Cost Manager - Commercial Real Estate Construction

As a Cost Consultant at Turner & Townsend, you will be responsible for delivering cost planning and commercial management services across a range of workplace, retail, manufacturing, and technical projects for leading enterprise clients. Drawing on your contractor-side experience in estimating, bid evaluation, and change management, you will provide an informed owner’s perspective, establishing robust cost positions, challenging commercial assumptions, and delivering clear, evidence-based advice that supports effective decision-making. Working under the guidance of a Senior Cost Consultant or Director, you will progressively take ownership of project cost plans and commercial strategies, developing the expertise and confidence to manage the commercial position throughout the full project lifecycle. Responsibilities: Prepare cost estimates and cost plans from concept through close-out for tenant improvement, remodel, and new build projects, including quantity takeoffs in Bluebeam and pricing in CSI MasterFormat structures. Build and maintain parametric and hybrid cost models under senior direction, contributing clean, consistently coded data to the team's benchmarking library. Lead bid leveling and GC and subcontractor bid analysis: qualify scope, normalize exclusions and allowances, and present a clear recommendation with the basis stated. Test contractor pricing against takeoff-based estimates, historical data, and market intelligence, and explain variances rather than a