Senior Cost Manager​/Quantity Surveyor – Data Center Construction

Position: Senior Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor – Data Center Construction
Company Description
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.

Job Description Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Senior Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor to support cost management services on a large-scale mission-critical construction program. This client-facing role will serve as a key commercial advisor throughout the project lifecycle, providing leadership in estimating, procurement, cost control, change management, and commercial management from preconstruction through project completion in a fast-paced data center construction environment.

To be successful in this role, you must possess strong communication and stakeholder management skills and be comfortable operating as a trusted advisor to clients and project teams. The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, commercially astute, and capable of leading cost management activities independently while mentoring junior team members and contributing to the continued success of the wider team.

Responsibilities:

Advise clients on procurement and commercial strategies, manage prequalification of vendors, assess proposals, bids, and bid leveling documentation, make recommendations to clients, lead bid interviews, and manage the appointment process.

Lead estimating services throughout the project lifecycle by developing and presenting cost plans and estimates, reviewing work prepared by junior team members, presenting value engineering opportunities and risk assessments, and validating vendor and contractor pricing against market benchmarks.

Develop cost plans and estimates through the design phase, delivering updated cost plans at key design milestones.

Review contractor and subcontractor pricing and lead commercial negotiations on behalf of the client to achieve fair and competitive contract pricing.

Manage cost reporting by establishing reporting protocols, preparing and presenting cost reports and forecasts, reviewing project budgets and spend forecasts with clients, maintaining commercial risk registers, and facilitating regular cost review meetings.

Lead cost control and change management processes, including assessment of payment applications, review of change orders, evaluation of contractor entitlements, and management of contractual and commercial issues.

Participate in and oversee cost auditing, valuation processes, commitment tracking, contingency management, and cost validation activities.

Coordinate all sources of cost information, including contractor pricing, subcontractor quotations, quantities, and benchmarking data.

Prepare funding presentations, support value engineering workshops, and provide commercial input into design optioneering activities.

Produce monthly cost reports and executive-level summaries for client stakeholders.

Manage and monitor invoicing processes.

Benchmark project performance against comparable commissions and…