Associate Director, Cost Management – Life Sciences

Associate Director, Cost Management – Life Sciences

21 Oct 2024
California, Usca 00000 Usca USA

Associate Director, Cost Management – Life Sciences

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Job Description

Seeking an experienced lead pre-construction cost estimator and cost manager to deliver services within life sciences/pharmaceutical and other sectors.To be successful you willhave experience developing and maintaining all aspects of cost management for large capital projectsin the pharmaceutical and high-tech manufacturing industries

Responsibilities:

  • Provide estimate and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan;
  • Ability to estimate at conceptual, programming and detailed level;
  • Assist in providing feasibility studies and using the application of parametric benchmark cost data;
  • Provide benchmarking studies, analysis of cost data and presentation of data in reports;
  • Undertake cost assurance of third-party estimates, report writing and presentation;
  • Ability to perform all aspects of procurement, including managing the pre-qualification stage, produce bid list, bid analysis, produce bid report, and compile contractual documents;
  • Participate effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes;
  • Manage cost checks and carry out valuations on larger projects, and ensure timely and accurate cost checking, and valuation process;
  • Produce monthly cost reports and present to clients;
  • Provide input into value engineering and options analysis;
  • Maintain liaison with client and other consultants at all projects stages;
  • Provide leadership to cost management team when necessary, ensure the delivery on all of accountabilities;
  • Identify opportunities to develop new business with existing clients and report such opportunities to appropriate line manager, and utilize marketing database;
  • Identify improvements for cost estimating and cost management procedures, templates, and products, and refer ideas to appropriate line manager;
  • Provide leadership and training to estimating, direct-reports as necessary and appropriate;
  • Demonstrated proficiency utilizing estimating formats, including Uniformat and CSI Masterformat.
  • Involvement in business generation activities, presenting capabilities and preparing proposals.

Qualifications

Technical Requirements

  • Competency using Excel, Word, PowerPoint, CostX, Bluebeam and with working knowledge with MS Project;
  • Proficient in use of industry estimating databases and other estimating data sources, e.g. RS Means, Trade Services, Richardsons;


Educational and Professional Qualifications

  • College degree in Engineering, Construction Management with a Technical Focus, Quantity Surveyor, or related technical field;
  • Minimum of ten (10) years of project engineering experience and multi-faceted construction experience;
  • Demonstrated experience as an Estimator on life sciences, industrial and technology sector projects is required; and experience in manufacturing facilities, warehouses, packaging, production, clean rooms, offices, laboratory’s and site infrastructure;
  • Must possess exemplary communication skills – both written and oral;
  • Must be a “self-starter,” and a goal/results-oriented leader and team player;
  • Demonstrated negotiation skills, required.

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.

Turner & Townsend does not accept any speculative or unsolicited CV’s that have been sent to our internal recruitment team or hiring managers from agencies outside of our preferred supplier list or that have not followed due process. Any speculative or unsolicited CV’s will be treated as a direct application.

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  • ID
    JC5095020
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  • Job type
    Full-time
  • Salary
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  • Hiring Company
    Turner & Townsend
  • Date
    2020-10-21
  • Deadline
    2020-12-20
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