Senior Quantity Surveyor - Mechanical or Electrical - Data Center Construction

Senior Quantity Surveyor
- Mechanical or Electrical
- Data Center Construction

Turner & Townsend are leaders in professional services to the Data Centre sector globally. Due to the continued success and expansion of our Data Centre business, we are currently recruiting for an experienced Quantity Surveyors (Mechanical or Electrical background) to join our Data Centre team in Portugal.

With a market leading client base and the opportunity to take the lead on strategic commissions and high-profile projects, this is an exciting time to join the business unit and grow a career with Turner & Townsend.

• Act as the primary cost management liaison with client and other project stakeholders
• Responsibility for pre and post-contract duties including preparation of cost estimates, procurement and tendering, contract administration, variation, final account, etc.
• Completing feasibility studies and writing procurement reports
• Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan
• Tendering and procurement activity, including managing the pre-qualification stage, producing the tender list, preliminaries, tender analysis, tender report and compiling the contractual documents
• Taking responsibility for timely and accurate cost checks and valuations
• Producing monthly post contract cost reports and presenting them to the client
• Interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages
• Participate effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes
• Perform cost risk analysis and provide input into value engineering; negotiate and approve final accounts
• Maintain central feedback and learning on cost estimating from prospects and projects and contribute to updating of best practices in estimating

• Degree in Quantity Surveying, Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field
• A proven track record of delivering high quality cost management/quantity surveying services across the full project lifecycle
• Experience of leading cost management commissions for large construction projects of high complexity
• Technical knowledge of Data centre or other related facility asset types
• Good knowledge of all methods of construction and procurement
• Experienced with, or managing team that uses multiple estimating tools and applications
• Strong experience with spreadsheets and databases
• Collaborative approach, able to develop strong relationships with clients and stakeholders, internally and externally
• Good organization skills with the ability to multi-task

Our people share our Purpose and Values. Turner & Townsend provides a great place to work, where everyone can make change happen and influence a better world.

We champion our people to succeed in both work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive, and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

If this sounds like a challenge you'd like to hear more about, please submit an application for our recruitment team to review.