Turner & Townsend · 4 hours ago
Senior Estimator - MEP
Raleigh, NC
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
7+ years expTurner & Townsend is a global consultancy firm that delivers outcomes through transformational programs across various sectors. The Senior Estimator - MEP will take a lead role in interfacing with clients and stakeholders, improve estimating procedures, and provide expert estimating services for life science projects.
Commercial Real EstateConstructionReal Estate Investment
Hiring Manager
Elyse Spreen Herr
Responsibilities
Taking a lead role in interfacing with the client, stakeholders, and other consultants, at all project stages
Identifying opportunities to improve estimating, cost management procedures, templates, and products
Knowledge management – Ensuring that key information and learning generated from each commission is inputted into internal/ external client benchmarking databases and shared
Process improvement – Identifying and acting upon ways to improve internal systems and processes
Subject matter expertise for new work or variations for existing projects
Provide estimate and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan
Develop Project Capital Estimates using a bottoms-up approach
Ability to estimate at conceptual, programming, and detailed level
Provide expert estimating services for Life science from early idea stage, RFP, and contract negotiation. through to construction completion, managing key relationships with the client, CM, and project team
Lead the training of templates & tools for the general contractor to ensure submissions are compliant for commercial analysis
Assist in all aspects of procurement, including managing the pre-qualification stage, produce bid list, bid analysis, produce bid report, and compile contractual documents
Provide input into value engineering; assist in negotiating and approving final bids
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
Provide detailed comparative analysis of commercial submittals from the CM
Lead the commercial review of the competitive bid process for major trades
Support the project delivery team with post-contract cost analysis & change order reviews
Benchmarking integration to ensure accurate data capture
Assisting in change management activities throughout the project lifecycle throughout a portfolio
Assisting in Production of monthly post contract cost reports and present to client
Manage cost checks and carry out valuations on larger projects, and ensure timely and accurate cost checking, and valuation process
Qualification
Required
A minimum of 7 years' post graduate experience working in a construction cost management/ Estimating role and preparing large-scale construction cost estimates
Confident reviewing Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP), Civil and Architectural Subcontract packages with client key stakeholders
College and/or post-graduate degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or field related to construction
Experience working on large-scale Life Sciences projects or similar
Experience of leading cost management on medium or large sized construction projects of medium to high complexity
Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management and value engineering
Preferred
RICS accredited/ AACE or working towards is valuable, but not required
US experience is strongly desirable
Benefits
Healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance
Company
Turner & Townsend
Turner & Townsend is an independent professional services company specializing in program management, project management.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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Leadership Team
Vincent Clancy
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
James Dand
Chief Operating Officer
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