k - $180k

Turner & Townsend

Company Description

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.

Job Description

Turner & Townsend ?is seeking an experienced Senior Construction Estimator to join our team to support large scale construction projects and programs. The ideal candidate will be a great communicator with a strong track record of providing accurate estimating services.

Responsibilities:

  • Developing cost plans and estimates from concept through detailed design across multiple geographic regions; with internal and external staff.

  • Delivering and presenting updated cost plans at appropriate design milestones.

  • Experience in providing program-level estimates for specific scopes of work

  • Coordinate, manage, and supervise the work of support staff.

  • Reviewing proposed design changes/new technologies and preparing estimates within appropriate accuracy levels.

  • Help drive cost model trends by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing cost information from completed projects.

  • Assess cost effectiveness of alternate products and value engineering ideas at a program level.

  • Support training to Development and external Estimating teams on new project estimating tools/templates.

  • Support preparation of leadership presentations for the client's Preconstruction and Estimating team.

  • Delivering Life Cycle Costing models.

  • SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or field related to construction.

  • Minimum 5-7 years of relevant experience

  • Experience in a construction cost management role such as Cost Manager, Quantity Surveyor, Estimator, Cost Engineer, Project Engineer, Project Cost Controls etc.

  • Experience providing conceptual estimating services and/or pre-construction services at a construction management or related firm.

  • Experience supporting large scale construction projects and programs

  • Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as value management and value engineering.

  • Excellent communication skills.

Additional Information

The salary range for this full-time role is $120K-$180K 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. ?Please note Turner & Townsend reserves the right to pay more or less than the posted range, depending on candidate's experience and qualifications.

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.

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