Cost Manager​/Quantity Surveyor – Data Center Construction

Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor – Data Center Construction

Turner & Townsend are seeking a Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor to support construction cost services on a large-scale, multi-phase campus development in the St. Louis, MO area. This is a major greenfield project involving extensive site development and the construction of multiple large industrial buildings.

Responsibilities include advising the client on procurement strategies, managing vendor prequalification, assessing bids, leading bid leveling and recommendation processes, managing estimating activities across the full project lifecycle, engaging with vendors and contractors to review, validate, and challenge pricing, establishing and managing cost reporting processes, leading cost control activities, supporting dispute avoidance and resolution, managing and monitoring invoicing and financial tracking, overseeing final accounts, post-contract audits, and project closeout activities, conducting post-project reviews and supporting lessons learned documentation and process improvements, developing and supporting project handover procedures, utilizing cost estimating, take-off, and reporting tools to support project delivery, and SOX control responsibilities where applicable.

Qualifications include the ability to work onsite 3x per week in the St. Louis, MO area, a bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Cost Management, Quantity Surveying, Engineering, or related field, 3–5 years of experience in a cost management role within the construction industry, experience supporting medium to large-scale construction projects, construction consultancy experience strongly preferred, knowledge of procurement routes, value management, and value engineering principles, experience supporting pre-contract estimating and post-contract cost control activities, familiarity with cost reporting, budgeting, and change management processes on active construction projects, ability to review contractor pricing, payment applications, and change orders with attention to detail, strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple work streams in a fast-paced environment, strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, and RICS accredited or working toward accreditation is preferred.

Additional information includes on-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs, we provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change, we want our people to succeed both in work and life, we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance, we are an equal opportunity employer, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees, and we do not accept any fees in relation to our recruitment process.