Principal, Cost Management

About this position

Fleet Data Centers designs, builds and operates mega-scale data center campuses. Fleet provides its customers with flexibility and predictability to meet their upside demand forecasts, addressing a key need in the market as traditional leased models are struggling to keep pace with the demand for new Cloud and AI infrastructure. Fleet is led by a team of industry veterans that have already made a lasting imprint on the evolution of global digital infrastructure and are committed and uniquely capable of up leveling data center development scales and operations in the face of rising demand.

Fleet is well positioned to bring in-house design, engineering and operational capabilities to collaborate with customers on tailored solutions for campuses of 500MW+. This unique model enables Fleet to provide the world’s largest and most sophisticated customers with a seamless extension of their own data center fleets with constant access to design innovation. Fleet’s headquarters are in Denver, CO, with satellite offices in Seattle, WA and Arlington, VA.

Fleet Data Centers is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Cost Manager driving program-level cost management for large-scale data center build programs
. This includes cost planning and control, progress measurement, risk mitigation, and costed‑schedule development.

• Request-for-Information / Quotations / Proposals (collectively RFx) processes including bid‑leveling, cost (including lump sum/GMP, NTE) negotiations, and financial planning.

• Facilitating effective communication on project status(s), monitoring project finances, working with construction on deliverables and associated payments, tracking payments, and managing any variations or claims that may arise during the construction process.
• Driving cost control, risk mitigation, and the overall status of the data center build program(s). Reviewing/driving design/general contractors in the development of cost estimates.
• Providing estimate and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan (for customer engagement(s), vendor assessments, and internal reporting).
• Communicating with vendors (e.g., general contractor(s) and the owner to gather status information to prepare a cost estimate update).
• Managing cost checks and conducting valuations on larger projects. Completing timely, accurate cost checking and valuation processes. Participating effectively in post‑contract cost variances and the change‑control processes. Managing cost impact / contingency management and commitment tracking logs.
• Financial management including using tools provided to keep track of the ongoing margin levels and monthly fee/resource forecasts. Reconcile changes that occur over the planning phase and assist the general contractor to ensure that their data is accurate.

• Collaborating closely with design/construction/project management teams to determine the exact quantities for large, data center construction programs, assessing labor requirements and the specialized skills needed for installing and maintaining complex data center infrastructure. Providing accurate cost and quantity information enabling our construction and engineering teams to make informed decisions throughout the project lifecycle, including adherence to project schedules/budgets.

• Bachelor’s degree in quantity surveying, finance/ cost management, construction management, or engineering, or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years as a subject matter expert in Quantity Surveying and experience in the construction industry.
• 5+ years of strategic sourcing/procurement experience of which 3+ experience is working for a hyperscaler and/or data center developer/operator.
• 3+ years of commercial/transactional contracts negotiation experience including awarding, drafting, negotiation, execution, and administration.
• Sourcing, bid‑leveling, cost negotiations across various engineering and construction vendors.
• Quantity surveying/cost management for…