Associate Director - Cost Management - Infrastructure

About the Role

The firm is recruiting an Associate Director level Senior Cost Manager / Commercial Manager to lead a high‑profile infrastructure project in London. The role serves as the Commission Manager, responsible for end‑to‑end service delivery and acting as the primary day‑to‑day client interface to ensure value‑added cost management. The Associate Director will oversee feasibility studies, procurement reporting, value management, cost planning, procurement processes, post‑contract cost control, monthly reporting, value engineering, final account negotiation, and client‑consultant liaison. The position also involves leading cost‑management teams, developing new business opportunities, contributing to bid construction, and improving cost‑management procedures and knowledge sharing. • Conduct feasibility studies and produce procurement reports. • Apply Value Management techniques, collaborating with specialist teams. • Manage estimating and cost planning, presenting the final cost plan. • Oversee the full procurement process from pre‑qualification to contract preparation. • Control post‑contract cost variances and change management procedures. • Supervise cost checking, valuations and deliver monthly post‑contract cost reports to the client. • Perform value engineering and life‑cycle costing analyses. • Negotiate and agree final accounts with stakeholders. • Lead client and consultant interfacing throughout all project stages. • Direct and develop cost‑management teams to meet project deliverables. • Identify and capture new business and cross‑selling opportunities with existing and prospective clients. • Collaborate with Directors to construct competitive bids for new work. • Improve cost‑management procedures, templates and service offerings. • Participate in senior staff recruitment, resource allocation and junior staff appraisals. • Maintain and share knowledge management resources across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• ▸feasibility study
• ▸cost planning
• ▸procurement
• ▸cost control
• ▸value engineering
• ▸client liaison

What You Bring

• Demonstrated cost/commercial management experience, preferably MRICS qualified. • Experience with NEC3 contracts, especially Option C – Target Cost. • Proven expertise in post‑contract administration. • Track record delivering major programmes and projects in rail, aviation, water/utilities or highways. • Strong leadership and team‑management capabilities.

Requirements

• ▸mrics
• ▸nec3
• ▸post‑contract
• ▸cost management
• ▸rail
• ▸leadership

Benefits

Turner & Townsend promotes a healthy, flexible working environment, encourages work‑life balance and values diversity and inclusion. It is an equal‑opportunity employer and provides a supportive culture where employees can influence change and succeed both professionally and personally.

Work Environment

Office Full-Time