Associate Director Level Cost Manager/Quantity Surveyor – Data Center Construction
Listed on 2026-02-06
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Management
Financial Manager, Operations Manager, Program / Project Manager, Contracts Manager
Location: Conesville
Overview
Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programs as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.
Our capabilities include program, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions. We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier program, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.
Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programs as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.
Our capabilities include program, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions. We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier program, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.
Job Description
Turner & Townsend are looking for an Associate Director level Cost Manager and/or Quantity Surveyor to lead commercial strategy and cost governance for a large-scale, multi-phase data center development program onsite in Conesville, Ohio.
This role will oversee cost planning, budgeting, procurement strategy, and risk management across multiple packages and phases, ensuring compliance and alignment with program objectives. You will act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, deliver executive-level reporting, and drive value engineering initiatives to optimize design and reduce costs.
This is an opportunity to lead cost management on one of the most significant technology infrastructure programs in the region.
Responsibilities- Provide strategic leadership for cost management across multi-phase data center programs, ensuring governance, compliance, and alignment with organizational standards.
- Develop and implement cost strategies, frameworks, and reporting structures for multi-billion-dollar budgets, including early-stage budgeting, detailed cost planning, procurement strategy, and risk mitigation.
- Act as the primary client interface, maintaining strong communication with stakeholders and consultants throughout all project stages.
- Advise senior stakeholders on commercial strategy, procurement models, and contract negotiations for complex packages involving energy infrastructure and sustainability initiatives.
- Oversee full lifecycle cost management activities, including quantity surveying, cost controls, change management, and contingency tracking across multiple packages and phases.
- Lead executive-level reporting, presenting cost performance, forecasts, and risk assessments to leadership teams.
- Drive value engineering and design optimization initiatives to identify cost-saving opportunities without compromising performance.
- Mentor and develop cost management teams, ensuring capability growth, succession planning, and staff performance reviews.
- Contribute to the enhancement of internal cost management tools, templates, and processes for continuous improvement and best practice implementation.
- Manage financial performance, including margin tracking, fee/resource forecasts, and compliance with internal Business Management Systems (BMS).
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