Senior Cost Control Manager – Data Center Construction

Turner & Townsend
Atlanta
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Construction, Civil & Site EngineeringExperience: 5-7 yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Communication","Negotiation","Stakeholder management","Analytical abilities","Attention to detail"]

Lead cost control and change management for a large-scale data center construction program, acting as the key day-to-day client interface. Own change evaluation, documentation, approvals, and commercial governance across multiple projects, maintaining logs and contingency tracking. Provide cost analysis and recommendations, support dispute avoidance through strong documentation, and deliver forecasting, variance analysis, funding updates, and final account closeout while mentoring team members and embedding governance processes.

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Turner & Townsend
Turner & Townsend
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Senior Cost Control Manager – Data Center Construction

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Job Summary

Lead cost control and change management for a large-scale data center construction program, acting as the key day-to-day client interface. Own change evaluation, documentation, approvals, and commercial governance across multiple projects, maintaining logs and contingency tracking. Provide cost analysis and recommendations, support dispute avoidance through strong documentation, and deliver forecasting, variance analysis, funding updates, and final account closeout while mentoring team members and embedding governance processes.
Location: Atlanta
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Construction, Civil & Site Engineering
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead and manage change management processes, ensuring changes are identified, evaluated, documented, and approved.
  • •Review, evaluate, and negotiate change orders, maintaining change logs, contingency tracking, and commitment registers for cost transparency.
  • •Establish and enforce change control procedures and governance frameworks across multiple projects.
  • •Deliver cost analysis, forecasting, variance analysis, monthly cost reports, and support funding updates and value engineering sessions.
  • •Support dispute avoidance and resolution through strong commercial oversight and documentation, and assist with final account closeout and contractor cost reconciliation.

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Engineering, or a 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.
  • •Strong understanding of civil, structural, and MEP construction, including budgeting, financial reporting, cost-control systems, and Earned Value Management (EVM).
  • •Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills, with advanced analytical abilities and attention to detail.
Experience:5-7 yearsConstructionData centersProject controlsCost managementProgram managementMEP
Education:Bachelor's in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Engineering, or related field
Skills:CommunicationNegotiationStakeholder managementAnalytical abilitiesAttention to detail
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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