Job Description
Company Description
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 programs as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.
Our capabilities include program, 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 program, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.
Who are you?
We are seeking a Senior Cost Consultant with 5+ years of experience to join our Vancouver Infrastructure team. You will support cost planning and estimating across a range of civil and transit projects, working within a multidisciplinary environment and contributing to projects from early concept through completion.
Job Description
- Prepare construction cost estimates (Class 5 to Class 1) for infrastructure projects including roads, bridges, tunnels, LRT, transit, utilities, and municipal civil works.
- Take ownership of estimates and present cost plans to senior team members.
- Support cost validation, benchmarking, and review of contractor cost submissions.
- Apply Value Management and optioneering techniques where appropriate.
- Conduct cost analysis, cost checking, and valuation work.
- Maintain awareness of local BC market rates (labour, equipment, materials).
- Contribute to project and financial management tasks (timesheets, fee tracking, invoicing).
- Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team environment.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in pre‑construction and/or post‑contract cost services.
- Degree in Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field.
- Membership or interest in pursuing membership with CIQS, MRICS, AACE is a plus.
- Proficient with CostX and Bluebeam for quantity takeoff and estimating.
- Familiar with BC construction market conditions and regional cost drivers.
- Experience in civil and infrastructure projects (roads, bridges, tunnels, LRT, transit) — an asset.
- Strong team player with a positive, collaborative attitude.
- Strong communication skills and ability to support client‑facing interactions.
- Experience with BIM‑based quantification or digital takeoff tools is an advantage.
- Experience in a consultancy, owner’s representative, or contractor environment.
Additional Information
What’s in it for you…
- 100% covered health and dental benefits for you and your dependents (including paramedical services)
- Health spending account, to top up expenses not covered in the benefits program
- RRSP option with company matching
- Annual learning and development budget
- Access to a range of online learning tools, and support for career development and growth
- Coverage of one professional membership or license fee per year, if directly related to your role
- We believe in work-life balance, so you can recharge and take care of what matters most with vacation, flex and sick days
- A flexible, hybrid work approach that allows colleagues to find balance between their professional and personal lives
- Commitment to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture that promotes a sense of belonging
The base salary range for this full-time role is $95,000 - $145,000 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.
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.
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.
Turner & Townsend does not accept any speculative or unsolicited CV’s that have been sent to our internal recruitment team or hiring managers from agencies outside of our preferred supplier list. Any speculative or unsolicited CV’s will be treated as a direct application.
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.
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