Cost Manager - Real Estate

Overview

Manage cost consultancy for large mixed‑use real estate projects

Key Responsibilities

• cost estimating
• tender management
• quantity surveying
• financial reporting
• budget control
• team leadership

Tasks

-Produce cost estimates and cost plans -Build and maintain working relationships with clients -Manage the tender process, review and analyse tender returns and prepare recommendations to the client as well as advice on procurement routes -Manage and lead aspects of quantity surveying and cost consultancy including pre and post contract duties -Attend meetings, prepare financial reports and monitor on the status of projects -Ensure the project remains on budget from design to completion phase -Undertake full post-contract duties including establishing the effect of variations and evaluating and negotiating final account settlements -Manage junior team members to deliver our cost management service effectively.

Requirements

• large projects
• new build
• communication
• cost management
• quantity surveyor
• mrics

What You Bring

-Experience working on larger projects of £10m value or over (or equivalent) -Experience working on new build and fit-out projects -Excellent communication skills and client facing. -UK Cost Management experience within the Real Estate/Property sector -Degree qualified in Quantity Surveying -A data and digital led business, with an authority on the economics of sustainability, that will take our service to the next level -MRICS qualified

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Benefits

-You can realise your career ambitions faster with London’s cost consultancy of choice

About Turner & Townsend Alinea

-Join forces with a global advisory leader to shake up real‑estate cost management. -Grew on backbone of bold city skyscrapers and landmark estates—from the Shard to Battersea Power Station and Wimbledon grounds. -Drives high‑stakes projects across sectors like data centres, life sciences labs, tall commercial towers and mixed‑use regeneration. -Takes cost control beyond numbers: digital tools and technical firepower fuel value‑led delivery in complex builds. -Packed with specialist micro‑teams—for façades, MEP, infrastructure and utilities—the London arm brings niche depth. -Blends boutique expertise with global muscle: a disruptive hybrid serving developer, investor and end‑user needs. -Anchored in capital’s skyline, yet stretching into transport, health, education, energy and hospitality projects.

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