Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor - Data Center Construction

Responsibilities

• Advising client on strategies, managing prequalification of vendors, assessing proposals, bids, and bid levelling documents, making final recommendations to the client, attending & chairing bid interviews, and managing appointment process.
• Manage cost reporting by establishing reporting schedule, reviewing & presenting cost reports and forecasts, reviewing project budget & spend forecast with the client, developing & maintaining commercial risk register, and hosting periodic meetings with project team & vendors.
• Manage & monitor invoicing process.
• Benchmark performance against other successful commissions.
• Manage all facets of the final accounting process and post contract audits and account close outs.
• Hold post-contract reviews with the client to establish a lesson learned document and apply lessons to create training manual.
• Develop procedures governing handover of project.
• Perform all the duties above through the use/preparation of Bid Analysis Sheets, Change Control Forms, Cost Estimating Software, and Take-off Software.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.
• Bachelor's degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or field related to construction.
• Minimum 3-5 years of relevant experience working in a cost management role in the construction industry, with exposure to data center, mission-critical, or highly serviced projects preferred.
• RICS accredited or working towards it is valuable.
• Experience supporting cost management on medium or large sized construction projects, ideally including MEP-intensive environments.
• Construction consultancy experience is strongly preferred.
• Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management, and value engineering, with awareness of data center design and delivery considerations (e.g., redundancy, phasing, and scalability).
• Strong communication skills.
• *On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs.
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Turner & Townsend is seeking a Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor to join our New York City team, and support our expanding portfolio of data center clients. This role is critical to our continued growth in the mission-critical and hyperscale data center sector. The ideal candidate will bring strong commercial acumen, technical awareness of data center delivery, and a proactive approach aligned with Turner & Townsend's purpose and values.

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