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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.
Job Description
Turner & Townsend is seeking a Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor to support the delivery of complex construction projects and capital programs. This client-facing role will provide cost management, quantity surveying, estimating, commercial oversight, and financial control throughout the project lifecycle, from planning and procurement through construction and closeout.
The successful candidate will be a strong communicator who can work independently while collaborating effectively with project teams and stakeholders to deliver successful project outcomes. This is an exciting opportunity to support a diverse portfolio of major capital projects in the Northeast Ohio market, with opportunities across a variety of high-growth sectors. In this role, you will help promote the purpose, values, and vision of Turner & Townsend while delivering best-in-class cost management services.
Responsibilities:
- Support procurement and tender processes, including vendor prequalification, bid evaluations, bid leveling, contractor selection, and contract award recommendations.
- Prepare and manage cost estimates throughout project lifecycles, including cost planning, benchmarking, value engineering, and risk assessments.
- Review estimates developed by team members and present recommendations, cost analyses, and project budgets to clients.
- Meet with contractors, vendors, and stakeholders to validate pricing, challenge assumptions, and identify cost-saving opportunities.
- Develop and maintain project cost reports, forecasts, budgets, commercial risk registers, and cash flow projections.
- Monitor project costs and expenditures against approved budgets and provide regular reporting to clients and project teams.
- Support change management processes, including review of change orders, contractor claims, payment applications, and cost impacts.
- Work closely with project managers, contractors, consultants, and owners to ensure accurate commercial reporting and cost control.
- Assist with contract administration, dispute avoidance, and commercial negotiations throughout the project lifecycle.
- Support invoicing, financial tracking, and project closeout activities, including final account settlement and post-contract audits.
- Participate in lessons learned reviews and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, processes, and training materials.
- Utilize cost estimating, quantity take-off, benchmarking, and reporting tools to support project delivery.
- Promote Turner & Townsend best practices, business systems, and delivery methodologies.
- SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role and must be adhered to where applicable.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Cost Management, Quantity Surveying, Engineering, or a related field.
- Minimum 3-5 years of experience in cost management, quantity surveying, estimating, cost controls, or commercial management within the construction industry.
- Experience supporting medium to large-scale capital construction projects across sectors such as data centers, semiconductors, life sciences, advanced manufacturing, healthcare, infrastructure, industrial, commercial, or mission-critical facilities.
- Construction consultancy experience strongly preferred.
- Experience preparing estimates, cost plans, forecasts, change order reviews, and commercial reporting.
- Knowledge of procurement strategies, contract administration, value engineering, and cost management principles.
- Familiarity with cost estimating, quantity take-off, and project controls software.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and client-facing skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced project environment.
- RICS accreditation, or progress toward accreditation, is preferred.
Additional Information
*On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs.
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.
Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/ and www.heery.com/
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects:
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.
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.
Job Description
Turner & Townsend is seeking a Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor to support the delivery of complex construction projects and capital programs. This client-facing role will provide cost management, quantity surveying, estimating, commercial oversight, and financial control throughout the project lifecycle, from planning and procurement through construction and closeout.
The successful candidate will be a strong communicator who can work independently while collaborating effectively with project teams and stakeholders to deliver successful project outcomes. This is an exciting opportunity to support a diverse portfolio of major capital projects in the Northeast Ohio market, with opportunities across a variety of high-growth sectors. In this role, you will help promote the purpose, values, and vision of Turner & Townsend while delivering best-in-class cost management services.
Responsibilities:
- Support procurement and tender processes, including vendor prequalification, bid evaluations, bid leveling, contractor selection, and contract award recommendations.
- Prepare and manage cost estimates throughout project lifecycles, including cost planning, benchmarking, value engineering, and risk assessments.
- Review estimates developed by team members and present recommendations, cost analyses, and project budgets to clients.
- Meet with contractors, vendors, and stakeholders to validate pricing, challenge assumptions, and identify cost-saving opportunities.
- Develop and maintain project cost reports, forecasts, budgets, commercial risk registers, and cash flow projections.
- Monitor project costs and expenditures against approved budgets and provide regular reporting to clients and project teams.
- Support change management processes, including review of change orders, contractor claims, payment applications, and cost impacts.
- Work closely with project managers, contractors, consultants, and owners to ensure accurate commercial reporting and cost control.
- Assist with contract administration, dispute avoidance, and commercial negotiations throughout the project lifecycle.
- Support invoicing, financial tracking, and project closeout activities, including final account settlement and post-contract audits.
- Participate in lessons learned reviews and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, processes, and training materials.
- Utilize cost estimating, quantity take-off, benchmarking, and reporting tools to support project delivery.
- Promote Turner & Townsend best practices, business systems, and delivery methodologies.
- SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role and must be adhered to where applicable.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Cost Management, Quantity Surveying, Engineering, or a related field.
- Minimum 3-5 years of experience in cost management, quantity surveying, estimating, cost controls, or commercial management within the construction industry.
- Experience supporting medium to large-scale capital construction projects across sectors such as data centers, semiconductors, life sciences, advanced manufacturing, healthcare, infrastructure, industrial, commercial, or mission-critical facilities.
- Construction consultancy experience strongly preferred.
- Experience preparing estimates, cost plans, forecasts, change order reviews, and commercial reporting.
- Knowledge of procurement strategies, contract administration, value engineering, and cost management principles.
- Familiarity with cost estimating, quantity take-off, and project controls software.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and client-facing skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced project environment.
- RICS accreditation, or progress toward accreditation, is preferred.
Additional Information
*On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs.
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.
Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/ and www.heery.com/
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects:
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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Who's Hiring
- Turner & Townsend Pty Limited113
- Turner & Townsend15
- Currie & Brown Holdings6
- VINCI4
- Mace2
Top Industries Hiring
- Consulting & Professional Services
- Construction & Real Estate
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in graduate quantity surveyor jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in quantity surveying, construction management, or civil engineering
- Experience with cost planning, estimating, and bill of quantities preparation
- Proficiency in cost management software such as CostX, Bluebeam, or similar tools
- Understanding of contract administration and procurement processes including NEC or AIA contracts
- Progress toward or eligibility for RICS, AACE, or equivalent professional chartership
- Strong written communication skills for producing cost reports and variation assessments
Tips for Your Graduate Quantity Surveyor Job Search
Tailor your resume to each project type
Construction and infrastructure firms want to see relevant placement or academic project experience broken out by sector. If your coursework covered commercial builds separately from civil works, list them that way rather than bundling everything under a single experience block.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists graduate quantity surveyor openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Highlight your cost management software exposure
Many graduate quantity surveyor postings screen for familiarity with tools like CostX, Bluebeam, or Revit. Even coursework or placement-level exposure counts. Name the specific software versions you've used so reviewers don't have to guess.
Show your measurement work in your application
Attach a sample bill of quantities or a takeoff exercise from a university project if the employer accepts supplementary materials. It gives hiring managers concrete proof of your measurement accuracy before the interview stage.
Prepare for scenario-based interview questions
Interviewers at construction and consultancy firms typically ask you to walk through a cost overrun or variation scenario. Rehearse a real example from placement or coursework that shows how you identified the issue, flagged it, and resolved it.
Negotiate your study support package upfront
Many firms that hire graduates are willing to fund chartership study toward RICS or AACE. Ask during the offer stage what exam fees, study leave, and mentorship are included, because these terms are rarely posted in the job listing itself.
Graduate Quantity Surveyor Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most graduate quantity surveyors?
The most active employers for graduate quantity surveyors right now are Turner & Townsend Pty Limited, Turner & Townsend, and Currie & Brown Holdings, and the most openings are in California, Virginia, and Texas, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Infrastructure and large-scale commercial construction firms tend to run the most consistent graduate intake programs.
How many graduate quantity surveyor jobs are remote?
About 74% of graduate quantity surveyor openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting the site-based nature of most roles. The sub-areas most likely to offer remote or hybrid arrangements are cost consulting, estimating, and procurement support work, where output is document-driven rather than tied to a physical project site.
How do you become a graduate quantity surveyor?
You typically complete a degree in quantity surveying, construction management, or a related built-environment discipline, then secure a graduate role with a construction firm, consultancy, or public sector client. From there, you work toward a professional chartership such as RICS or AACE by logging structured experience, completing assessments, and passing a final competency review.
How do I get hired as a graduate quantity surveyor with little experience?
Focus your application on academic projects, placement work, or any site observation you completed during your degree, since most hiring managers expect graduates to have limited commercial experience. Demonstrating accurate measurement skills through a sample takeoff, showing familiarity with industry software, and naming the contract types you studied goes a long way toward offsetting a thin professional history.
What does the graduate quantity surveyor interview process look like?
Most employers run two to three stages: an initial screening call to verify your background and motivations, a technical interview covering cost planning, measurement methodology, and contract awareness, and sometimes a practical exercise such as a takeoff or cost report review. Larger firms occasionally add a final panel interview with senior commercial managers before making an offer.
Where can I find and apply to graduate quantity surveyor jobs?
You can find and apply to graduate quantity surveyor jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search the roles available, find the ones that match your background and preferred location, and apply directly to each listing that fits.
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