Cost Manager – Water/Utilities

Overview

In this role you will support UK infrastructure projects as a Cost Manager/Cost Consultant. You will partner with clients and Turner & Townsend teams to monitor costs, forecast budgets, and manage contract cash flow. You will drive governance, change control, and value engineering to keep projects within targets. You’ll collaborate cross-functionally to deliver accurate reporting, final accounts, and commercial insights that enable successful program delivery. This is an opportunity to contribute to high-impact infrastructure programs within a global professional services environment.

Pay / Benefits

• Flexible working environment
• Healthy work-life balance
• Inclusive environment
• Equal opportunity employer

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain client and stakeholder relationships
• Administer contracts aligned with project objectives
• Provide accurate cost monitoring, forecasting, and reporting
• Monitor cost variance and contract cash flow and ensure timely applications
• Collaborate with client and contractor teams on KPIs, programme performance, cost control, and value engineering
• Manage contract change to stay within governance and best practices
• Improve forecast and budget accuracy
• Provide commercial support to stakeholders and negotiate final accounts
• Lead people and commissions as needed

Key requirements

• Excellent communication
• Contract Management (NEC3, Option C preferred)
• Cost Management
• Change management and control
• Valuation
• Risk Management
• Procurement
• Estimating
• Pricing
• Reporting
• Collaborative approach and best-for-project attitude
• People management
• Commission management
• Identifying and driving efficiencies through the project lifecycle
• Knowledge of procurement routes, value management and value engineering

• Collaborative
• Communication
• People management
• NEC3 Contract Management
• Cost Management
• Change management

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