Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor – Data Center Construction

Turner & Townsend • Goodyear, AZ

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About The Position

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor to support cost management services on a large-scale mission-critical construction program. The role spans the project lifecycle in a fast-paced construction environment, providing estimating, procurement, cost control, change management, and commercial oversight from preconstruction through project completion.

The role includes advising the client on procurement strategies and vendor selection; managing estimates, cost reporting, forecasts, risk registers, cost control, invoicing, and change processes; and overseeing final accounting, post-contract audits, and account closeouts. The position also involves benchmarking project performance, conducting post-contract reviews, documenting lessons learned, developing handover procedures, and using bid analysis, change control, cost estimating, and take-off tools. SOX control responsibilities may apply.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering, or a related construction field.
• Minimum 3–5 years of relevant experience in a construction-industry cost management role.
• Experience supporting cost management on large, complex commercial, industrial, mission-critical, or technology-related construction projects.
• Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, including procurement routes, value management, and value engineering.
• Experience with estimating, cost planning, change management, and project controls throughout the project lifecycle.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

• Advise the client on procurement strategies, manage vendor prequalification, assess proposals and bids, level bids, make recommendations, chair bid interviews, and manage appointments.
• Manage project estimating, including developing and reviewing estimates for construction, fees, direct work, and other costs; presenting estimates and value engineering recommendations; assessing risks; validating vendor costs; and using project benchmark data.
• Establish cost reporting schedules, review and present cost reports and forecasts, review budgets and spend forecasts with the client, maintain commercial risk registers, and host meetings with project teams and vendors.
• Manage cost control, including reviewing payment application assessments, liaising with project managers on contractor entitlements, and reviewing vendor change requests and recommending actions to the client.
• Use dispute prevention, management, and resolution procedures for 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.
• Prepare and use Bid Analysis Sheets, Change Control Forms, cost estimating software, and take-off software.
• Adhere to applicable SOX controls.

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

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