Senior Cost Manager - Data Center

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 programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, 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 programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Senior Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor to serve as the day-to-day client lead, delivering proactive cost management services across the full project lifecycle for data center developments.

The successful candidate will have experience in cost planning, cost modeling, and pre-construction activities, supporting informed decision-making from early-stage feasibility through project delivery. While working closely with our dedicated Data Center estimating team, this role will be responsible for leading client-facing commercial discussions, reviewing estimates, and ensuring robust cost management strategies are implemented.

Strong communication and stakeholder management skills are essential, along with the ability to work independently, lead project teams, and drive successful outcomes in complex, fast-paced environments. As a senior member of the team, you will champion Turner & Townsend's purpose, values, and vision while providing leadership and mentorship to colleagues.
Responsibilities:

• Oversee the preparation of budgets including detailed cost modelling benchmarking analysis, and presentation across various levels of senior leadership.
• Budget tracking, variance reporting, and value analysis throughout the project lifespan including benchmark evaluations, cost reviews, value engineering/optimization studies, and evaluation of alternates.
• Provide guidance and assistance with the orderly development of requests for proposal leading into procurement for design services agreements, owner furnished equipment, and other owner-direct purchased scope.
• Lead the request for proposal process for general contractor including the bidding, leveling, and award of the construction project (primarily negotiated GMP w/framework partners).
• Support, track, and provide guidance on commercial change management and change evaluation efforts on all projects both pre and post-GC contract. Evaluate, report, and provide risk analysis on changes from a scope, cost, time, and value basis.
• Advise and intervene appropriately to resolve major contractual claims and disputes as they arise at earliest opportunities as well as conduct procurement in a manner to reduce claim/dispute risk when possible.
• Review analytics for project portfolio cash flow and earn value analysis.
• Monitor the financial close-out on all projects including settlement of all vendors while reviewing/maintain compliance to contractual terms and obligations of vendors.
• Proactively lead all commercial risk management efforts including commercial audits, contingency analyses, risk identification and analyses for cost and time, and management training through the lifecycle of the project both pre and post-GC contract.
• Review project cost reports and other project control…