Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor - Data Center Construction

Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Job Description

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor to support commercial management, cost control, and estimating services on a large-scale, multi-phase mission-critical campus development. 

This role will involve close collaboration with clients, contractors, and design teams to oversee cost planning, change management, and commercial delivery across both pre- and post-contract phases. The ideal candidate will be confident operating in a client-facing environment, contributing to decision-making, and driving cost efficiency across all stages of the project lifecycle.


Responsibilities:

• Estimating and negotiating change orders throughout the construction lifecycle.
• Provide cost planning and estimating services, including producing and presenting final cost plans.
• Work with the design team and general contractor to develop and align cost estimates.
• Reconcile cost changes and validate contractor data for accuracy.
• Meet with the general contractor and owner’s project manager to track project status and update cost forecasts.
• Prepare written commentary on contractor submissions, including executive summaries.
• Coordinate all sources of cost information (contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, A/E teams).
• Inform and influence engineering and design decisions based on cost impacts.
• Proactively resolve scheduling and commercial issues with minimal supervision.
• Manage cost checks and perform valuations on large-scale projects.
• Lead post-contract cost variance and change control processes.
• Maintain contingency tracking, cost logs, and commitment tracking systems.
• Prepare funding data and support value engineering (VE) sessions with key stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with applicable internal controls (including SOX, where relevant).
• Develop cost plans and estimates throughout design phases.
• Deliver updated cost plans at key design milestones.
• Provide commercial input into design optioneering and value engineering exercises.
• Review contractor and subcontractor pricing.
• Lead commercial negotiations to achieve fair and competitive pricing.
• Perform quantity surveying, cost control, and change management activities.
• Manage cost variance and change control procedures effectively.
• Oversee cost auditing and valuation processes to ensure robust cost validation.
• Produce and present monthly cost reports to clients.
• Support timely negotiation and agreement of final accounts.
• Compile as-built cost data for benchmarking and historical tracking.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which must be adhered to where applicable.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 4+ years’ experience in a construction cost management role on medium to large, complex projects.
• Degree in Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, Engineering, or related field.
• Experience on large-scale commercial, mission-critical, or infrastructure projects (data center experience highly desirable).
• Demonstrated experience operating in a client-facing environment with senior stakeholders.
• Strong proficiency in cost management tools, reporting systems, and Excel-based modeling.
• Experience supporting multi-phase or program-level developments is preferred.
• Strong knowledge of construction industry practices, including procurement routes, value management, and value engineering.
• RICS accreditation (or progress toward it) is preferred but not required.

Additional Information

*On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs*

Our 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.  

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community. 

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/ 

Turner & Townsend does not accept any speculative or unsolicited CV’s that have been sent to our internal recruitment team or hiring managers from agencies outside of our preferred supplier list or that have not followed due process. Any speculative or unsolicited CV’s will be treated as a direct application. 

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