Senior Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor (Heavy Civil Infrastructure)

Location: Houston, Texas, United States. On-site presence and requirements may change depending on client needs.

Company

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company providing program, project, cost, asset, commercial, procurement, supply chain, and digital management services across more than 60 countries.

What you will do

• Advise clients on project cost and commercial strategies across planning, design, procurement, construction, and closeout.
• Prepare, validate, and review estimates, cost plans, budgets, forecasts, cash flow projections, and contractor pricing.
• Support procurement through vendor prequalification, bid analysis, commercial evaluations, and contract award recommendations.
• Monitor expenditures, cost reports, contingency, risks, changes, payment applications, claims, and requests for additional compensation.
• Coordinate with clients, engineers, contractors, and stakeholders while supporting cost validation, benchmarking, quantity reviews, and value engineering.
• Lead post-contract cost control, audits, final account negotiations, closeout activities, executive reporting, and mentoring of junior team members.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering, Cost Management, or a related field.
• 6–8+ years of experience in construction cost management, quantity surveying, estimating, or commercial management.
• Experience with medium- to large-scale heavy civil and infrastructure projects, including transportation, roads, bridges, utilities, drainage, water/wastewater, or site development.
• Strong knowledge of estimates, cost plans, forecasts, change orders, contractor pricing, procurement strategies, commercial management, and value engineering.
• Ability to interpret drawings, specifications, schedules, and contract documents.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.

Nice to have

• Construction consulting, owner’s representative, engineering consulting, or infrastructure program management experience.
• RICS accreditation or progress toward accreditation.
• CCP, CEP, PMP, or another relevant professional certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible and productive working environment that supports work-life balance.
• Opportunity to contribute to significant public and private sector infrastructure projects.
• Inclusive, equal-opportunity workplace where employees are encouraged to contribute and affect change.
• Confidential handling of candidate information under applicable EEO guidelines.