Cost Manager Quantity Surveyor Construction Management

Turner & Townsend; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus potential

Benefits package

Job summary

Turner & Townsend in Atlanta is seeking an experienced Cost Manager and/or Quantity Surveyor to support construction cost services across real estate developments, data centers, and civil infrastructure. The role emphasizes managing estimates, cost reporting, and value engineering with client-facing responsibilities.

Ideal candidates hold a relevant bachelor's degree with 3–5 years of cost management or quantity surveying experience, preferably in data centers or mission-critical projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or related field.
• Minimum 3–5 years of relevant cost management experience in construction.
• RICS accreditation is valuable or working towards it.
• Experience on medium/large constructions, ideally including MEP-intensive projects.
• Construction consultancy experience is strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of procurement routes, value management and value engineering.
• Strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Advise client on strategies, prequalify vendors, assess proposals and bids, and chair interviews.
• Develop project estimates for construction, fees and other costs; review junior staff estimates.
• Present estimates and value engineering recommendations to client; review costs with vendors.
• Establish cost reporting schedules; review budgets and forecasts with client.
• Manage invoicing processes; monitor cost control and contract variations.
• Conduct final accounting and post-contract reviews; capture lessons learned.
• Prepare bid analysis sheets and use cost estimation and take-off software.

Skills

Cost management

Quantity surveying

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Cost estimating software

Take-off software

Job description

Job Description

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Cost Manager and/or Quantity Surveyor to join our growing Atlanta team, supporting construction cost services across a diverse portfolio of projects, including real estate developments, data centers (including major hyperscale facilities), and civil and local government infrastructure programs.

Responsibilities

• Advising client on strategies, managing prequalification of vendors, assessing proposals, bids, and bid levelling documents, making final recommendations to the client, attending & chairing bid interviews, and managing appointment process.
• Manage estimating services for 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 client, presenting value engineering recommendations and risk assessments to client, meeting with vendors to review, validate, and challenge costs, and reviewing estimates by utilizing benchmark data collected from other projects.
• Manage cost reporting by establishing reporting schedule, reviewing & presenting cost reports and forecasts, reviewing project budget & spend forecast with the client, developing & maintaining commercial risk register, and hosting periodic meetings with project team & vendors.
• Manage 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 & making recommendations to client, and using dispute prevention/management/resolution procedures to manage payment requisitions, change orders, and contractual disputes.
• Manage & monitor invoicing process.
• Benchmark performance against other successful commissions.
• Manage all facets of the final accounting process and post contract audits and account close outs.
• Hold post-contract reviews with the client to establish a lesson learned document and apply lessons to create training manual.
• Develop procedures governing handover of project.
• Perform all the duties above through the use/preparation of Bid Analysis Sheets, Change Control Forms, Cost Estimating Software, and Take-off Software.
• 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.
• Minimum 3–5 years of relevant experience working in a cost management role in the construction industry, with exposure to data center, mission-critical, or highly serviced projects preferred.
• RICS accredited or working towards it is valuable.
• Experience supporting cost management on medium or large sized construction projects, ideally including MEP-intensive environments.
• 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.

On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs

Compensation

The base salary range for this role is $100K-$130K USD. This range reflects the company's good faith estimate of the base salary for this position at the time of the posting. Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity. In addition to base salary, employees may be eligible for bonuses and a comprehensive benefits package.

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.