Senior Cost Consultant

Who are you?

You are an experienced Senior Cost Consultant with a minimum of 7 years post-graduate experience
looking for the next step or are currently undertaking a similar role in a similar environment

As a Senior Cost Consultant, you will be involved in:

 Preparing Construction Cost Estimate reports at all stages of design for education, healthcare,
residential corporate occupier and commercial projects within Toronto, the GTA and nationally as
required

 Managing estimating and cost planning activities including taking ownership of and presenting the
final cost plan/estimate

 Applying Value Management techniques at the outset of a project and where appropriate

 Post-contract cost management including change order analysis, monthly cost reporting and
payment certification

 Ensuring that cost analysis, cost checking and valuation work is managed effectively

 Participating in Value engineering, LEED analysis and Life Cycle costing

 Taking a lead role in interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages

 Leading a cost management team, ensuring that it delivers on all of the above accountabilities
Research related to construction market conditions throughout Canada, including analysis of
official published data

 Managing commissions and participating on basic project and financial management

responsibilities such as free tracking, invoice preparation etc.

Other Key responsibilities at Senior Consultant level 

 Business Development – Being aware and proactive to highlight potential opportunities to

Associate Directors and Directors

 Staff management– Input into performance review process of consultants and graduate
consultants

 Recruitment - Inclusion in selection and recruitment process, including interviews

 Knowledge management – Ensuring that key information and learning generated from each
commission is input into the Turner & Townsend internal database

Qualifications

 7 years’ experience delivering pre-construction and post contract construction cost services

 A recognized University Degree in Quantity Surveying or related field

 Membership of Relevant Professional Organizations such as the Canadian Institute of Quantity

Surveyors (CIQS); The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS); and/or Association for the
Advancement of Cost Engineering (AACE)

 Reliability clearance with the Government of Canada is an asset

 Knowledge of and experience using CostX is an asset