Senior Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor - Data Center Construction
About The Position
Turner & Townsend is hiring an experienced Senior Cost Manager and/or Quantity Surveyor to serve as the day-to-day client interface on a major, mission-critical hyperscale data center construction project. The role delivers cost management services and helps ensure client objectives are met. It calls for a self-motivated, driven professional with strong communication skills who can work independently and collaboratively in a client-facing capacity. The role also provides leadership and direction while promoting Turner & Townsend’s purpose, values, and vision. The project site is approximately 25 miles southwest of Joliet, in Grundy County. The position has a hybrid schedule, with onsite attendance varying according to project phase and client requirements. The successful candidate will lead cost planning and estimating through design and construction, advise on value and commercial decisions, and manage cost controls, change, valuations, reporting, and final accounts. The role also includes client service delivery, financial management of commissions, use of company systems and methodologies, and coaching and mentoring colleagues. SOX control responsibilities may apply.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering, or a construction-related field.
- Minimum 5–7 years of relevant experience in a construction-industry cost management role.
- Experience leading cost management on medium- or large-sized construction projects of medium to high complexity.
- Good knowledge of construction-industry technical matters, including procurement routes, value management, and value engineering.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a client-facing role.
Nice To Haves
- RICS accreditation or working toward it.
- Construction consultancy experience.
- Experience supporting data center, mission-critical, industrial, or similar large-scale infrastructure projects.
Responsibilities
- Estimate and negotiate change orders throughout the construction lifecycle.
- Produce and present cost plans and estimates, including updated plans at appropriate design milestones.
- Review and contribute to estimates developed with the design services team and general contractor.
- Reconcile changes and help ensure the general contractor’s cost data is accurate.
- Gather project status information from the general contractor and owner’s project manager to prepare cost estimate updates.
- Prepare written comments on general contractor submissions, including executive summaries.
- Coordinate cost information from relevant sources, including NPA, subcontractors, and architects and engineers.
- Inform and guide engineering priorities based on cost impact.
- Work proactively with minimal supervision to resolve scheduling issues.
- Manage cost checks and valuations on larger projects, completing them accurately and on time.
- Manage post-contract cost variances and change control processes.
- Manage cost impacts, contingency, and commitment tracking logs.
- Prepare funding data presentations and coordinate value engineering sessions with stakeholders.
- Provide commercial input to design optioneering and value engineering exercises.
- Review contractor and subcontractor pricing and lead client-side negotiations to achieve fair contract prices.
- Perform quantity surveying, cost controls, and change management throughout the project lifecycle.
- Manage cost auditing and valuation work and maintain a robust cost-validation process.
- Produce monthly cost reports for presentation to the client.
- Negotiate and agree final accounts in a timely manner.
- Compile built-cost estimate records for benchmarking.
- Identify, coach, and mentor talent and recognize the success of others.
- Provide leadership and service delivery on commissions in accordance with appointment conditions.
- Use internal software to track commission margin levels and monthly fee and resource forecasts, and prepare financial reports.
- Implement and maintain internal Business Management Systems, delivery methodologies, and tools to support consistent best-practice delivery.
- Model a one-business culture that balances the needs of employees, clients, stakeholders, and society.
- Adhere to applicable SOX control responsibilities.
Benefits
- Employees may be eligible for bonuses and a comprehensive benefits package.
- Flexible working environment that supports work-life balance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
