Associate Director - Cost Manager/Quantity Surveyor - Data Center Construction
Listed on 2026-01-12
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Associate Director - Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor - Data Center Construction
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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 seeking an experienced Associate Director –
Cost Manager/Quantity Surveyor to join our team and provide expert cost management services on a large‑scale, mission‑critical data center program.
This is a client‑facing leadership role requiring exceptional communication skills and the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
In this significant position, you will provide strategic leadership and direction, ensuring successful delivery of cost management services while embedding and promoting Turner & Townsend’s purpose, values and vision. You will manage both internal and external stakeholders, driving collaboration and accountability across the project lifecycle.
This is a hybrid role with regular on‑site visits required approximately 35 miles west of North Chicago.
Responsibilities- Lead end‑to‑end cost management across all project phases, ensuring alignment with scope, budget and schedule for hyperscale data center programs and other sectors.
- Develop and maintain detailed cost plans, estimates and forecasts using industry benchmarks and technical documentation.
- Manage change control: review and negotiate change orders, track post‑contract variances and ensure robust commercial governance.
- Oversee contractor and subcontractor pricing reviews, scope validation and procurement strategy development; advise on contracting and procurement approaches and support program‑level capital planning.
- Coordinate closely with scheduling teams to integrate cost forecasts with project timelines and milestones.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for commercial status reporting; produce and present monthly cost reports, executive summaries and financial updates to stakeholders.
- Take a lead role interfacing with clients, stakeholders and consultants at all project stages; maintain excellent communication and build strong relationships with clients, vendors and project teams.
- Drive cost risk analysis, scenario planning and sensitivity testing; monitor market trends and provide insights on escalation, labour availability and material pricing.
- Develop strategies for cost optimisation and value engineering to enhance outcomes and reduce lifecycle costs.
- Set and track performance via KPIs and critical success factors; prepare and deliver presentations to senior leadership.
- Manage financial performance using internal systems to track margins, forecasts and reporting; implement and maintain Business Management Systems (BMS) and company delivery methodologies to ensure best practice.
- Identify opportunities to improve cost management processes, templates and tools; champion knowledge management by capturing lessons learned and key data.
- Provide strong leadership with a clear strategy and ambition for the team; mentor and develop junior staff, conduct performance reviews and foster a…
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