Senior Cost & Change Control Lead – Data Center Programs

Turner & Townsend; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend are looking for an experienced Senior Cost Control Manager to act as the key day-to-day client interface, delivering cost management services across a large-scale data center program located in Fayetteville, approximately 22 miles South of Atlanta.

This role will have a strong emphasis on change management, cost control, and commercial governance, ensuring that all project changes are effectively evaluated, managed, and communicated throughout the construction lifecycle within

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Engineering, or related field.
• 5–7+ years of cost management or project controls experience on medium-to-large-scale construction programs.
• Experience in mission-critical, industrial, or large campus-scale projects preferred.
• Consultancy experience strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of civil, structural, and MEP construction.
• Advanced knowledge of budgeting, financial reporting, cost-control systems, and EVM.
• Proven experience managing full change-management processes on major programs.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead change management processes across the program, ensuring all changes are properly identified, evaluated, documented, and approved.
• Review, evaluate, and negotiate change orders throughout the construction lifecycle for commercial alignment.
• Maintain and manage change logs, contingency tracking, and commitment registers.
• Establish and enforce change control procedures across multiple projects within the campus.
• Provide detailed cost analysis and recommendations to support client decision-making on change events.
• Support dispute avoidance and resolution through strong commercial oversight and documentation of changes.
• Provide cost planning and estimating, including producing and presenting final cost plans.
• Review and participate with design and general contractor in developing cost estimates.
• Reconcile changes and validate contractor cost data for accuracy.
• Coordinate cost inputs from subcontractors, suppliers, and design teams.
• Prepare written comments on contractor submissions, including executive summaries.
• Lead post-contract cost variance analysis and ensure adherence to change control processes.
• Develop cost plans through design and provide updates at milestones.
• Review contractor pricing and support negotiations for fair outcomes.
• Maintain cost benchmarking data and program records for forecasting.

Skills

Cost control

Change management

Cost planning

Budgeting

Earned Value Management

Contract management

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Quantity Surveying

Construction Management

Tools

Microsoft Office

Cost management software

Job description

Turner & Townsend are looking for an experienced Senior Cost Control Manager to act as the key day-to-day client interface, delivering cost management services across a large-scale data center program located in Fayetteville, approximately 22 miles South of Atlanta.

This role will have a strong emphasis on change management, cost control, and commercial governance, ensuring that all project changes are effectively evaluated, managed, and communicated throughout the construction lifecycle within