Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor - Data Center Construction

Turnertownsend; Glendale (AZ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor to support cost management services on a large-scale construction program. The role spans preconstruction to project completion, delivering estimating, procurement, cost control, change management and commercial oversight in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities include advising the client on strategies, developing and reviewing project estimates, presenting to the client, managing cost reporting and control, and ensuring

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum 3-5 years of relevant cost management experience in construction.
• Experience supporting cost management on large, complex projects.
• RICS accreditation or pursuing it is valuable.
• Construction consultancy experience is preferred.
• Strong knowledge of procurement routes, value management & VE.
• Experience with estimating, cost planning, change management & project controls.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Advise client on strategies, manage vendor prequalification, assess proposals and bids, and chair bid interviews.
• Develop project estimates (construction, fees, direct costs) and review junior estimators' work.
• Present estimates to client and provide value engineering and risk assessments.
• Lead cost reporting, budgets, spend forecasts, and risk registers.
• Oversee cost control, change orders, entitlements, and invoicing processes.
• Benchmark performance using data from other projects.
• Manage final accounting, post-contract audits, and close-out activities.
• Lead handover procedures and lessons-learned documentation.
• Utilize bid analysis sheets and take-off/cost estimating software.

Skills

Cost management

Estimating

Change management

Vendor management

Stakeholder management

Project controls

Cost reporting

Communication

SOX awareness

Education

Bachelor's in construction/related field

Tools

Cost estimating software

Take-off software

Bid analysis sheets

Job description

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor to support cost management services on a large-scale mission-critical construction program. This role will be involved throughout the project lifecycle, providing estimating, procurement, cost control, change management, and commercial oversight services from preconstruction through project completion in a fast-paced construction environment.

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 a related construction field.
• Minimum 3-5 years of relevant experience working in a cost management role in the construction industry.
• Experience supporting cost management on large, complex commercial, industrial, mission-critical, or technology-related construction projects.
• RICS accredited or working towards it is valuable.
• Construction consultancy experience is strongly preferred.
• Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management, and value engineering.
• Experience with estimating, cost planning, change management, and project controls throughout the project lifecycle.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

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

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change. We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance. 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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