Associate Director - Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor - Data Center Construction
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Responsibilities
- Strong leadership experience managing cost management teams and ensuring delivery across all accountabilities.
- Lead interface with clients, stakeholders, and consultants across all project stages.
- Maintain clear and professional communication with clients and project teams.
- Perform quantity surveying, cost control, and change management throughout the project lifecycle.
- Coordinate with contractors, owners, and stakeholders, ensuring alignment within the overall construction process.
- Support strategic and operational delivery of Cost Management and Project Controls services across large-scale programs.
- Act as the primary contact for reporting overall commercial and cost status of projects.
- Drive consistent application of best practices across all phases of delivery.
- Identify and implement improvements to cost management processes and tools.
- Conduct staff performance reviews and set clear team direction and strategy.
- Mentor and develop team members, fostering growth and high performance.
- Ensure excellence in service delivery aligned with commercial and contractual obligations.
- Track financial performance, including margins, forecasting, and resource planning.
- Develop risk mitigation strategies and monitor performance using KPIs and internal controls.
- Implement and maintain internal business systems and delivery methodologies.
- Lead internal and external audit processes related to quality and compliance.
- Develop market insight and contribute to business development and pipeline growth.
- Advise on procurement strategies, contracting approaches, and capital planning.
- Build strong relationships with clients and cross-functional teams.
- Provide leadership updates including project status, staffing, and risk mitigation plans.
- Identify and support business generation and cross-selling opportunities.
- Contribute to proposals and RFP responses for new work.
- Ensure knowledge capture and benchmarking across projects.
- Represent the business at industry and networking events.
- Promote a culture aligned with company values, delivering positive outcomes for clients and stakeholders.
- On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs.
- Our inspired people share our vision and mission. 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. 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 and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
- Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/ and https://www.heery.com/
- All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
- Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects:
- It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.
- Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.
- 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 programs as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.
- Our capabilities include program, 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 program, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, Engineering, or related field.
- Graduate degree preferred.
- A minimum 8+ years of experience in cost management within large-scale construction.
- Proven experience leading teams and managing complex, multi-project programs.
- Experience in data center or mission-critical construction strongly preferred.
- Consultancy experience highly preferred.
- SME in Quantity Surveying with RICS certification or equivalent strongly preferred.
- Strong commercial acumen, contract knowledge, and cost control expertise.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and leadership skills.
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