Economist - Construction

**Company Description**
Turner & Townsend are currently seeking a personable, enthusiastic, and energetic Economist/Senior Economist to join our Economics, Research and Market Intelligence Unit.

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services consultancy working from 100+ offices in 40+ countries. Using our skills and knowledge we provide industry leading project management, commercial management and advisory services to our clients around the world.

We are a great team and have a unique offering, with varied opportunities for personal and professional growth in a dynamic and nurturing environment.

You will be an Economist/Senior Economist within the Economics, Research and Market Intelligence Unit of our Cost Management business, providing construction cost information and economic trends to business stakeholders. You will work on a variety of Turner & Townsend projects and initiatives. These range from the production of the companies’ externally facing economic research documents to client focused, fee earning reports.

**Key accountabilities**
- Economic forecasting; model specification and estimation
- Evaluate macroeconomic and microeconomic trends that have a direct/indirect effect on the construction industry
- Prepare written reports and presentations to senior management, key clients and regional costs centres
- Development, analysis and maintenance of corporate datasets and reports
- Supporting the development of new data-driven services, solutions and products
- Providing technical expertise, training and support to non-experts
- Liaising with and gathering data and information from both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Manage aspects of economics research team and commissions as needed
- Establishing friendly and professional relationships with clients, colleagues and other parties involved in the projects and programmes we support.

**Desirable skills and experience**
- Broad knowledge of the construction industry
- Knowledge of a programming language or willingness to learn; STATA, R, E-Views, SAS or similar statistical platforms
- Understanding of visual analytics software or willingness to learn; Tableau and Microsoft Power BI are of particular interest
- Knowledge of econometric techniques: economic impact assessment; cost benefit analysis; and forecasting models are desirable
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to explain economic concepts and quantitative results, as well as their implications, to non-specialists, in plain English for a business audience
- Proficiency in Excel
- Ability to work using own initiative and without close supervision.

**Qualifications**
- Undergraduate Degree (or equivalent) in a course that is Economics based entirely, or as part of a joint honours programme
- Ideally hold or be working towards an appropriate professional body membership or equivalent

**Additional Information**:

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