Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor – Data Center Construction

Turner & Townsend; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 115,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend in the United States is seeking a Cost Manager/Quantity Surveyor to join our team and support construction cost services for a large-scale data center program in Ohio.

This on-site role requires regular presence at the project site in Miami County, about 80 minutes from Columbus, with responsibilities spanning estimating, cost reporting, cost control, and post-contract closeouts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or related field.
• 3–5 years of cost management experience in construction.
• RICS accreditation or working towards it.
• Experience supporting cost management on medium or large construction projects.
• Experience supporting large-scale campus developments, mission critical, commercial, industrial, or other major capital projects is beneficial.
• Strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Advise client on strategies, prequalify vendors, assess bids, and chair bid interviews.
• Develop and review project estimates (construction, fees, direct costs) and present to client.
• Prepare cost reports and forecasts; maintain commercial risk register; host progress meetings.
• Review payment applications, change orders, and contractor entitlements; resolve disputes as needed.
• Manage final accounting, post-contract audits and close-outs; conduct lessons-learned reviews.
• Support cost management activities across planning, procurement, commissioning and closeout.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in construction management or related field

RICS accreditation or in progress

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.

Job Description

Turner & Townsend are looking for a Cost Manager/Quantity Surveyor to join our team and support construction cost services for a large-scale data center construction program. This role will support the delivery of a significant multi-year campus development, working with project stakeholders across a diverse portfolio of construction projects from early planning through closeout. The ideal candidate will be driven and promote our Turner & Townsend purpose and values.

This is a primarily site-based role supporting a major construction program. Regular on-site presence is required at the project site in Miami County, Ohio, located approximately 80 minutes from Columbus.

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.
• Support cost management activities across multiple phases of construction, from planning and procurement through commissioning and closeout.
• 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.
• RICS accredited or working towards it is valuable.
• Experience supporting cost management on medium or large sized construction projects.
• Experience supporting large-scale campus developments, mission critical, commercial, industrial, or other major capital construction projects is beneficial.
• 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.

Additional Information

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

The base salary range for this role is $115,000-$145,000 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.

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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.

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