Senior Cost Manager, Data Center Construction

Turner & Townsend; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Senior Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor to support a major hyperscale data center construction program from the DFW, TX area, with periodic travel to a large campus site in central Texas. You will serve as a key day-to-day client interface, ensuring disciplined cost controls and strong stakeholder coordination across the Houston team and the active project site.

The ideal candidate brings robust construction cost expertise, experience supporting

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Quantity Surveying or related field.
• 5–7+ years of cost management or project controls on medium- to large-scale construction programs.
• Experience with mission-critical, data center, industrial, or large campus-scale developments preferred.
• Consultancy experience strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of civil, structural, and MEP construction with exposure to complex infrastructure systems preferred.
• Advanced budgeting, financial reporting, forecasting, and cost-control skills; EVM experience beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed cost plans, budgets, and estimates throughout design and construction phases across a large, multi-building campus.
• Prepare and present monthly cost reports, forecasts, and executive-level summaries to support program-wide decision making.
• Coordinate cost data from designers, contractors, subcontractors, and vendors for accurate validation across multiple workstreams.
• Maintain benchmarking and built-cost records to support continuous improvement across the broader program.
• Lead procurement support activities, including pricing reviews, scope validation, and commercial negotiations for major trade packages.
• Manage final accounts and drive timely agreement across multiple contractors and phases.
• Oversee full change-management workflow, ensuring changes are reviewed, evaluated, negotiated, approved, and accurately tracked.
• Maintain rigorous cost-control systems, monitoring commitments, variances, and trends across a high-value capital program.
• Support contingency planning and cost-risk analysis activities in a dynamic construction environment.
• Coordinate cost, schedule, and scope alignment with project controls and site delivery teams.
• Lead value-engineering and cost-optimization efforts across phases, systems, and trades, including mission-critical MEP infrastructure.

Skills

Cost management

Budgeting

Forecasting

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Communication

Negotiation

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Quantity Surveying/Construction Management/Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Senior Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor to support a major hyperscale data center construction program from the DFW, TX area, with periodic travel to a large campus site in central Texas. You will serve as a key day-to-day client interface, ensuring disciplined cost controls and strong stakeholder coordination across the Houston team and the active project site.

The ideal candidate brings robust construction cost expertise, experience supporting