Senior Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor - Data Center Construction
Key Skills for This Role
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Responsibilities:
- stimating and negotiating change orders throughout the construction lifecycle.
- Provide estimate and cost planning services, including producing and presenting final cost plans.
- Review and participate with the design team and contractors in the development of project cost estimates.
- Reconcile estimate changes and review contractor pricing to ensure accuracy and alignment with project requirements.
- Coordinate with project teams, contractors, and stakeholders to gather information and prepare cost estimate updates.
- Prepare written reviews and commercial commentary on contractor submissions.
- Coordinate all sources of cost information, including contractor pricing, supplier quotations, benchmarking data, and consultant estimates.
- Inform and support project decision-making through analysis of cost impacts and commercial considerations.
- Manage cost checks and carry out valuations on projects, ensuring timely and accurate cost validation.
- Participate in post-contract cost management, change control, and cost reporting processes.
- Manage contingency tracking, commitment logs, cost forecasts, and final cost projections.
- Prepare funding analyses and support value engineering and cost optimization initiatives.
- Develop cost plans and estimates through the design phase, delivering updates at key project milestones.
- Provide commercial input during design development and value engineering exercises.
- Review contractor and subcontractor pricing and support commercial negotiations on behalf of the client.
- Perform quantity surveying, cost control, and change management activities throughout the project lifecycle.
- Ensure post-contract cost variances and change control processes are effectively managed.
- Support cost auditing, valuation reviews, and cost validation activities.
- Produce monthly cost reports and commercial updates for client stakeholders.
- Support final account negotiations and project closeout activities.
- Maintain project cost records and benchmarking data to support future project planning and delivery.
- Support the development of junior team members through coaching and knowledge sharing.
- Utilize internal systems to support commission financial management, forecasting, and reporting.
- Implement and maintain company delivery methodologies, business systems, and best practices.
- SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role and are to be adhered to where applicable.
- On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs.
- The base salary range for this role is $150K-$190K USD. This range reflects the company's good faith estimate of the base salary for this position at the time of the posting. Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity. In addition to base salary, employees may be eligible for bonuses and a comprehensive benefits package.
- 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 www.heery.com/
- All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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- 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 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.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Cost Management, Quantity Surveying, Engineering, or a related construction field.
- Minimum 5-7 years of relevant experience working in a cost management role within the construction industry.
- Experience supporting medium to large-scale commercial, industrial, mission-critical, or other similar complex building construction projects.
- RICS accredited or working toward accreditation is preferred.
- Experience leading cost management on medium or large sized construction projects of medium to high complexity.
- Construction consultancy experience is strongly preferred.
- Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, including procurement routes, value management, and value engineering.
- Strong understanding of cost planning, cost control, change management, and commercial reporting processes.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and negotiation skills.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced project environment while managing multiple priorities.
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