Cost Manger​/Quantity Surveyor - Data Center Construction

Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor (Atlanta)

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Cost Manager/Quantity Surveyor to join our Atlanta team, supporting our expanding portfolio of data center clients. This role is critical to our continued growth in the mission‑critical and hyperscale data center sector. The ideal candidate will bring strong commercial acumen, technical awareness of data center delivery, and a proactive approach aligned with Turner & Townsend’s purpose and values.

• Advising client on strategies, managing prequalification of vendors, assessing proposals, bids, and bid levelling documents, making final recommendations to the client, attending & chairing bid interviews, and managing appointment process.
• Managing estimating services for full project by developing project estimates (relating to construction, fees, direct work and other costs), reviewing estimations prepared by junior team members, presenting estimates to client, presenting value engineering recommendations and risk assessments to client, meeting with vendors to review, validate, and challenge costs, and reviewing estimates by utilizing benchmark data collected from other projects.
• Managing cost reporting by establishing reporting schedule, reviewing & presenting cost reports and forecasts, reviewing project budget & spend forecast with the client, developing & maintaining commercial risk register, and hosting periodic meetings with project team & vendors.
• Managing cost control process by reviewing payment application assessments prepared by junior team members, liaising with project managers to recommend contractor entitlements, reviewing requests for change orders from vendors & making recommendations to client, and using dispute prevention/management/resolution procedures to manage payment requisitions, change orders, and contractual disputes.
• Managing & monitoring invoicing process.
• Benchmarking performance against other successful commissions.
• Managing all facets of the final accounting process and post‑contract audits and account close outs.
• Holding post‑contract reviews with the client to establish a lesson learned document and apply lessons to create training manual.
• Developing procedures governing handover of project.
• Performing all the duties above through the use/preparation of Bid Analysis Sheets, Change Control Forms, Cost Estimating Software, and Take‑off Software.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or field related to construction.
• Minimum 3–5 years of relevant experience working in a cost management role in the construction industry, with exposure to datacenter, mission‑critical, or highly serviced projects preferred.
• RICS accredited or working towards it is valuable.
• Experience supporting cost management on medium or large‑sized construction projects, ideally including MEP‑intensive environments.
• Construction consultancy experience is strongly preferred.
• Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management, and value engineering, with awareness of data center design and delivery considerations (e.g., redundancy, phasing, and scalability).
• Strong communication skills.

On‑site presence and requirements may change depending on our clients' needs.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.