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Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 130 countries worldwide.
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Job DescriptionThe Senior Cost Manager is responsible for leading cost management activities across complex and high-value projects. The role holder is critical to ensuring robust financial control, accurate forecasting, and strategic cost analysis throughout the project lifecycle. The Senior Cost Manager acts as a key interface between project teams and senior stakeholders, providing insight and assurance on cost performance.
Principal Accountabilities:
- Assist estimating in the development and management of detailed cost estimates, budgets, and forecasts.
- Oversee the preparation and delivery of monthly cost reports, including variance analysis and performance commentary.
- Provide expert input into project reviews, governance forums, and cost planning activities.
- Ensure alignment between cost, schedule, and scope through close collaboration with planning and delivery teams.
- Drive earned value management (EVM) processes and interpret performance metrics to inform decision-making.
- Manage cost risk and opportunity assessments, supporting mitigation strategies and contingency planning.
- Lead change control assessments from a cost perspective, ensuring impacts are accurately captured and reported.
- Maintain and enhance cost management systems, tools, and procedures, including Ecosys.
- Mentor and support junior and intermediate cost engineers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
- Contribute to benchmarking, lessons learned, and best practice initiatives across the organisation.
- Perform additional tasks, activities or other duties as may be required or assigned as part of the role.
Skills:
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail, with the ability to interpret and present complex data.
- Proficiency in cost management software and tools (e.g., PRISM, EcoSys, SAP, or similar).
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Proven ability to lead cost engineering activities and influence project outcomes.
- In-depth understanding of earned value management and project performance metrics.
- Familiarity with risk management and integrated project controls desirable.
- Professional accreditation or working towards membership of a relevant body (e.g., ACostE, ICE, RICS) desirable.
Experience:
- 10 years' experience in cost engineering or project controls within complex project environments.
- Experience in infrastructure, energy, defence, or major capital projects is desirable.
- Degree or equivalent qualification in Project Controls, or a related discipline.
What we offer you:
- Full time
- Competitive remuneration and attractive range of benefits
- 8% Pension
- 23 days Annual leave
- Opportunity to work on impactful and innovative projects
- Career development opportunities both in Ireland and globally
- Opportunity to work with a diverse group of talented and collaborative colleagues
Our 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.
We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.
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 all sectors of the community.
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Skills Required
- 10 years of experience in cost engineering or project controls within complex project environments
- Degree or equivalent qualification in Project Controls or a related discipline
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
- Proficiency in cost management software and tools such as PRISM, EcoSys, SAP, or similar
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
- Proven ability to lead cost engineering activities and influence project outcomes
- In-depth understanding of earned value management and project performance metrics
- Familiarity with risk management and integrated project controls
- Professional accreditation or working toward membership of ACostE, ICE, RICS, or a relevant body
- Experience in infrastructure, energy, defence, or major capital projects
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