Cost Analyst | Infrastructure | Gold CoastTurner & Townsend · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia & New Zealand, Australia

Cost Analyst | Infrastructure | Gold Coast

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🗓️ Posted 2026-08-25 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia & New Zealand, Australia Full-time Hybrid Construction
💰 Salary Not shared 📊 Market A$5,800–A$7,500/mo

About the Company

We're global programme managers - helping to deliver projects that define how people live, work and connect. We're Turner & Townsend - a global programme manager. For more than 80 years, we've helped deliver the projects that define how people live, work and connect. From shaping resilient cities to advancing clean energy, we approach every challenge with the same goal - to make a meaningful and lasting impact. Partnering closely with our clients, we plan, manage and deliver complex projects and portfolios. Our teams bring the leadership, commercial expertise and independent advice that unlocks performance and protects investment. From the metro systems moving millions of people to the data centres powering the digital economy, we bring ambitious plans to life and deliver outcomes that matter. Construction Specialties: Programme strategy and set up, Programme management, Cost and commercial management, Project management, Procurement, Safety, health and quality, Controls and performance, Technology and data, Advisory, energy, natural resources, real estate

Responsibilities

  • ● 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, defence, 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.
  • ● Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com (http://www.turnerandtownsend.com/)
  • ● Job Description
  • ● This role will also entail working from the client office on the Gold Coast three days per week.
  • ● Some of the duties include:
  • ● Undertaking detailed cost analysis and reporting, breaking down cost summaries and reviewing actual costs against forecast costs to identify variances and assess contractual compliance.
  • ● Deliver Cost Intelligence which can be embedded into ways of working through implementation of cost analytics tools and processes.
  • ● Provide cost estimating and assurance for projects at various stages of the project lifecycle utilizing benchmarking and parametric scaling to drive efficiencies.
  • ● Provide support as an integrated team member within a centralized Program Management Office structure developing and maintaining positive relationships across the client stakeholder group.
  • ● Knowledge management - Ensure that key information and learning generated is transferred internally in Turner & Townsend.
  • ● Seek out opportunities to develop new business with existing clients and report such opportunities to the appropriate line manager.
  • ● SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.
  • ● Comply with the requirements of Turner & Townsend's Business Management Systems including Health & Safety, Environmental and Quality Management associated with the role and position within the company.
  • ● Qualifications
  • ● Degree in Construction Management or Engineering.
Credential Requirements for Australia
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AACA NSCA Assessment

Architects Accreditation Council of Australia

Must have to work
Cost: AUD 1,500–3,000 Timeline: 6–12 months

Required to use protected title Architect in Australia

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CPEng (Chartered Professional Engineer)

Engineers Australia

Recommended
Cost: AUD 1,000–1,500 Timeline: 6–12 months

Not legally required but expected for senior roles