Senior Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor – Construction Management

About the Role

• Act as primary contact for project commercial status, delivering accurate cost reports at project and portfolio levels. • Lead change management, negotiating change orders throughout the project lifecycle. • Communicate with general contractors, client representatives, and stakeholders to ensure coordination across construction phases. • Conduct forensic cost reviews and valuations on high-value, time-sensitive projects. • Extract and analyze data from multiple sources to support project and portfolio decisions. • Manage contingency tracking, cost impact logs, and commitment tracking. • Prepare funding data and facilitate value-engineering sessions with stakeholders. • Provide estimating support during design development, including quantity take-offs, cost benchmarking, and pricing validation. • Review contractor and subcontractor pricing, lead negotiations, and produce bid comparisons and funding recommendations. • Oversee commercial and change-management activities, including forecasting and cash-flow reporting. • Implement and continuously improve commercial processes and procedures. • Manage cost auditing, validation, and monthly reporting. • Negotiate and finalize accounts to maximize client value. • Support project close-out and compile as-built cost data for benchmarking. • Ensure adherence to SOX control responsibilities where applicable.

Key Responsibilities

• ▸cost reporting
• ▸change management
• ▸data extraction
• ▸contingency tracking
• ▸value engineering
• ▸quantity takeoffs

What You Bring

The firm is seeking an experienced Senior Cost Manager or Quantity Surveyor for its San Francisco Bay Area team. This hybrid role leads commercial delivery on high-impact construction projects, offering strategic cost guidance from early design through project close-out, and works within a collaborative team that values local insight and hands-on problem solving. • Must work onsite in San Francisco office at least three days per week. • Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, Engineering, or related field. • Proven cost-management experience across all construction phases, from pre-construction estimating to close-out. • Strong background in cost planning, budgeting, and financial control on large-scale or complex projects. • Skilled in reviewing and validating contractor estimates, bids, and change orders. • Experience with various procurement strategies and contract types. • Familiarity with commercial, data-center, high-tech manufacturing, or mission-critical sectors. • Ability to build strong relationships with local stakeholders and navigate regional construction practices. • RICS accreditation (or working toward it) is a plus. • Proficient in cost-management tools and Excel-based reporting. • Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills.

Requirements

• ▸bachelor’s
• ▸rics
• ▸cost management
• ▸excel
• ▸senior
• ▸stakeholder management

Benefits

The full-time position offers a salary range of $130 K-$160 K per year, representing base salary only and subject to adjustment based on experience and qualifications. Turner & Townsend promotes a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Work Environment

Hybrid