Data Center Cost Manager & Quantity Surveyor

Turner & Townsend; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor to join our data center team near Louisville, Indiana. You will lead cost management across multi‑phase, multi‑building campuses, advising clients, preparing estimates, and driving value engineering in a fast‑paced environment.

The ideal candidate has 3–5 years of cost management experience in construction, ideally on data center or large campus projects, with strong cost control, reporting, and stakeholder management skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum 3–5 years of experience in a cost management role within the construction industry.
• RICS accreditation or working toward certification is valuable.

Responsibilities

• Advise clients on strategies, manage prequalification of vendors, assess proposals, bids, and bid levelling documents, and manage the appointment process.
• Develop project estimates (construction, fees, direct costs, and other costs) and review estimates prepared by juniors.
• Establish cost reporting schedules, review cost reports and forecasts, track budgets, and support cost meetings.
• Support cost control by reviewing payment apps, evaluating entitlements, reviewing change orders, and advising the client.
• Manage invoicing process and benchmark performance against comparable projects.
• Contribute to post‑contract audits and closeouts, and support lessons learned for continuous improvement.

Skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Cost estimation

Negotiation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in construction management/quantity surveying

RICS accreditation or working toward certification

Tools

Cost Estimating Software

Take-off Software

Job description

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor to join our data center team near Louisville, Indiana. You will lead cost management across multi‑phase, multi‑building campuses, advising clients, preparing estimates, and driving value engineering in a fast‑paced environment.

The ideal candidate has 3–5 years of cost management experience in construction, ideally on data center or large campus projects, with strong cost control, reporting, and stakeholder management skills.