Lead Cost Manager Milano

Lead Cost Manager
Milano
Lombardia, Milano

Company Description

At Turner & Townsend we're passionate about making the difference.

That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.

Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 110 offices worldwide.

**Job Description**:

Due to the continued success and expansion of our European business we currently have opportunities in Milan and we are seeking a leader to head up our Cost Management team.

Your track record will have seen you manage large scale, complex projects, in one or more of the following: Data Centre; Pharma/Life Sciences; Industrial; Manufacturing; Logistics** **or Real estate projects**.

Acting as Cost Manager Lead you will be fee earning, for key projects and/or programmes, with particular involvement during initiation / set-up, establishing the project execution plans and master programmes / schedules.

You will also increasingly be responsible for developing and delivering on a business plan.

Key requirements of the role include, but are not limited to:

- Act as principle point of contact for cost management/project controls matters and lead the team

- Leads and motivates others to participate and contribute, provides necessary direction and inspires high performance

- Take on key account role(s), project execution assurance and maintain client relationships as required

- Deliver assurance services to projects

- Take project delivery roles and lead the Turner & Townsend team on the commission

- Identify organizational needs, build recruitment plans and develop role specifications

- Extensive experience in delivering Cost Management programs, projects and segment knowledge

- Play a key role in the business development activities

- Assist in the development and implementation of marketing and business development strategies

- Provide solutions to clients and work together with business development team member(s) on sales proposals, qualification packages and presentation materials

- Collaborate with the other business divisions and teams

- Delivers high quality of service products by utilizing Turner & Townsend systems, policy and procedure, managing time, planning and organizing to ensure excellence

- Demonstrates understanding of commercial business drivers and ensures that work and projects are carried out in alignment.

Contributes to the development of business opportunities

- Demonstrable appetite for challenge, innovation and continued improvement in Cost Management discipline

- Identify and understand the areas of opportunity and development

**Qualifications**:

- Minimum 10 years of relevant working experience in the discipline

- Degree holder in Quantity Surveying, or related field is required

- Proactive, quality driven, self-motivated and hands-on team-leader with the ability to multitask

- Strong English and Italian skills required

- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills essential, ability to communicate well with clients and senior management

Additional Information_

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. _