Associate Director Cost Manager Quantity Surveyor – Data Center Construction

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Associate Director Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor to provide strategic leadership and deliver expert cost management services on a major missioncritical hyperscale data center development. This multihundredacre greenfield campus is progressing through early planning and preconstruction with multiple phases expected over several years and representing a significant longterm capital investment in newbuild data center capacity.

In this senior clientfacing leadership role you will serve as the primary commercial interface ensuring robust cost governance commercial rigor and strategic decisionmaking across the project lifecycle. You will lead the development of baseline budgets direct financial controls shape procurement and contracting strategies and drive value risk and performance outcomes as the program moves into active development.

Success in this role requires exceptional communication skills strong commercial acumen and the ability to influence and collaborate with senior stakeholders while providing leadership to internal teams.

The project site is located approximately 25 miles south of Naperville in Grundy County. This role offers a hybrid schedule with an expected presence onsite 23 days per week depending on project phase and client requirements.


Responsibilities:

• Serve as the primary clientfacing 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 executivelevel commercial updates recommendations and strategic insights.
• Lead mentor and develop junior and midlevel team members fostering a highperformance 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 postcontract 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 trendsincluding escalation labor availability and material pricingand 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 crossselling opportunities contributing to proposals and expanding market relationships.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role and must be adhered to where applicable.

Qualifications :

• Able to work onsite in Grundy County 23 times per week depending on project phase and client requirements (site 25 miles south of Naperville).
• Bachelors degree in Quantity Surveying Construction Management Engineering or a related field; masters degree preferred.
• Data Center construction experience is required.
• 810 years of experience in cost management or project controls on largescale capital projects ideally within missioncritical industrial or hightech sectors.
• Proven experience delivering within a construction consultancy environment.
• Strong understanding of MEP systems data center infrastructure and largescale campusstyle 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 industrystandard cost management and project controls software.

Additional Information :

*On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our clients needs.*

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time