Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor – Data Center Construction

Turner & Townsend
Dallas
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Construction, Civil & Site EngineeringExperience: 3+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Stakeholder coordination","Communication","Analytical skills","Attention to detail","Guiding junior team members"]

Support a major multi-phase data center construction program by owning cost planning, budgeting, and ongoing cost reporting. Gather and validate cost data from designers, contractors, and vendors, manage change control and cost-control logs, and track commitments, variances, and contingency. Coordinate cost information with scheduling and project controls teams, contribute to value engineering and cost optimization, and help deliver commercial closeout while adhering to Turner & Townsend systems and (where applicable) SOX controls.

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

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Job Summary

Support a major multi-phase data center construction program by owning cost planning, budgeting, and ongoing cost reporting. Gather and validate cost data from designers, contractors, and vendors, manage change control and cost-control logs, and track commitments, variances, and contingency. Coordinate cost information with scheduling and project controls teams, contribute to value engineering and cost optimization, and help deliver commercial closeout while adhering to Turner & Townsend systems and (where applicable) SOX controls.
Location: Dallas
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Construction, Civil & Site Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Prepare, maintain, and update cost plans, budgets, and estimates.
  • •Support monthly cost reporting, forecasting, and executive summaries.
  • •Gather, verify, and validate cost data from designers, contractors, and vendors; maintain cost records, benchmarks, and databases.
  • •Support procurement activities including quantity takeoffs, pricing reviews, and scope comparisons; assist with final account preparation and commercial closeout.
  • •Manage day-to-day change management, reconcile change events, monitor commitments and variances, and support contingency and cost-risk reviews.

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field.
  • •3–5+ years of cost management, quantity surveying, or project controls experience.
  • •Experience supporting medium- to large-scale construction programs, with mission-critical or industrial experience preferred.
  • •Strong understanding of civil, structural, and MEP construction concepts.
  • •Proficiency in budgeting, cost reporting, cost control systems, and forecasting, including change-management workflows.
Experience:3+ yearsConstructionData centersProject controls
Education:Bachelor's in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Engineering, or related field
Skills:Stakeholder coordinationCommunicationAnalytical skillsAttention to detailGuiding junior team members
Languages:English (US)
Tech Stack:Microsoft OfficeRICSSOX

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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