Mission-Critical Data Center Cost Manager & QS

Turner & Townsend; Goodyear (AZ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

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

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 3–5 years of cost-management experience, with strong communication and stakeholder

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering, or a related construction field.
• 3–5 years of relevant experience in cost management within construction.
• Experience supporting cost management on large, complex commercial, industrial, mission-critical, or technology-related projects.
• RICS accreditation is valuable.
• Experience in construction consultancy is strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of 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.

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.

Skills

Strong communication

Stakeholder management

Cost management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering, or related field

Tools

Cost estimating software

Take-off software

Job description

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

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 3–5 years of cost-management experience, with strong communication and stakeholder