Associate Director Construction Estimator- CSLA / Data Center

Turner & Townsend; Wide Ruins (AZ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Associate Director Construction Estimator to lead estimating services across key Data Center projects and client accounts. This leadership role will deliver high-quality cost consultancy, drive estimating excellence, and support complex facilities delivery.

The ideal candidate will have strong communication and stakeholder management skills, proven experience leading estimating teams, and expertise in construction estimating, cost planning,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, or related field.
• Graduate degree preferred in quantity surveying, cost management, construction management, or engineering.
• Minimum 8 years of relevant estimating experience in the construction industry.
• Experience providing conceptual estimating and/or pre-construction services at a construction management or related firm.
• Strong presentation, verbal, written, organizational, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of estimators, providing cost consultancy services for construction projects.
• Implement best practices for estimating processes and methodologies.
• Specialize in conceptual estimating within the estimating domain, offering expert guidance to team members.
• Mentor and coach estimators, fostering professional development.
• Provide reporting on key performance indicators and presentations to stakeholders.
• Perform cost risk analysis and input into value engineering; negotiate final accounts.
• Develop White Paper market reports for construction cost management.
• Manage internal systems for purchase orders, invoicing, and risk management.
• Lead business development and opportunities tracking within the region.

Skills

Leadership

Estimating

Data Center

Cost planning

Stakeholder management

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in construction management

Graduate degree preferred in quantity surveying or related field

Job description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn 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.

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn 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.

Job Description

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Associate Director Construction Estimator to lead estimating services across key Data Center projects and client accounts. This leadership role will be responsible for delivering high-quality cost consultancy services, driving estimating excellence, and supporting the successful delivery of complex mission-critical facilities.

The ideal candidate will possess strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with proven experience leading estimating teams and advising clients on large-scale data center developments. You will bring expertise in construction estimating, cost planning, benchmarking, and market analysis, along with a strong understanding of the commercial and technical drivers unique to data center construction.

In this role, you will provide leadership, mentor and develop team members, support business growth initiatives, and promote best practices to ensure consistent, high-quality service delivery across the Data Center sector.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of estimators, providing cost consultancy services for construction projects.
• Implement best practices for estimating processes and methodologies, incorporating industry-specific best practices, and leveraging innovative techniques for improved efficiency.
• Specialize in conceptual estimating within the estimating domain, offering expert guidance and support to team members.
• Mentor and coach estimators, fostering their professional development and promoting a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• Provide reporting on key performance indicators to assess the performance of the organization and the team against a set of metrics determined by industry standards.
• Provide estimating advice, guidance, and analysis and present formal estimating reports for project estimates including quantity, cost, escalation, and other assumptions and clarifications to project stakeholders.
• Perform cost risk analysis and provide input into value engineering; negotiate and approve final accounts.
• Develop White Paper market reports for construction cost management.
• Manage internal systems for purchase orders, invoicing, and risk management.
• Build business capability by anticipating future challenges and opportunities for clients, and implementing new estimating services that align with changes to the best standards held within the industry.
• Create business opportunities through business development, key client development, and opportunity tracking within the region, utilizing local knowledge and expertise to estimate needs, clients, and development.
• Lead the effort to win new work by leading bids for estimating scopes of work, presenting to potential clients, and sharing best practice to foster a learning environment
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or field related to construction.
• Graduate degree in quantity surveying, cost management, construction management, or engineering is preferred.
• Minimum 8 years of relevant experience working in an estimating role in the construction industry.
• Experience providing conceptual estimating services and/or pre-construction services at a construction management or related firm.
• Construction consultancy experience is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrates excellent presentation, verbal, written, organizational, and communication skills.

Additional Information

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

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