Cost Manager​/Quantity Surveyor - Data Center Construction

Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor - Data Center Construction

Job type:
Full-time

Turner & Townsend are looking for a Cost Manager/Quantity Surveyor to join our team and support construction cost services for our clients. The ideal candidate will be driven and promote our Turner & Townsend purposes and values.

• Advising client on strategies, managing prequalification of vendors, assessing proposals, bids, and bid levelling documents; making final recommendations, attending & chairing bid interviews, and managing appointment process.
• Managing estimating services for full project: develop 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, meeting with vendors to review, validate and challenge costs, and reviewing estimates using benchmark data from other projects.
• Managing cost reporting: establishing reporting schedule, reviewing & presenting cost reports and forecasts, reviewing project budget & spend forecast with client, developing & maintaining commercial risk register, and hosting periodic meetings with project team & vendors.
• Managing cost control process: 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.
• Managing & monitoring invoicing process.
• Benchmarking performance against other successful commissions.
• Managing all facets of the final accounting process and post-contract audits and account close outs.
• Holding post-contract reviews with the client to establish a lesson learned document and apply lessons to create training manual.
• Developing procedures governing handover of project.
• Performing all the above duties 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.
• Strong communication skills.

• 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.
• All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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