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NEC Cost Manager
Job Description
Turner & Townsend
Background
Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. We work with clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy, and natural resources, transforming challenges into opportunities through programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, alongside controls and performance, procurement, net zero, and digital solutions.
- Majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc.
- Partners hold a significant minority interest
- NTrọng the world’s most impactful projects and programs
Visit www.turnerandtownsend.com
Role Overview
Job Title: Senior Project/Team Manager (NEC3/NEC4) or Senior Cost/Cost Manager
Key Purpose
Join our growing team to support high-profile infrastructure projects and nurture the next generation of project managers. Roles primarily operate in a hybrid model, aligned with client needs.
Core Requirements
Must-Have Experience & Skills
- Substantial expertise in infrastructure project/programme management across the full lifecycle, including:
- Project management principles
- Meeting client objectives
- Contract management (with a focus on NEC3/NEC4)
- Leadership, team development, and equilibrium in high-stakes/ambiguous environments
- Financial management, project controls, safety, quality, and sustainability
- Active administration of NEC3 or NEC4 contracts, preferably as a named ECC (ECC: Engineering and Construction Contract) Project Manager or equivalent within the last 12 months
- Proven ability in stakeholder management, navigating diverse personalities, and cultivating trusted advisor relationships with clients
- Sharp analytical, numerical, and diplomatic problem-solving skills
- Abilitty to resolve complex issues efficiently – working under pressure
- Commercial, foresight, and budgeting experience
- Advanced planning/organization skills, including Juggling multiple workstreams and swift communication with senior clients
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Highly Desirable Skills & Experience
- Experience in procurement or NEC ecosystem
- Managing contractors, consultants, and advisors for infrastructure projects
- Consultancy or client-side project leadership
- Awareness of UK public sector (government arms-length/non-departmental entities)
Preferred Qualifications
- Accreditation: NEC3 or NEC4 (Project Management accreditation)
- Degree/HND in: Construction, Infrastructure, or Management disciplines, or comparable experience
- Professional affiliation (e.g., APM, RICS, or ICE)
Benefits & Corporate Commitment
Turner & Townsend rejects all recruitment fees – candidates must never cost-secondarily participate.
Our organisation’s values:
- Seeks to attract diversity across all sections of society
- Provides flexibility, real influence, meaning, and opportunity to employees
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