Senior Cost Manager – Quantity Surveyor, Data Center Construction

🕒 August 18

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $135k - $165k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 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

• Act as the key, day-to-day client interface for cost management services • Support large-scale hyperscale data center campuses and mission-critical construction programs • Estimate and negotiate change orders throughout the construction lifecycle • Produce and present final cost plans and cost estimates • Review cost estimates with design services teams and general contractors • Reconcile changes and verify contractor data accuracy • Gather project status information and prepare cost estimate updates • Prepare written comments and executive summaries on contractor submissions • Coordinate cost information from NPA, subcontractors, suppliers, and A/Es • Drive engineering priorities based on cost impact • Resolve scheduling issues proactively with minimal supervision • Manage cost checks, valuations, cost auditing, and cost validation processes • Manage post-contract cost variances, change control, contingency, commitments, and cost impact tracking • Prepare funding data presentations and coordinate value engineering sessions • Develop cost plans and estimates through design milestones • Provide commercial input to design optioneering and value engineering • Review contractor and subcontractor pricing and lead client-side negotiations • Perform quantity surveying, cost controls, and change management throughout the project lifecycle • Produce monthly cost reports for client presentation • Negotiate and agree final accounts • Compile built cost estimate records for benchmarking • Identify, coach, and mentor talent • Manage commission margins, fee/resource forecasts, and financial reports using internal software • Implement business management systems, delivery methodologies, and tools • Adhere to applicable SOX control responsibilities

🎯 Requirements

• Ability and willingness to travel and provide onsite project support, typically 25-50% of the time • Must be physically based in the United States • Legally authorized to work in the U.S. • Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering, or a construction-related field • Minimum 5-7 years of relevant experience in construction cost management • RICS accreditation or progress toward it preferred • Experience leading cost management on medium or large, medium- to high-complexity construction projects • Experience preferably in data center, mission-critical, advanced technology, industrial, semiconductor, manufacturing, power, or major infrastructure environments • Experience supporting hyperscale data center campuses, mission-critical facilities, large-scale capital programs, or highly technical facilities preferred • Construction consultancy experience strongly preferred • Knowledge of construction industry technical matters, procurement routes, value management, and value engineering • Excellent communication skills • Ability to operate in a client-facing role

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote work flexibility • Reasonable travel preferences and geographic considerations accommodated whenever feasible • Bonuses may be available • Comprehensive benefits package • Healthy, productive, and flexible working environment • Work-life balance support • Equal opportunity and inclusive environment