Talent Pool - Cost Management, Colombia

This application refers to a Cost Management Talent Pool from which we will be redirecting candidates in to Assistant, Professional and Senior Professional opened roles within our company, mainly focus on the positions based in Colombia. Assisting on feasibility studies and writing procurement reports Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan Development of the cost procedures. Tendering and procuring, including managing the pre-qualification stage, producing the tender list, putting the preliminaries together, tender analysis, producing the tender report and compiling the contractual documents Dealing effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes, where applicable referring major changes to line manager Review and approve subcontractor proposals, manage contracts, and change requests. Taking personal responsibility for making cost checks and carrying out valuations on larger projects and in all cases ensuring that timely and accurate cost checking and valuation takes place Analyze the project budget, monitor expenditure and costs against delivered products and services. Review payment applications, monitor invoicing and ensure payments are in order Report the progress at regular intervals with the Senior Cost Manager, and manage communications with all stakeholders until project delivery and financial close out, producing monthly post contract cost reports and presenting them to the client Review monthly reports as presented by Contractor, and present to the Senior Cost Manager and Client Value engineering Negotiating and agreeing final accounts Interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages Where appropriate, leading a cost management team, ensuring that they deliver on all of the above accountabilities Financial management –Utilizing Financial Management Systems to keep track of the ongoing margin levels Process improvement –Identifying ways in which internal systems and processes can be improved and referring ideas to the appropriate line manager Knowledge management –Ensuring that key information and learning generated from each commission is input into the Turner & Townsend internal database: share systemized lessons learned The job holder is required to carry out all tasks within his/her level of skill and ability. Bachelor´s Degree in Quantity Surveying, Architecture, Civil – Mechanical Engineering or related High degree of accuracy and local market cost knowledge Fluent English & Spanish Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change. We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance. 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. Turner & Townsend does not accept any speculative or unsolicited CV’s that have been sent to our internal recruitment team or hiring managers from agencies outside of our preferred supplier list or that have not followed due process. Any speculative or unsolicited CV’s will be treated as a direct application. #LI-PL1 Please find out more about us at 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. Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects: Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects: Twitter Instagram LinkedIn At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society. Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 110 offices worldwide.