Associate Quantity Surveyor / Cost Manager / Commercial Manager - Energy & Natural Resource

Job Description

Turner & Townsend are currently recruiting for Professionals within our Natural Resources team to support our expanding New Energy & Natural Resources segment. We are seeking candidates to work on iconic commissions for a range of key clients, offering exciting career development opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of performance and quality, applying strong analytical and problem‑solving skills while delivering reliable, client‑focused outputs.
• Plan and execute work effectively, identifying opportunities to add value and knowing when to act independently or escalates for support.
• Collaborate positively with colleagues and clients, contributing to team discussions, building strong working relationships and maintaining a professional, respectful approach.
• Communicate clearly and constructively, supporting productive ways of working and addressing challenges professionally.
• Administer and manage contracts confidently, ensuring accurate cost monitoring, forecasting, reporting, change management, and control of variances and cashflow.
• Work closely with client and contractor teams to deliver on KPIs, programme performance, cost control and value engineering, ensuring projects remain within governance and best practice.
• Provide sound commercial leadership, driving improvements in forecast accuracy, offering clear commercial advice, and ensuring the timely agreement of final accounts.
• Contribute to internal excellence, including capturing lessons learned, supporting knowledge management and recommending improvements to internal systems and processes.

Qualifications

• Degree or HNC level qualification.
• NEC3/4 or FIDIC experience.
• Cost / commercial management experience on Energy (nuclear, renewables, transmission & distribution, oil & gas, low carbon) or Infrastructure (water / utilities / rail / roads / aviation) projects.
• Experience of working on major programmes or project portfolios.
• Professional Chartership (preferable).

Additional Information

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Equal Opportunity Statement

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.

Company Background

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. We operate on a truly global scale, with 247 offices across 62 countries, offering extensive opportunities for international mobility.

What We Offer You

• We place a strong emphasis on people development where every individual is encouraged to develop a personalised and bespoke career development plan, aligned to one or more technical, business or client leadership pathways. This creates a working environment where individuals from all backgrounds can thrive.
• We provide comprehensive APC support, in producing high quality submission documents and getting to the right standard for final assessment. Everyone is allocated a Counsellor and Supervisor and a strong network of wider support with Q&A’s, and we run formal mock processes to assure candidates’ readiness to sit.
• As a regional team, we have a clear commitment to engagement and a team culture strongly aligned to Our Values. We have an active social community with a strong focus on networking and engagement opportunities through team events, team Corporate Responsibility Days, office chats and informal spontaneous lunchtime or after work connectivity.

Recruitment Policy

It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.

Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e‑mail accounts are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner &Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.

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