Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor – Data Center Construction

Turner & Townsend
Dallas
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Construction, Civil & Site EngineeringExperience: 3-5 yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Communication","Risk assessment","Stakeholder management"]

Provide end-to-end cost management support for large, mission-critical data center construction projects. Advise clients on bid and procurement strategy, lead estimating, cost reporting, and cost control, and manage commercial risk through reporting schedules and change-order assessments. Collaborate with project stakeholders, contractors, and consultants to validate costs, recommend entitlements, support dispute prevention/resolution, and conduct post-contract audits and lessons-learned handover.

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

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Job Summary

Provide end-to-end cost management support for large, mission-critical data center construction projects. Advise clients on bid and procurement strategy, lead estimating, cost reporting, and cost control, and manage commercial risk through reporting schedules and change-order assessments. Collaborate with project stakeholders, contractors, and consultants to validate costs, recommend entitlements, support dispute prevention/resolution, and conduct post-contract audits and lessons-learned handover.
Location: Dallas
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Construction, Civil & Site Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Advise the client on cost and procurement strategies, including vendor prequalification, bid reviews, bid interviews, and bid appointment processes.
  • •Develop and review project estimates, present estimates to the client, and provide value engineering recommendations and risk assessments.
  • •Establish cost reporting schedules, review/present cost reports and forecasts, maintain a commercial risk register, and host periodic meetings with the project team and vendors.
  • •Manage the cost control process including payment application assessment review, change order recommendations, and dispute prevention/management/resolution.
  • •Support invoicing, final accounting processes, post-contract audits, post-contract reviews, and procedures governing project handover.

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering, or a field related to construction.
  • •Minimum 3-5 years of relevant cost management experience in the construction industry.
  • •RICS accredited or working towards it is valuable.
  • •Experience supporting cost management on medium or large construction projects.
  • •Strong communication skills and good knowledge of construction industry technical matters (procurement routes, value management, value engineering).
Experience:3-5 yearsConstructionData centerConstruction industryConstruction consultancy
Education:Bachelor's in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or field related to construction
Skills:CommunicationRisk assessmentStakeholder management
Certifications:RICS
Languages:English (US)
Tech Stack:Bid Analysis SheetsChange Control FormsCost Estimating SoftwareTake-off SoftwareSOX

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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