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Project Cost Controls Manager

Job ID

241477

Posted

06-Oct-2025

Service line

PJM Segment

Role type

Full-time

Areas of Interest

Building Surveying/Consultancy, Construction, Quantity Surveying

Location(s)

Harleysville - Pennsylvania - United States of America, King of Prussia - Pennsylvania - United States of America, Lansdale - Pennsylvania - United States of America, Malvern - Pennsylvania - United States of America, Philadelphia - Pennsylvania - United States of America, Radnor - Pennsylvania - United States of America, Spring House - Pennsylvania - United States of America, West Point - Pennsylvania - United States of America, Willow Grove - Pennsylvania - United States of America

About the Role:

As a Project Cost Controls Manager, you will lead on forecasting, benchmarking, contract negotiations and on the various procurement routes and negotiations of contract award. You will use cost metrics to oversee a portfolio of projects and be responsible to understand, analyze, and report variances with mitigation plan. Within this role, the cost management manager should be able to run and manage a portfolio of complex projects. This job is part of the Cost Consultancy function.

This role will require the selected candidate to work from the client's offices in West Point, PA a minimum of three days per week.

What You’ll Do:

+ Act as the main client interface, deliver on client objectives and make valuable contributions to the cost management service offering.

+ Provide cost intelligence and benchmark support with limited senior management input.

+ Own the accuracy of forecast for a wide portfolio of projects every month.

+ Apply value management techniques at the outset of a project.

+ Perform audits on global projects and drive consistency in the delivery of projects.

+ Lead and manage value engineering and cost planning activities to include taking ownership of and presenting the final cost plan(s).

+ Manage the procurement process, ensuring that all stages including pre-qualification, inquiry, analysis, selection and contract preparation are performed effectively.

+ Drive consistency on project cost variances and change control processes to manage projects effectively.

+ Ensure that cost checking and valuation work is managed effectively.

+ Ensure that final accounts are promptly negotiated and agreed.

+ Take the lead role in interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages.

+ Actively manage and coach colleagues from entry level associates to Cost Consultant levels and positively influence the direction of growth of the up-coming talent.

+ Collaborate with internal team to construct bids for new work and attend interviews.

+ Identify and acting upon cross-selling opportunities.

+ Identify and participate in new initiatives that add value and improve the business.

+ Identify and act upon opportunities to improve cost management procedures, templates and products and hence improve the service provided to clients.

+ Knowledge management – Ensure that key information and learning generated from each commission is input into the internal database.

+ Process improvement – Identify and act upon ways to improve internal systems and processes.

+ Implement a departmental strategy to manage cash flows, project accruals, and report progress.

+ Assist with the management of all facets of cost management from beginning to end.

+ Partner with the project teams to source the pre-bid and pre-construction services.

+ Work with project managers to control costs, coordinate the administration associated with funding all project work. Promote proactive creation and submission of funding documents. Ensure project work follows internal funding policies.

+ Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values. Influence parties of shared interests to reach an agreement.

+ Apply knowledge of own discipline and how own discipline integrates with others to achieve team and departmental objectives.

+ Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve day-to-day and moderately complex issues which may or may not be evident in existing systems and processes.

+ Service delivery on commissions is in line with the conditions of appointment.

+ Develop and maintain strong relationships with clients, project managers and design team members.

+ Achieve excellent client and project feedback on the global portfolio.

+ The cost management team is effectively led (where appropriate) within the context of delivering a specific commission.

+ General line management responsibilities (where appropriate) are effectively discharged.

+ Ability to lead the exchange of sensitive, complicated, and difficult information, convey performance expectations, and handle problems

+ Leadership skills to motivate team impact on quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of the job discipline and department.

+ In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.

What You’ll Need:

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

+ Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or field related to construction.

+ Minimum 3-5 years of relevant experience working in a cost management role in the construction industry.

+ RICS accredited or working towards it is valuable

+ Experience supporting cost management on medium or large sized construction projects.

+ Construction consultancy experience is strongly preferred.

+ Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management and value engineering.

+ Strong communication skills

+ Life Sciences, Pharmaceuticals or other regulated environment experience is highly desirable.

Disclaimer:

_Please be advised that effective January 1, 2025, CBRE Project Management and Turner &Townsend was consolidated into a single global business entity. As a candidate applying for a position, you should be aware that while your initial employment may be with Turner & Townsend PJM US LLC, you will subsequently transfer directly to Turner & Townsend at a date to be determined._

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