Senior Cost Manager – Quantity Surveyor, Data Center Construction

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🌶️ New Mexico – Remote

🌶️ New Mexico – Remote

⏰ 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

• Support a large-scale, multi-phase construction program in Southern New Mexico • Serve as a day-to-day stakeholder interface • Manage project costs, commercial oversight, and financial controls throughout the project lifecycle • Estimate and negotiate change orders across multiple project phases and work packages • Provide estimate and cost planning, including producing and presenting final cost plans • Review and participate in cost estimate development with design services teams and general contractors • Reconcile changes and verify general 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 suppliers, subcontractors, quantity data, and design teams • Drive engineering priorities based on cost impact • Resolve scheduling issues proactively • Manage cost checks and valuations on larger projects • Participate in post-contract cost variance and change control processes • Manage cost impact assessments, contingency management, and commitment tracking logs • 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 negotiations • Perform quantity surveying, cost controls, and change management • Maintain cost auditing 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 • Track margin levels and monthly fee/resource forecasts using internal software • Maintain Business Management Systems and delivery methodologies • Adhere to applicable SOX control responsibilities

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Cost Management, Quantity Surveying, Engineering, or a field related to construction • Minimum 5-7 years of relevant experience working in a cost management role within the construction industry • RICS accredited or actively working toward accreditation is preferred • Experience leading cost management on medium to large construction projects of moderate to high complexity • Construction consultancy experience is strongly preferred • Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, including procurement routes, value management, and value engineering • Experience supporting large-scale commercial, industrial, mission-critical, or campus-style construction programs is preferred • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills • Ability to work independently with minimal supervision • Client-facing experience • 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 • Equal opportunity and inclusive environment • Confidential handling of applicant information