Associate Director - Cost Manager​/Quantity Surveyor – Data Center Construction

Associate Director - Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor – Data Center Construction

From the inception of a project through to completion and beyond, Turner & Townsend help to deliver the outcomes that matter through transformational programs covering the full spectrum of consultancy, project delivery, and post-project operations.

We have offices around the world and oversee projects across the real estate, infrastructure, and natural resources sectors worldwide.

Our team is innovative, client-focused, and supported by an inclusive and fun company culture.

Turner & Townsend has an opportunity for an Associate Director - Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor to work with our team and a global technology client on a massive data center construction program.

The Associate Director will take responsibility for end‑to‑end service delivery, acting as a key day‑to‑day client interface, and ensuring that client objectives are met through the delivery of a value‑added service.

• Strong leadership skills; experience leading a Cost Management team, ensuring they deliver on all accountabilities.
• Taking a lead role in interfacing with the client, stakeholders and other consultants, at all project stages.
• Identifying opportunities to improve cost management procedures, templates and products.
• Knowledge management – ensuring that key information and learning generated from each commission is inputted into internal databases and shared.
• Process improvement – identifying and acting upon ways to improve internal systems and processes.
• Taking responsibility for developing new business opportunities with existing and new Turner & Townsend clients.
• Identifying and acting upon cross‑selling opportunities.
• Lead proposals for new work or variations for existing projects.
• Attending relevant networking events and other promotional opportunities.
• Staff management – inputting into the formal management of staff and recruitment interviews.
• Undertake staff performance reviews.
• Financial management – utilizing the tools provided to keep track of the ongoing margin levels and monthly fee/resource forecasts for each commission.
• Review and participate with the design services team and general contractor, in the development of the cost estimates.
• Reconcile changes that occur over the planning phase and assist the general contractor to ensure that their data is accurate.
• Quality control – ensuring compliance with quality standards and participation in ISO audits.
• Communicate or meet with general contractor and owner project manager to gather status information to prepare a cost estimate update.
• Prepare written comments to the general contractor’s submissions, including the executive summary; coordinate all sources of cost information for cost discussions and suppliers directly from NPA, subs, quantities from A/E’s.
• Inform and drive engineering priorities based on cost impact.
• Provide estimate and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan.
• Work proactively with minimal supervision to resolve scheduling issues.
• Manage cost checks and carry out valuations on larger projects; complete timely, accurate cost checking and valuation processes.
• Participate effectively with post‑contract cost variances and the change control processes.
• Manage cost impact / contingency management and commitment tracking logs.
• Prepare funding data presentations and coordinate VE sessions with stakeholders.

• Commissions are managed to the right quality standards and are completed efficiently and on time.
• Service delivery on commissions is in line with the conditions of appointment.
• Strong relationships are developed with clients and cross‑functional team members.
• The team is effectively led.
• Line management responsibilities are effectively discharged.
• Business development opportunities with existing and new clients, including cross‑selling opportunities, are identified and acted upon.
• Margin levels and monthly fee/resource forecasts are kept track of on all commissions.
• Key information and data is effectively cascaded and appropriately retained.

• Demonstrates excellent presentation, verbal, written, and communication skills.
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