Senior Cost Manager/Quantity Surveyor - Data Center Construction

Turner & Townsend • $90K — $120K *
Phoenix, AZ 85032In-Person
Real Estate & Construction
Less than 5 years of experience
2 weeks ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Experience in construction cost management role.
  • Degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, or related field.
  • RICS accreditation is valuable but not mandatory.
  • Experience with large-scale data center or similar projects.
  • Led cost management on medium to large sized construction projects of medium to high complexity.
  • Strong knowledge of construction industry practices like procurement routes and value engineering.

Responsibilities

  • Perform cost reviews and manage estimate requests from the client.
  • Prepare necessary documentation and maintain document control.
  • Analyze cost data and create benchmark information.
  • Assist with weekly client reporting and cost updates.
  • Negotiate costs with contractors and develop estimates from drawings.
  • Engage in value engineering and manage change orders during construction.
  • Communicate updates with contractors and project managers.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on a major data center project.
  • Work in a dynamic and driven team environment.
  • Possibility for professional development and advancement within the company.
Full Job Description
Job Description

Turner & Townsend is seeking a driven Senior Cost Manager to join our team and partner with a National Data Center client, building out a large Data Center campus in Goodyear, Arizona.

Job Objectives:
  • Performing cost reviews and estimate requests as they are submitted by the client.
  • Preparing documents as required by the team.
  • Document control.
  • Analyzing existing cost data and producing benchmark information.
  • Assist with weekly reporting to the client.
  • Meet and negotiate costs with contractors.
  • Develop cost estimates from drawings and specifications.
  • Provide input into value engineering exercises.
  • Estimating and negotiating change orders throughout the construction lifecycle.
  • Provide estimate and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan.
  • Review and participate with the design services team and general contractor, in the development of the cost estimates.
  • Reconcile changes and assist the general contractor to ensure that their data is accurate.
  • Communicate or meet with general contractor and owner project manager to gather status information to prepare a cost estimate update.
  • Prepare written comments to the general contractor's submissions, including the executive summary.
  • Coordinate all sources of cost information for cost discussions and suppliers direct from NPA, subs, quantities from A/E's.
  • Inform and drive engineering priorities based on cost impact.
  • Work proactively with minimal supervision to resolve scheduling issues.
  • Manage cost checks and carry out valuations on larger projects. Complete timely, accurate cost checking and valuation processes.
  • Participate effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes.
  • Manage Cost impact / contingency management and commitment tracking logs.
  • Prepare funding data presentations and coordinate VE sessions with stakeholders.
  • Sox control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Possible additional responsibilities:

Pre-Contract
  • Developing cost plans and estimates through the design phase, delivering updated cost plans at appropriate design milestones.
  • Providing commercial input to design and input into value engineering exercises.
  • Reviewing contractor and subcontractor pricing and leading negotiations on behalf of the client to drive fair contract prices.

Post-Contract
  • Performing quantity surveying, cost controls and change management activities throughout the project lifecycle.
  • Ensuring that post-contract cost variances and change control processes are managed effectively.
  • Ensuring that cost auditing and valuation work is managed effectively and that a robust process for cost validation is in place.
  • Carrying out the production of monthly cost reports for presentation to the client.
  • Ensuring that final accounts are negotiated and agreed in a timely manner.
  • Compiling as built cost estimate records for benchmarking purposes.


Qualifications
  • Experience working in a construction cost management role.
  • College and/or post-graduate degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or field related to construction.
  • RICS accredited or working towards is valuable, but not required.
  • Experience working on large-scale data center or relatable projects.
  • Experience of leading cost management on medium or large sized construction projects of medium to high complexity.
  • Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management and value engineering.


Additional Information

*On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our clients' needs.

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