Job DescriptionTurner & Townsend is seeking an experienced
Senior Cost Manager or
Quantity Surveyor to serve as the primary day-to-day contact for our client. In this role, you'll be responsible for delivering high-value cost management services on complex, mission-critical data center projects, ensuring that client objectives are consistently met.
To succeed in this role, you must have excellent communication skills and be confident in a client-facing environment. The ideal candidate is self-motivated, detail-oriented, and capable of working independently as well as collaboratively. You will provide leadership and direction while promoting Turner & Townsend's purpose, values, and vision.
Responsibilities: - Lead cost management efforts on large-scale data center construction projects.
- Provide detailed estimating and cost planning throughout the project lifecycle.
- Review and negotiate change orders, ensuring alignment with project scope and budget.
- Collaborate with design teams and general contractors to develop and validate cost estimates.
- Reconcile cost data and ensure accuracy in contractor reporting.
- Prepare and present cost updates and executive summaries to clients.
- Coordinate cost data from multiple sources including subcontractors, suppliers, and design teams.
- Advise on engineering priorities based on cost implications.
- Manage cost checks, valuations, and change control processes.
- Track contingency usage, commitments, and cost impacts.
- Support value engineering and design optioneering exercises.
- Lead contractor and subcontractor pricing reviews and negotiations.
- Produce monthly cost reports and ensure timely final account settlements.
- Maintain benchmarking data and compile as-built cost records.
- Mentor junior team members and contribute to a high-performance culture.
- Ensure compliance with internal financial and business management systems
- SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.
Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in construction management, quantity surveying, engineering, or a related field.
- 5-7+ years of relevant experience in a construction cost management focused role.
- Data center, mission-critical or relatable construction experience is ideal.
- RICS accreditation or working toward it is preferred.
- Proven experience managing cost on complex, high-value construction projects.
- Strong understanding of procurement strategies, value management, and cost control.
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
- Construction consultancy experience is strongly preferred.
Additional InformationOur inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.
We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.
