Senior Cost Manager - Data Center Construction

Turner & Townsend have been at the forefront of Hyperscale data center development from the outset, delivering multi-billion Euros of construction each year globally.

With our global footprint and client base, we bring local market insight combined with our in-depth understanding of global trends, giving our clients confidence when entering new markets.

We know what it costs to procure, design, build and operate data centers in both established and emerging markets. We work with clients to deliver certainty and maximize their return on investment, delivering effective program management, project and cost management and project controls services.

Our services are underpinned by our market-leading digital products, collectively providing a single source of truth to deliver predictable outcomes, everywhere.

As we move forward with the expansion of our European Data Centre business, we now seek experiencedSenior Cost Managerswho will join us in helping us deliver these demanding, high value, complex projects.

We are seeking Senior Cost Managersto act as the day-to-day interface with our clients driving projects to achieve an excellent outcome. You will have worked on major construction projects in the Chemicals, Industrial, Manufacturing, Data Centers or Pharma sectors. You will either specialize in pre-contract cost planning and estimating activities or post-contract commercial management and will bring your practical expertise and best practice experience and be comfortable operating in a client-facing role, leading project teams and managing difficult stakeholders.

Key Elements:

• Provide estimate and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan.
• Ability to estimate at conceptual, programming and detailed level.
• Assist on feasibility studies and writing procurement reports.
• Perform all aspects of procurement, including managing the pre-qualification stage, produce bid list, bid analysis, produce bid report, and compile contractual documents.
• Participate effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes, where applicable refer major changes to line manager.
• Manage cost checks and carry out valuations on larger projects, and ensure timely and accurate cost checking, and valuation process.
• Produce monthly post contract cost reports and present to client.
• Provide input into value engineering; negotiate and approve final accounts.
• Maintain liaison with client and other consultants at all projects stages.
• Provide leadership to cost management team when necessary, ensure the delivery on all of accountabilities.
• Identify opportunities to develop new business with existing clients and report such opportunities to appropriate line manager, and utilize marketing database.
• Identify improvements for cost management procedures, templates, and products, and refer ideas to appropriate line manager.

Your qualifications and experience:

• Good technical experience in all cost management areas; pre-contract, post contract and final account.
• Good understanding of all mechanical, process, electrical, and plumbing systems, as they relate to construction of projects and/or
• Good understanding of all civils, structural and architectural aspects as they relate to construction of projects
• Experience of leading cost management on medium or large sized construction projects of medium to high complexity.
• Experience with advising clients on value management, value engineering, and life cycle costing.
• Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management and value engineering.
• Demonstrates excellent presentation, verbal, written, and communication skills.
• Great organizational skills; ability to multi-task and be a team player.

• Minimum of 7 years’ experience preparing cost estimates.
• Experience in commercial, data center, high-tech, healthcare, manufacturing Industries preferred.
• RICS or equivalent accreditation (or working towards). Member of a Professional Institute preferred.

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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.

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