Cost Management Associate Director – Data Center Projects

Cumming; Winters (TX); On-site; USD 116,000 - 162,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k)

401(k) Matching

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

Short and long-term disability

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Cumming Group is seeking an Associate Director in Cost Management to lead a cost & commercial team on Midland, TX projects and support a large e-commerce client. The role focuses on budgets, billing, and proposal development within a growing national practice.

This entry-level managerial position emphasizes mentorship, staff development, and client engagement to drive revenue and improve project performance across service lines.

Qualifications

• Manage and monitor team members' activity in alignment with organizational goals.
• Delegate providing clear instructions and ongoing feedback.
• Monitor metrics and course correct as necessary while holding self and others accountable.
• Provide feedback to senior leaders and clearly communicate organizational direction to team members.
• Build relationships with key internal resources (peers, direct reports, senior leaders).
• Create development opportunities and plan for direct reports and teams; provide ongoing feedback.
• Ability to begin to move from task focused to more business mentality.
• Demonstrate leadership traits and represent company values in a client facing capacity.
• Provide Value Engineering solutions to clients by identifying opportunities for savings and ensuring material substitutions are equal.
• Proven business development skills that have grown current market over the past year.

Responsibilities

• Oversee a large client or multiple small clients by supervising the appropriate communications with the client management and Cost & Commercial Management team.
• Promote opportunities for repeat business and create highly favorable references through performance excellence and client relationship management.
• Maintain monthly project budgets for current and forecasted expenditures.
• Responsible for monthly billing and projections.
• Lead the development of staff through supervision, training, coaching, and mentoring. Supporting recruitment and talent acquisition.
• Fee proposal development & management.
• Coordinate with other business units to provide a seamless integrated service delivery approach.
• Provide mentorship and training to team members in understanding methods of measurement, construction technology, contracts, and delivery methods.
• Participate in industry events.
• Develop new or existing client relationships and generate new revenue.
• Responsible for business management of the areas assigned including maintaining revenue and margins.
• Meet business development goals assigned by manager including meeting fee revenue and profitability targets. Generates fee revenue as set by manager.
• Demonstrates ability to successfully sell services across service lines working with service line leaders.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Attendance at work during normal business hours.

Skills

Team management

Delegation

Performance metrics

Communication

Stakeholder management

People development

Business mindset

Leadership

Value engineering

Business development

Job description

Cumming Group is seeking an Associate Director in Cost Management to lead a cost & commercial team on Midland, TX projects and support a large e-commerce client. The role focuses on budgets, billing, and proposal development within a growing national practice.

This entry-level managerial position emphasizes mentorship, staff development, and client engagement to drive revenue and improve project performance across service lines.