Associate Director – Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor – Data Center Construction
Turner & Townsend
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Atlanta • United States
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Salary
💰 $185,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Serve as the primary client‑facing cost leader, providing strategic guidance and ensuring delivery excellence.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with senior client stakeholders, consultants, and delivery partners.
- Prepare and present executive‑level commercial updates, recommendations, and strategic insights.
- Lead, mentor, and develop junior and mid‑level team members, fostering a high‑performance, collaborative culture.
- Lead the development and maintenance of detailed cost plans, estimates, and forecasts across design and delivery phases.
- Produce and present monthly cost reports, executive summaries, and financial updates.
- Ensure strong integration of cost, schedule, and scope to support holistic project control and predictability.
- Lead the establishment and implementation of cost governance frameworks and assurance processes.
- Lead procurement strategy development, advising on contracting approaches and commercial positioning.
- Oversee contractor and subcontractor pricing reviews, scope validation, and commercial negotiations.
- Manage and reconcile change orders, claims, post‑contract variations, and final accounts.
- Provide commercial stewardship throughout the lifecycle, ensuring compliance with internal controls and best practices.
- Lead value engineering initiatives and cost optimization strategies across design and delivery.
- Drive cost risk analysis, scenario planning, contingency management, and sensitivity testing.
- Monitor market trends—including escalation, labor availability, and material pricing—and communicate impacts to stakeholders.
- Ensure adherence to Turner & Townsend Business Management Systems and delivery methodologies.
- Champion benchmarking, data integrity, and continuous improvement of cost management tools and processes.
- Track and manage financial performance across commissions, including margin, forecasting, and resource planning.
- Support business development by identifying cross‑selling opportunities, contributing to proposals, and expanding market relationships.
- SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role and must be adhered to where applicable.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field; master’s degree preferred.
- Data Center construction experience is required.
- 8–10+ years of experience in cost management or project controls on large-scale capital projects, ideally within mission-critical, industrial, or high-tech sectors.
- Proven experience delivering within a construction consultancy environment.
- Strong understanding of MEP systems, data center infrastructure, and large-scale campus-style developments.
- Advanced expertise in estimating, budgeting, financial reporting, cost control systems, and Earned Value Management (EVM).
- Deep experience with procurement strategies and the commercial management of contractor/vendor contracts.
- RICS accreditation (or progress toward it) highly desirable.
- Excellent communication, presentation, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities while working under pressure.
- Proficiency with industry-standard cost management and project controls software.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Flexible working hours
- Paid time off
- Professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
cost managementproject controlsestimatingbudgetingfinancial reportingcost control systemsEarned Value Managementprocurement strategiescommercial managementdata center construction
Soft Skills
communicationpresentationnegotiationstakeholder managementanalytical skillsleadershipmentoringcollaborationstrategic guidancerelationship building
Certifications
RICS accreditation