Turner & Townsend
Cost Intelligence & Benchmarking Manager
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Job Description
Turner & Townsend Overview
Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy, and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset, and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero, and digital solutions.
We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project, and cost management offering in markets around the world.
Role Overview
Turner & Townsend is one of the leading consultancy providers to the Infrastructure sector and has a thriving Estimating and Cost Intelligence team making the difference for a large number of clients both in the UK and Overseas. We are looking for a talented, and self-starting individual to join the Cost Intelligence & Benchmarking team in order to support in the successful development and delivery of the Infrastructure Cost Intelligence & Benchmarking Strategy in line with the Turner & Townsend Corporate Vision to 2030 and beyond.
Responsibilities
Reporting to the Director of Cost Intelligence & Benchmarking, the successful candidate will:
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- Work with our Digital team to transform the tools that underpin our Cost Intelligence & Benchmarking services
- Grow our capability by building a strong Cost Intelligence & Benchmarking network and community of practice
- Data mining or extracting usable data from data sources as well as processing, cleansing, and validating its integrity
- Support the achievement of Estimating & Cost Intelligence team objectives
- Stay abreast of developments within the knowledge, data, and information management discipline
- Act as an ambassador for the Cost Intelligence & Benchmarking team
- Act as a professional role model for less experienced staff
- Enhance data collection procedures to include all relevant information for developing our data toolset
Qualifications
- Degree-qualified (or equivalent) in Estimating, Quantity Surveying, or a related discipline, with significant, demonstrable experience in cost intelligence & benchmarking
- Proven track record in developing and leading cost benchmarking frameworks, including data governance, normalisation, and comparative analysis across programmes
- Desirable membership of ACostE / APM / ICEAA / RICS
- Experience working on major programmes and complex projects, providing benchmarking, performance analysis, and cost intelligence at portfolio or enterprise level
- Strong understanding of market trends, cost drivers, and industry intelligence, with the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights for senior stakeholders
- Use of AI to capture, interrogate, normalise, and utilise large volumes of cost data
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Additional Information
- This is a South East-based role, although there may be flexibility for the right candidate. We operate a flexible-working arrangement, which typically requires 3 days working in a client/Turner & Townsend office.
- We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.
- Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
Application Process
It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time. Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.
Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com
Department: Infrastructure
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