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

• Drive a large-scale, multi-phase data center construction program in the Greater El Paso area • Serve as a key day-to-day stakeholder interface • Manage costs, commercial oversight, and financial controls throughout the project lifecycle • Estimate and negotiate change orders across project phases and work packages • Provide estimate and cost planning, including producing and presenting final cost plans • Review and participate in design team and general contractor cost estimate development • 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, 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 post-contract cost variances, change control, cost auditing, and valuation processes • Produce monthly cost reports for client presentation • Negotiate and agree final accounts promptly • Compile built cost estimate records for benchmarking • Identify, coach, and mentor talent • Provide leadership and service delivery aligned with appointment conditions • Track margin levels and monthly fee/resource forecasts using internal software • Maintain internal Business Management Systems, delivery methodologies, and tools • 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 • Remote work requires being a local professional in the Greater El Paso area, with occasional travel to the project site • On-site presence and requirements may change depending on client needs

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote flexibility for local professionals • Healthy, productive, and flexible working environment • Work-life balance support • Equal opportunity and inclusive workplace • Confidential handling of information according to EEO guidelines