Commercial Lead (Cost Management)

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Commercial Lead (Cost Management) to join their team in Chonburi, Chon Buri, Thailand. This role is crucial for managing project costs and ensuring financial success. Join a global leader in programme management and make a lasting impact.

Turner & Townsend has over 80 years of experience helping deliver projects that define how people live, work, and connect. They partner closely with clients to plan, manage, and deliver complex projects, bringing ambitious plans to life and delivering outcomes that matter.

If you are looking for a challenging and rewarding role in cost management within a dynamic global environment, apply now to join our committed team.

Company Overview

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. They work across real estate, infrastructure, energy, and natural resources, transforming projects to improve people's lives. The company is majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world's largest commercial real estate services and investment firm.

Quick Details

• Salary Range: Not Specified
• Job Type: Full-time
• Qualifications: Bachelors Degree in quantity surveying, cost management, project management or equivalent
• Experience: Minimum 10 years’ experience in relevant field, preferably with data center experience or high tech project experience

Key Responsibilities

• Support the preparation of budgets including detailed cost modeling, benchmarking analysis and presentation of this to senior management.
• Assist in monitoring adherence against budget throughout the project lifespan including cost checks and reviews, value engineering and cost saving initiatives and evaluation of alternates.
• Provide guidance and assist with the orderly development of requests for proposal leading into procurement for design services agreements, owner furnished equipment and general contractor services agreements.
• Support and provide guidance on commercial change management and change evaluation efforts on all projects.
• Advise and intervene appropriately to resolve major contractual claims and disputes as they arise.
• Review analytics for project portfolio cash flow and earned value analysis.
• Monitor the financial close-out on all projects including settlement of all vendors.
• Pro-actively assist in leading all commercial risk management efforts including commercial audits, contingency analysis, risk identification and analysis and management training.
• Review project cost reports and carry out regular reviews of these with senior management.
• Oversee the adherence against company expenditure limits.
• Report status, successes, challenges and key activities to senior management.
• Develop, manage and be accountable for achievement of key commercial metrics.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives and develop best practices.
• Train and develop in-house teams on commercial controls and requirements best practices.

Requirements

• Degree qualifications in quantity surveying, cost management, project management or equivalent.
• Minimum 10 years’ experience in relevant field, preferably with data center experience or high tech project experience.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast paced and high pressure environment, to meet often tight deadlines, and to work pro-actively as part of a committed team.
• Fluent in spoken and written English.

Benefits

• A great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.
• Supportive, healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.
• Opportunities for professional development and career growth within a global organization.
• Be part of a committed team working on impactful projects.
• Contribute to a diverse and inclusive environment.