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.
Job Description
Turner & Townsend is pleased to announce an opportunity for Egyptian Nationals based in Cairo to join our esteemed Real Estate team. This position allows you to engage in a wide variety of impactful and innovative projects.
As part of our market-leading client base and diverse portfolio, this is an exceptional time to become a member of a growing business unit and advance your career within Turner & Townsend.
You will collaborate with a professional and ambitious team, receiving excellent support while also being encouraged to demonstrate your initiative and expertise.
We invite you to join us in shaping the future of real estate and to take the next step in your professional journey with Turner & Townsend.
MAIN PURPOSE OF ROLE:
- To provide commercial oversight to ensure the successful delivery of cost management services across one or multiple commissions.
- To perform the role of the Commission Manager, taking responsibility for end-to-end service delivery.
- To ensure excellent service delivery is being provided to clients, gain their trust and enhance our reputation.
- To actively promote Turner & Townsend to clients both existing and new to enable growth within the business.
- To be a sounding board for all aspects of service delivery and to effectively develop others in the team.
- To ensure that client objectives are met through the delivery of an effective cost management service from pre contract to handover.
- To uphold Turner & Townsend values and ethics whilst delivering service excellence.
ACCOUNTABILITIES:
- Overall accountability and responsibility for ensuring Turner & Townsend deliver the scope of their services across multiple commissions.
- Interfacing and effective communication with the client, contractors and other consultants, at all project stages.
- Timely and accurate forecasting of fees.
- Maintaining and building upon existing client relationships and the development of new relationships.
- Recognise opportunities and be able to cross sell our service offerings to existing or potentially new clients.
- Effectively and proactively lead a cost management team, ensuring that they deliver in line with the standards expected of Turner & Townsend.
- Provide quality assurance for all deliverables issued by other team members.
- Be a sounding board to other team members for all technical cost management related activities.
- Understanding the clients needs and build the relationship.
- Be a role model within the team to assist in the development of more junior staff.
- Demonstrates a high level of drive, enthusiasm and commitment to always delivering service excellence to clients.
- A desire to learn and progress your career to the next level.
Qualifications
- Extensive knowledge of and experience in the Real Estate / Property sector working for a professional cost consultancy.
- Minimum 15+ years of experience in similar roles.
- Extensive experience of both new build and fit-out projects across varying asset typologies.
- Extensive experience of delivering and overseeing the successful delivery of pre-contract services from feasibility through to tendering, measurement of building works for estimating, report writing and preparation of Bills of Quantities and tender documentation.
- Experience of successfully managing commissions, one or multiple, at any given time to ensure the highest quality service delivery for clients.
- Experience of commercial management of commissions ensuring both successful and profitable delivery of services.
- Experience of agreeing contract terms, administering contracts and of identifying and mitigating key risks within contracts.
- Ability to critically analyze programmes and assess the impact they have of fee forecasts to enable accurate forecasting to the wider business.
- Self-motivated with the ability to work autonomously setting their own agenda and perform well under pressure.
- Identifying and establishing new relationships, whilst maintaining and developing existing relationships.
- Local (Egypt) experience is required
SKILLS REQUIRED:
- Proven Cost / Commercial Management experience, ideally from a Consultancy or client side background
- Professional membership is an advantage i.e. MRICS
- Experience of working on Major Programmes and Projects
- Experience in leading, managing and motivating teams
- Extensive knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management and value engineering.
- Demonstrable understanding of construction contracts and the ability, when required, to provide contractual advice to clients.
- Proven track record of delivering service excellence to multiple clients.
- Ability to drive the commercial agenda for the project and chair commercial meetings.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills with the ability to present clearly and concisely to clients in both a formal and informal manner.
- Proven track record of building effective, productive and positively engaged teams.
Additional Information
Company Vision:
Our vision is to be the leading capital programmes professional service provider operating across property, infrastructure and natural resources.
In 2010 Turner & Townsend began a journey to grow the company on a global scale across our three core sectors. Our vision to excel has seen us climb from 2,500 staff in 63 offices across 28 countries, in 2010, to 6,800 in 110 offices across 45 countries in 2020.
Turner & Townsend recognise the fact that our employees are the key to our future growth. We invest heavily in the training, development and regular appraisal of our people: by managing each employee’s career aspirations and by promoting from within at every opportunity, we believe we have created a stimulating, challenging and exciting working environment for our staff.
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.
Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com
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