Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor - Data Center Construction

Turner & Townsend • Tysons, VA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor to serve as the day-to-day client interface and deliver cost management services across a major data center portfolio in Northern Virginia. The client-facing role is based out of the company’s Tysons, Virginia office and supports projects in Loudoun, Prince William, Stafford, and Fairfax counties. The successful candidate will communicate effectively, work independently, and lead cost management activities across multiple large-scale construction projects.

The position manages procurement, estimating, reporting, cost control, invoicing, benchmarking, final accounting, post-contract audits, account closeouts, project handover procedures, and lessons-learned activities. The role uses bid analysis sheets, change control forms, cost estimating software, and take-off software. SOX control responsibilities may also apply where relevant. On-site presence and requirements may change depending on client needs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering, or a construction-related field.
• At least 3–5 years of relevant experience in a construction-industry cost management role.
• Experience supporting cost management on medium- or large-sized construction projects.
• Knowledge of construction-industry technical matters, including procurement routes, value management, and value engineering.
• Strong communication skills.
• Self-motivated and comfortable leading cost management activities across multiple large-scale construction projects.

Nice To Haves

• RICS accreditation or working toward it.
• Construction consultancy experience.

Responsibilities

• Advise the client on procurement strategies; manage vendor prequalification, proposal and bid assessments, bid levelling, recommendations, bid interviews, and vendor appointments.
• Manage full-project estimating, including developing estimates for construction, fees, direct work, and other costs; reviewing junior team members’ estimates; presenting estimates, value engineering recommendations, and risk assessments to clients; validating and challenging vendor costs; and using project benchmarks.
• Manage cost reporting by setting reporting schedules, reviewing and presenting cost reports and forecasts, reviewing budgets and spend forecasts with the client, maintaining a commercial risk register, and holding periodic meetings with project teams and vendors.
• Manage cost control, including reviewing payment application assessments prepared by junior team members, liaising with project managers on contractor entitlements, reviewing vendor change-order requests and recommending action to the client, and applying dispute prevention, management, and resolution procedures to payment requisitions, change orders, and contractual disputes.
• Manage and monitor the invoicing process.
• Benchmark performance against other successful commissions.
• Manage final accounting, post-contract audits, and account closeouts.
• Conduct post-contract client reviews, document lessons learned, and apply lessons to create a training manual.
• Develop procedures governing project handover.
• Perform duties using or preparing bid analysis sheets, change control forms, cost estimating software, and take-off software.
• Adhere to applicable SOX control responsibilities.

Benefits

• A healthy, productive, and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.
• An inclusive workplace that provides employees an opportunity and voice to affect change.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level