Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor - Data Center Construction

Turner & Townsend; West Palm Beach (FL); On-site; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equal opportunity employer

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor to support a large-scale data center construction project in Indiantown, Florida. This full-time, site-based role requires regular on-site presence to manage cost, provide estimates, and oversee procurement and reporting activities.

The ideal candidate will have 3–5 years in cost management within construction, a relevant bachelor's degree, and experience with bid analysis, value engineering, and SOX controls.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, or related field.
• 3–5 years of relevant cost management experience in construction.
• RICS accreditation or working towards it is valuable.
• Experience on medium to large construction projects.
• Strong knowledge of procurement routes, value management and value engineering.

Responsibilities

• Advising client on strategies, managing prequalification of vendors, assessing proposals, bids, and bid leveling documents, making final recommendations to the client, attending and chairing bid interviews, and managing appointment process.
• Manage estimating services for full project by developing project estimates (construction, fees, direct work and other costs), reviewing estimations by junior team members, presenting estimates to client, presenting value engineering recommendations and risk assessments to client, meeting with vendors to review costs, benchmarking with data from other projects.
• Manage cost reporting by establishing reporting schedule, reviewing and presenting cost reports and forecasts, reviewing project budget and spend forecast with the client, developing and maintaining commercial risk register, and hosting periodic meetings with project team and vendors.
• Manage cost control process by reviewing payment applications, liaising with project managers to recommend contractor entitlements, reviewing change order requests, and applying dispute prevention/management/resolution procedures.
• Manage and monitor invoicing process.
• Benchmark performance against other successful commissions.
• Manage all facets of final accounting process and post-contract audits and closeouts.
• Hold post-contract reviews with the client to establish a lessons learned document and apply lessons to training materials.
• Develop procedures governing handover of project.
• Utilize Bid Analysis Sheets, Change Control Forms, Cost Estimating Software, and Take-off Software.

Skills

Cost management

Quantity surveying

Budgeting

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in construction management

Tools

Bid Analysis Sheets

Change Control Forms

Cost Estimating Software

Take-off Software

Job description

Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor - Data Center Construction

• Full-time

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 seeking an experienced Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor to support a large-scale data center construction project. This is a full-time, site-based position requiring a regular on-site presence to support project delivery, stakeholder coordination, and cost management activities. The project site is located in Indiantown, Florida, approximately 45 minutes from West Palm Beach and 90 minutes from Fort Lauderdale.

Candidates should be driven, client-focused, and aligned with Turner & Townsend's purpose and values.

Responsibilities:

• Advising client on strategies, managing prequalification of vendors, assessing proposals, bids, and bidlevellingdocuments, 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 withthe 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.

• 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.
• Construction consultancy experience is strongly preferred.
• Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management, and value engineering.

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

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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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