Associate Director, Cost Management - Ahmedabad
Turner & Townsend
- Ahmedabad, Gujarat
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Will be the Project Director & SPOC
- To provide effective leadership and direction, embedding and promoting the values of T&T and to be responsible for the delivery of our service
- Staff management (where appropriate) - Inputting into the formal management of an Assistant Cost Manager/Cost Manager/Senior Cost Manager or small cost management team, to include technical & behavioural interviews, input into resource management and attendance at staff appraisals
- Ensure all agreements and proposed new services to be verified with Global Risk Team and Business Unit Director as required
- Setup objectives for team members; guide and monitor resources
- Ensure compliance to all pre & post contract commercial reporting on the project as required
- Conducting feasibility studies and writing procurement reports
- Lead the pre-qualification process; recommendation and appointment of consultants and contractors for Consultancy services and Fit Out works
- Challenge design options during the design development phase and continuously review designs are aligned with the Cost plan or design the cost approach
- Managing to estimate and cost planning activities to include taking ownership of and presenting the final cost plan
- Managing the procurement process, ensuring that all stages including pre-qualification, enquiry, analysis, selection and contract preparation are performed effectively
- Applying Value Management techniques at the outset of a project and where appropriate involving Turner & Townsend's specialist Value Management team.
- Ensure that lessons learned / best practices from commissions are captured within Key Account Management system as appropriate
- Education - B.E/B.Tech Civil Engineering
- You should have relevant experience of working preferably for a construction consultancy in India/abroad, hold a graduate degree preferably in Cost Management and possesses good technical skills.
- 15-20 years work experience with demonstrated career growth graph.
- Experience in multiple sub sectors within the property projects will be added advantage.
- Excellent verbal and written English communication skills, with demonstrated negotiation and influencing skills, and the capability to relate and communicate with people from a variety of diverse backgrounds at all levels of the industry.
- Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management and value engineering.
- People management experience, particularly in the context of managing a cost management team delivering a project.