Cost Manager

Company DescriptionTurner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people's lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world's most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world's largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.Please visit our website: Job DescriptionDue to growth and ongoing delivery success with our clients, Turner & Townsend's Cost Management division in the Netherlands requires a suitably qualified and experienced Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor to join our team.Working within a friendly, professional and highly successful team you will have the opportunity to progress your career swiftly and take ownership of immediate projects.ResponsibilitiesCollaborate and develop good relationships with clients and stakeholders internally and externallyResponsible for pre- and post-contract quantity surveying duties including preparation of cost estimates, procurement and tendering, contract administration, variation, final account, etc.Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost planTendering 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 documentsQualificationsA recognized Degree QualificationRelevant work experience as a QS or Cost Manager ideally in a consultancy environment.Sector experience across real estate construction projectsHighly motivated and driven with a passion for delivering to your clients and have the ability to work independently.Excellent command of written and spoken English and preferably Dutch with excellent report and bid writing skills.Candidates with the right to work in the Netherlands/ Europe are preferred.Additional InformationWhat we offer youAt Turner & Townsend We Want Our People To Succeed In Both Work And Life, We Promote a Healthy, Productive And Flexible Environment. In Addition, You Can ExpectA competitive salary based on the position and your experience;25 vacation days with the option to purchase additional days;Offices in Amsterdam and Eindhoven, conveniently located;A NS travel card for public transportation in the Netherlands;A laptop and phone: Anything you need for your work;Hybrid work possibilities: Working from home, our offices or the client site;Monthly team events where you get to know your colleagues better informally (barbecuing, a graffiti workshop, making chocolates, padel/golf/running);Career opportunities that are tailored to your ambition;Working on high-profile projects with international opportunities;You will be part of a driven and enthusiastic team that will give you a warm welcome to T&T;Room and support for your personal development;Possibility to join one of our social networks such as Corporate Responsibility, Equality Diversity and Inclusion or bring a new interest to your colleaguesOur 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.Turner & Townsend value greatly and have a focus on Corporate Responsibilities (CR), this includes a day's leave entitlement to support a local charity or community activity along with the opportunity to participate in several office events that held throughout the year.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 people from all sectors of the community.Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects:TwitterInstagramLinkedInIt 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.