Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor – Data Center Construction, Heavy Civil

🕒 May 30

🌵 Arizona – Remote

🌵 Arizona – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

👔 Manager

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Turner & Townsend

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10,000+ employees

🏗️ Construction

💼 Consulting

🏠 Real Estate

Construction • Consulting • Real Estate

Turner & Townsend is a global consultancy business that serves clients in the real estate, infrastructure, and natural resources sectors. With a commitment to building trust between clients, suppliers, governments, and society, they focus on delivering better outcomes that positively impact the world. Their specialities include programme strategy and setup, programme management, cost and commercial management, project management, procurement, safety, health and quality, controls and performance, technology and data, and advisory services. With 75 years of experience, Turner & Townsend aims to transform performance for a greener, more inclusive, and productive world.

📋 Description

• Supporting the client on procurement strategies, including vendor prequalification, bid evaluation, and coordination of the appointment process. • Assist in the preparation of detailed cost estimates covering construction, fees, and other project costs, while supporting the review of estimates against benchmark data and previous project performance. • Contribute to the development and maintenance of cost plans aligned with early works, site development, and heavy civil scopes. • Assist in reviewing contractor and vendor proposals, including bid leveling and commercial evaluations. • Support value engineering exercises and risk assessments, including evaluating cost and constructability impacts. • Assist with cost reporting by preparing and updating cost reports, forecasts, and budget tracking tools. • Maintain project budgets, spend forecasts, and commercial risk registers under guidance. • Participate in periodic cost review meetings with project teams, contractors, and stakeholders. • Support cost control processes, including review of payment applications and contractor entitlement assessments. • Track and analyze change orders, supporting recommendations to the client. • Contribute to dispute avoidance and resolution efforts related to payments and change management. • Support the tracking of commitments, contingency, and cost impacts across the project lifecycle. • Assist in the preparation of monthly cost reports and client presentations. • Support final account reconciliation, post-contract audits, and project close-out activities. • Maintain cost data and contribute to benchmarking efforts, particularly for heavy civil and site development scopes. • Assist in documenting lessons learned and supporting continuous improvement initiatives. • Perform duties using standard tools such as bid analysis sheets, change control documentation, estimating software, and quantity take-off tools.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, quantity surveying, engineering, or a related field. • 3–5 years of relevant experience in cost management within construction, with exposure to large-scale infrastructure or heavy civil projects with transferable applicability to data center, mission critical, or similarly complex construction environments. • Experience supporting fast-paced construction programs with significant site development components. • RICS accredited or working toward accreditation preferred. • Experience supporting cost management on medium to large projects. • Construction consultancy experience strongly preferred. • Good understanding of construction methods, procurement strategies, and commercial management principles. • Strong communication and stakeholder coordination skills. • Candidates must be physically based in the United States and legally authorized to work in the U.S.; remote work is permitted only within the United States. • Ability to travel to project sites as required.

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements • Professional development