Senior Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor – Data Center Construction

Turner & Townsend
Atlanta
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Construction, Civil & Site EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Communication","Negotiation","Stakeholder management","Analytical abilities","Attention to detail","Self-motivated","Detail-oriented"]

Serve as the key client-facing lead for cost management across a large-scale data center construction program. Own end-to-end change management: identify, evaluate, document, and govern changes; negotiate change orders; maintain cost and contingency controls; and deliver clear reporting on cost impacts, risks, and forecasts. Provide cost planning/estimating, variance analysis, dispute avoidance support, and milestone updates, coordinating across design teams, contractors, and subcontractors.

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Turner & Townsend
Turner & Townsend
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Senior Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor – Data Center Construction

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Job Summary

Serve as the key client-facing lead for cost management across a large-scale data center construction program. Own end-to-end change management: identify, evaluate, document, and govern changes; negotiate change orders; maintain cost and contingency controls; and deliver clear reporting on cost impacts, risks, and forecasts. Provide cost planning/estimating, variance analysis, dispute avoidance support, and milestone updates, coordinating across design teams, contractors, and subcontractors.
Location: Atlanta
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Construction, Civil & Site Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead and manage change management across the program, ensuring changes are identified, evaluated, documented, and approved.
  • •Review, evaluate, and negotiate change orders; maintain change logs, contingency tracking, and commitment registers to show cost impacts.
  • •Provide cost analysis and recommendations for client decision-making; produce and present cost plans and monthly cost reports.
  • •Support dispute avoidance and resolution through strong commercial oversight and documentation of changes.
  • •Perform cost checks/valuations, reconcile contractor cost data, and run post-contract cost variance analysis to ensure adherence to change control and support final account closeout.

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Engineering, or related field.
  • •5–7+ years of cost management or project controls experience on medium- to large-scale construction programs.
  • •Proven experience managing full change-management processes on major construction programs.
  • •Advanced knowledge of budgeting, financial reporting, cost-control systems, and Earned Value Management (EVM).
  • •Strong cost-focused project controls background, including forecasting and variance analysis, plus strong communication/negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
Experience:5+ yearsConstructionData centersProject controlsProgram management
Education:Bachelor's in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Engineering, or related field
Skills:CommunicationNegotiationStakeholder managementAnalytical abilitiesAttention to detailSelf-motivatedDetail-oriented
Certifications:RICS
Languages:English
Tech Stack:Earned Value Management (EVM)Microsoft Office

Company Brief

Turner & Townsend
Global professional services firm providing program, project and cost management, advisory and consulting services across property, infrastructure and natural resources sectors to public and private clients worldwide.
Industry: Consulting
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Established Company
Headquarters: Leeds, United Kingdom
Founded: 1946
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