Cost Planner

Company Description

Are you interested in working on some of the world's most exciting projects, with some of the world's leading businesses?

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. Every day we help our clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects in over 118 offices and 47 countries worldwide.

At Turner & Townsend, we offer a wide variety of benefits to our staff to help them inside or outside of the work. We offer true work life balance, working from home arrangements, team events and much more.

Due to significant growth and ongoing delivery success with our clients, Turner & Townsend's Infrastructure team in Brisbane are looking for a **Cost Planner (Associate Director)** to work across a variety of different projects in the Rail, Airports, Utilities, and many more. We are looking for someone who wants to be a leader in the industry, deliver large and complex projects while also helping mentor the future generation.

**Job Description**:
Turner & Townsend will give you the opportunity to work with world class clients on cutting edge projects and to build a successful career with a company that will offer the highest levels of support at every stage.

We work on projects of all sizes from one-off developments to mega-programmes, from planning the future development across Infrastructure projects to site based construction of individual projects, while helping the largest companies in the world. We cover everything from leading teams, planning works, tracking progress and business case delivery to bringing assets into use.

In a **Cost Planner **role, you will have knowledge in:

- Establishing effective estimating strategies with our clients across their portfolios and projects.
- Leading the establishment of the overall success criteria for the project, including time, cost, technical and performance parameters.
- Taking a leading role in interfacing with the client and other consultants.
- Business development to expand existing client base through growth of client base and services
- Supporting growing cost management capability and capacity across Turner & Townsend
- Estimating across all AACE classes of estimate and associate report writing.
- Ability to undertake both cost planning and estimating and integrate with a team of cost managers
- Conduct estimate assurance reviews and associated report writing

**Qualifications**:

- ** 12+ years plus industry experience**:

- Relevant Tertiary Experience preferred
- Full working rights and be currently living in Australia.
- A recognised Degree qualification in Quantity Surveying, Construction Economics, Engineering or similar
- Track record of engaging and maintaining client confidence throughout delivery.
- Clear understanding of strategies for growth with the ability to contribute to growth in line with the local markets.
- Ability to function collaboratively and inclusively in a team with the ability to mentor junior members.
- Ability to produce both top down and bottom up cost plans and parametric cost models
- Excellent command of written and spoken English with excellent report and bid writing skills.
- Demonstrable reputation for challenge, innovation and continued improvement.
- Highly motivated and driven with a passion for delivering to your clients.
- Experience in business development and growing brands through strong client relationships.
- A thorough understanding of the total project life cycle, from project conception stage, through all of the operational stages to completion and post-project review.
- Good knowledge and experience of the main project management concepts, tools, and techniques.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to manage a team and control multiple projects/client commissions.

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._

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