Senior Cost Manager- Cardiff/ Bristol

Overview

In this role you will support multi-million pound infrastructure programmes for UK clients, working within Turner & Townsend’s contract and cost management team. You will provide experience-led advice on delivering capital projects across water, civils, and infrastructure, collaborating with clients and cross-functional teams. You will travel as needed and contribute to a culture that values integrity, expertise, and proactive delivery. This is an opportunity to shape project outcomes and drive efficiencies within a dynamic, client-focused environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide experience-led advice on delivering multi-million pound capital programmes
• Lead contract management activities (NEC3, Option A, C & E preferred)
• Oversee cost management, valuation, and reporting
• Manage change control, risk management, and procurement activities
• Support estimating, pricing, and commissioning processes
• Drive efficiency improvements across the project life cycle
• Foster collaboration and share best practices with project teams
• People management within project teams and stakeholder engagement
• Identify and implement value management and value engineering opportunities

Key requirements

• Excellent communication skills
• Contract management with NEC3 experience (options A, C & E preferred)
• Cost management expertise
• Change management and control
• Valuation
• Risk management
• Procurement, estimating, and pricing
• Reporting and governance
• Collaborative approach and focus on project outcomes
• People management and leadership
• Knowledge of construction industry procurement routes and value engineering
• Degree qualified or equivalent (ideally)
• Professional body membership or progress toward membership (ideally)

• Collaborative mindset
• Strong communication
• Proactive problem solving
• NEC3 contract knowledge
• Cost management and valuation
• Change management

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