Senior Cost Manager – Quantity Surveyor, Data Center Construction

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🌶️ New Mexico – Remote

🌶️ New Mexico – Remote

💵 $140k - $160k / 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

• Serve as primary client-facing cost management lead for a large-scale mission-critical data center program • Develop and maintain detailed cost plans and estimates through design and delivery • Produce and present monthly cost reports, executive summaries, and funding data • Coordinate cost information from design teams, general contractors, subcontractors, and vendors for validation and auditing • Compile built cost records for benchmarking and continuous improvement • Lead procurement strategy, pricing reviews, scope validation, and commercial negotiations • Manage final accounts and timely agreement • Own change control, including reviewing, estimating, negotiating, and reconciling change orders • Support cost risk analysis, scenario planning, contingency management, and commitment tracking • Maintain cost control systems, including EVM where applicable • Integrate cost with schedule and scope alongside project controls and scheduling teams • Drive engineering priorities through cost impact analysis and lead value engineering and cost optimization • Monitor market trends and provide insights • Act as primary client interface and prepare executive-level updates and cost estimate revisions • Ensure adherence to business management systems and delivery methodologies • Mentor junior team members • Manage margins and monthly fee/resource forecasting • Adhere to applicable SOX controls

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, Engineering, or related field • 5–7+ years of cost management experience supporting mission-critical data center projects • Expertise in cost planning, forecasting, change management, procurement, and project controls • Construction consultancy experience strongly preferred • Understanding of MEP systems, resilience considerations, and hyperscale campus-scale infrastructure • Knowledge of budgeting, financial reporting, cost control systems, and Earned Value Management (EVM) • Expertise in procurement strategies and commercial management of contractor/vendor contracts • RICS accreditation or progress toward certification advantageous • Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities and attention to detail • Proficiency with industry-standard cost management tools and software • Ability to work effectively remotely while engaging with onsite teams • Ability to travel to Frederick, Maryland, for major project activities and approximately 3–4 days onsite per month

🏖️ Benefits

• All approved travel expenses reimbursed • Mileage reimbursement • Bonuses may be available • Comprehensive benefits package • Flexible working environment • Work-life balance support