Senior Cost Manager – Quantity Surveyor, Data Center Construction

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Turner & Townsend

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

• Support a large-scale, multi-phase construction program in Southern New Mexico • Serve as a day-to-day stakeholder interface throughout the project lifecycle • Estimate and negotiate change orders across project phases and work packages • Provide cost estimates and cost planning, including producing and presenting final cost plans • Review and participate in cost estimate development with the design services team and general contractor • Reconcile changes and validate general contractor data • Meet with the general contractor, project manager, and stakeholders to gather status information and prepare estimate updates • Prepare written comments and executive summaries on contractor submissions • Coordinate cost information from suppliers, subcontractors, quantities, and design teams • Inform engineering priorities based on cost impact • Resolve scheduling issues proactively with minimal supervision • Manage cost checks, valuations, cost impact assessments, contingency management, and commitment tracking • Prepare funding data presentations and coordinate value engineering sessions • Develop and update 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 • Manage cost variances, change control, cost auditing, valuation, and cost validation processes • Produce monthly cost reports for client presentation • Negotiate and agree final accounts in a timely manner • Compile built cost estimate records for benchmarking • Identify, coach, and mentor talent • Provide leadership and service delivery in line with appointment conditions • Track commission margins, fee/resource forecasts, and financial reports using internal software • Implement internal business management systems, delivery methodologies, and tools • Promote a one-business culture and adhere to applicable SOX controls

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Cost Management, Quantity Surveying, Engineering, or a construction-related field • Minimum 5–7 years of relevant cost management experience within the construction industry • Experience leading cost management on medium to large, moderately to highly complex construction projects • Construction consultancy experience strongly preferred • RICS accreditation or active progress toward accreditation preferred • Knowledge of construction technical matters, procurement routes, value management, and value engineering • Experience supporting large-scale commercial, industrial, mission-critical, or campus-style construction programs preferred • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills • Ability to operate in a client-facing environment • Ability to work independently with minimal supervision while collaborating with project teams and stakeholders • Occasional travel to the project site • On-site presence and requirements may change depending on client needs

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote flexibility for professionals in the greater Albuquerque area • Healthy, productive, and flexible working environment • Work-life balance support • Opportunity for each person to affect change • Inclusive environment committed to diversity • Confidential handling of information according to EEO guidelines

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