Cost Manager​/Quantity Surveyor - Data Center Construction

Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor - Data Center Construction

Full-time.

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. We work across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. We partner to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes, turning challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions. We are majority‑owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

• Advising client on strategies, managing prequalification of vendors, assessing proposals, bids and bid levelling documents, making final recommendations to the client, attending and chairing bid interviews, and managing the appointment process.
• Managing estimating services for the full project by developing project estimates (relating to construction, fees, direct work and other costs), reviewing estimations prepared by junior team members, presenting estimates to the client, presenting value engineering recommendations and risk assessments to the client, meeting with vendors to review, validate and challenge costs, and reviewing estimates by utilizing benchmark data collected from other projects.
• Managing cost reporting by establishing a reporting schedule, reviewing and presenting cost reports and forecasts, reviewing project budget and spend forecast with the client, developing and maintaining a commercial risk register, and hosting periodic meetings with the project team and vendors.
• Managing the cost control process by reviewing payment application assessments prepared by junior team members, liaising with project managers to recommend contractor entitlements, reviewing requests for change orders from vendors and making recommendations to the client, and using dispute prevention, management and resolution procedures to manage payment requisitions, change orders and contractual disputes.
• Managing and monitoring the invoicing process.
• Benchmarking performance against other successful commissions.
• Managing all facets of the final accounting process and post‑contract audits and account close‑outs.
• Holding post‑contract reviews with the client to establish a lessons‑learned document and applying lessons to create a training manual.
• Developing procedures governing handover of the project.
• Performing all the duties above through the use and preparation of Bid Analysis Sheets, Change Control Forms, Cost Estimating Software and Take‑off Software.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role and must be adhered to where applicable.

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or a field related to construction.
• Minimum 3–5 years of relevant experience working in a cost management role in the construction industry.
• RICS accredited or working towards accreditation is valuable.
• Experience supporting cost management on medium or large‑sized construction projects.
• Construction consultancy experience is strongly preferred.
• Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters such as different procurement routes, value management and value engineering.
• Strong communication skills.

The salary range for this full‑time role is $120K-$170K per year. Ranges are determined by role and level and represent a good faith effort to provide a fair and equitable salary. This range is a reflection of base salary only, not of a total compensation package. Please note Turner & Townsend reserves the right to pay more or less than the posted range, depending on candidate’s experience and qualifications.

* On‑site presence and requirements may change depending on our client’s needs.*

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.