Senior Cost Control Manager – Data Center Construction

Turner & Townsend • Fayetteville, GA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Senior Cost Control Manager to serve as the day-to-day client interface and deliver cost management services across a large-scale data center construction program. The role emphasizes change management, cost control, and commercial governance, ensuring project changes are evaluated, managed, approved, and communicated throughout construction in a fast-paced, high-volume environment. The position calls for a self-motivated, detail-oriented, client-facing professional who can manage complex change processes involving multiple stakeholders and provide leadership aligned with Turner & Townsend’s purpose, values, and vision.

The role includes leading change control across multiple projects, reviewing and negotiating change orders, maintaining change and cost records, and producing cost analysis, forecasts, reports, and recommendations for client decision-making. It also involves cost planning and estimating, review of contractor pricing and submissions, coordination of cost inputs, commercial oversight, dispute avoidance, final account closeout, and support for value engineering. Regular onsite presence is required, though onsite requirements may change according to client needs. SOX control responsibilities may apply where relevant.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5–7+ years of cost management or project controls experience on medium- to large-scale construction programs.
• Strong understanding of civil, structural, and MEP construction.
• Advanced knowledge of budgeting, financial reporting, cost-control systems, and Earned Value Management (EVM).
• Proven experience managing full change-management processes on major construction programs.
• Strong cost-focused project controls background, including forecasting and variance analysis.
• Ability to interpret schedules and assess cost impacts across phases and trades.
• Expertise in procurement strategy and commercial contract management.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Strong analytical abilities and attention to detail.
• Proficiency with industry-standard cost management tools and Microsoft Office.
• Regular onsite presence is required.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in mission-critical, industrial, or large campus-scale projects is preferred.
• Consultancy experience is strongly preferred.
• RICS accreditation or progress toward certification is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage program-wide change management, ensuring changes are identified, evaluated, documented, and approved.
• Review, evaluate, and negotiate change orders throughout construction, ensuring commercial alignment and cost transparency.
• Maintain change logs, contingency tracking, and commitment registers to show cost impacts.
• Establish and enforce change control procedures and governance frameworks across multiple campus projects.
• Provide detailed cost analysis and recommendations to support client decisions on change events.
• Support dispute avoidance and resolution through commercial oversight and documentation of changes.
• Provide cost planning and estimating, including producing and presenting final cost plans.
• Review and work with the design team and general contractor to develop cost estimates.
• Reconcile changes and validate contractor cost data for accuracy and completeness.
• Communicate with the general contractor and project team to gather updates and support cost reporting.
• Prepare written comments on contractor submissions, including executive summaries.
• Coordinate cost inputs from subcontractors, suppliers, and design teams.
• Inform and help drive construction priorities based on cost and change impacts.
• Proactively resolve cost, scope, and scheduling conflicts.
• Manage cost checks and carry out valuations on complex projects.
• Lead post-contract cost variance analysis and ensure compliance with change control processes.
• Prepare funding updates and support value engineering sessions, particularly in response to change drivers.
• Develop cost plans through design and update them at key milestones.
• Review contractor pricing and support negotiations to achieve fair, commercially sound outcomes.
• Ensure cost auditing, validation, and reporting processes are consistently applied.
• Produce monthly cost reports showing change activity, risks, and forecast impacts.
• Support final account closeout and ensure changes are fully agreed and reconciled.
• Maintain cost benchmarking data and program records for future forecasting and decision-making.
• Mentor team members and promote best practices in change management and cost control.
• Manage financial tracking, forecasting, and reporting for commissions.
• Support internal systems, governance processes, and company delivery methodologies.
• Adhere to applicable SOX control responsibilities.

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: Senior