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Turner & Townsend

Turner & 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.

Position: Associate Director of Construction Estimating

Associate Director of Construction Estimating with deep experience in electric transmission and distribution to join our talented team. The ideal individual will be a good communicator and a team player with a good foundation in cost and estimating. This is a key role for our Electric Transmission Sector and has client‑management responsibilities.

This is a primarily remote role, with some client site travel required.

Responsibilities

• Developing cost plans and estimates from concept through detailed design.
• Supporting client land acquisitions.
• Delivering and presenting updated cost plans at appropriate design milestones.
• Reviewing proposed design changes/new technologies and preparing estimates within appropriate accuracy levels.
• Understanding design stages and estimate levels.
• Providing commercial input to design opportuning and input into value engineering exercises.
• Preparing cash commitment forecasts for the construction life cycle.
• Working collaboratively with stakeholders in the preparation of estimates/cost plans.
• Analyzing labor markets and cost drivers such as unions & tax.
• Supporting our clients with monthly presentations.
• Delivering life‑cycle costing models.
• Benchmarking integration to ensure accurate data capture.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or a related field.
• Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in the power & electric transmission industries; experience in US utilities construction estimating is a must.
• Experience working in a construction cost management role such as estimating, cost engineering, project engineering, or project cost controls.
• Thrives in a client‑facing role.
• Experience supporting program‑level cost management for medium or large‑scale construction projects.
• Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as value management and value engineering.
• Strong communication skills.

Additional Information

The salary range for this full‑time role is $160 K–$190 K per year. Ranges are determined by role and level and represent a good‑faith effort to provide a fair and equitable salary. This range is a reflection of base salary only, not of a total compensation package. Please note Turner & Townsend reserves the right to pay more or less than the posted range, depending on candidate's experience and qualifications.

*On‑site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs.

Equal Opportunity Employment

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Confidentiality

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.