Senior Quantity Surveyor – Cost Manager, Data Center Construction

🕒 June 3

🤠 Texas – Remote

🤠 Texas – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

👔 Manager

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Turner & Townsend

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10,000+ employees

We build trust between clients, suppliers, governments and society through the commitment, capability and care our team brings. Delivering better outcomes that have a positive impact on the world around us.

📋 Description

• Develop detailed cost plans and estimates through design and delivery phases for a multi-building, large-scale construction campus. • Produce and present monthly cost reports, executive summaries, and funding information. • Coordinate cost data from design teams, general contractors, subcontractors, and vendors for thorough cost validation. • Compile built cost records to support benchmarking and continuous improvement. • Review contractor and subcontractor pricing and lead commercial negotiations to drive fair and competitive contract values. • Lead the review, estimation, negotiation, and reconciliation of change orders throughout the construction lifecycle. • Manage post-contract cost variances, change control processes, commitment logs, and contingency tracking. • Support cost risk analysis, scenario planning, and cost-impact assessments. • Ensure cost, schedule, and scope integration in coordination with project controls teams. • Contribute to procurement strategy development and scope alignment across multiple construction packages. • Participate in contractor pricing reviews and support the client through commercial negotiations. • Ensure timely agreement of final accounts and maintain a robust process for cost auditing and validation. • Act as the primary day-to-day client interface, ensuring objectives are met and service excellence is delivered. • Prepare written commentary on contractor submissions and provide cost estimate updates at key milestones. • Coordinate with general contractors, design partners, and stakeholders across a large, multi-phase construction campus. • Inform engineering and design priorities based on cost considerations. • Lead and coordinate value engineering (VE) sessions with stakeholders. • Provide insight into market trends, escalation, and construction cost drivers. • Prepare monthly cost reports and ensure all commercial documentation is accurate and timely. • Implement and maintain Turner & Townsend’s Business Management Systems and delivery methodologies. • Demonstrate strong financial management, including margin tracking and monthly fee/resource forecasting. • Mentor, coach, and support the development of junior team members. • Promote a high-performance, one-business culture across the team. • Display excellence in leadership and service delivery in line with commission requirements.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, Engineering, or a related field. • 5–7+ years of relevant experience in construction cost management on medium to large-scale projects of moderate to high complexity. • Data center construction experience, or experience in mission-critical, high-tech, industrial, semiconductor, or other large-scale technical facilities is strongly preferred. • Construction consulting experience strongly preferred. • Strong understanding of cost planning, procurement routes, commercial management, value management, and value engineering. • RICS accreditation or progress toward certification preferred. • Excellent communication, stakeholder management, negotiation, and analytical skills. • Proficiency with industry-standard cost management tools and software.

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible working arrangements • Professional development opportunities