What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor - Data Center Construction position at Turner & Townsend?
Company Description
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.
Job Description
Turner & Townsend are looking for a Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor to support construction cost services on large-scale, multi-site data center campus developments across the Phoenix, AZ area. These projects include multiple high-capacity facilities, associated site infrastructure, and phased construction delivery within a rapidly growing regional construction market.
The ideal candidate will be driven, detail-oriented, and committed to delivering high-quality cost management while promoting Turner & Townsend’s purpose and values.
Responsibilities
- Advising client on procurement strategies, managing vendor prequalification, assessing proposals, bids, and bid leveling documents, and supporting contractor appointment processes.
- Manage estimating services across full project scope, including developing and reviewing estimates, presenting cost plans, and validating vendor pricing against benchmark data.
- Lead cost reporting by establishing reporting schedules, reviewing forecasts, managing budgets, and maintaining commercial risk registers.
- Manage cost control processes, including payment application reviews, contractor entitlement recommendations, and change order assessments.
- Support dispute prevention and resolution related to payments, change orders, and contracts.
- Manage and monitor invoicing processes.
- Benchmark cost performance across similar projects and programs.
- Lead final accounting, post-contract audits, and project close-out activities.
- Facilitate post-project reviews and incorporate lessons learned into best practices.
- Develop and maintain project handover procedures.
- Utilize cost management tools including bid analysis, change control documentation, and estimating software.
- SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which must be adhered to where applicable.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering, or related field.
- 3–5 years of experience in construction cost management.
- Experience supporting medium to large-scale construction projects, with data center, industrial, or mission-critical projects considered advantageous.
- Construction consultancy experience strongly preferred.
- RICS accredited or working toward accreditation is preferred.
- Strong knowledge of procurement, value management, and cost control practices.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
Additional Information
*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/
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