Senior Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor - Data Center Construction

Job Description
Turner &
Townsend are engaged tosupport our clients with many complex projects, responsible for all aspects of cost management and project delivery and we are seeking an ambitious Senior Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor with strong Preconstruction experienceto act as the day-to-day interface with the client and drive large Data Center projects to achieve an excellent outcome. You have a chance to be a key player in our technological future, as part of a team of innovative professionals shaping our built environment.
The Senior Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor will take responsibility for end to end service delivery and to act as key, day to day client interface, ensuring that client objectives are met through the delivery of a value added service.
Responsibilities:
Taking a lead role in interfacing with the client, stakeholders and other consultants, at all project stages.
Develop cost plans and project capital estimates through the design phase, delivering updated cost plans at appropriate design milestones.
Prepare cost reports and estimate packages, and regularly present to stakeholders.
Identify variance summaries between estimates and conduct value engineering studies.
Provide estimate and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan.
Manage key relationships with the client, general contractor, and project team.
Review contractor and subcontractor pricing and leading negotiations on behalf of the client to drive fair contract prices.
Lead the commercial review of the competitive bid process for major trades.
Benchmarking integration to ensure accurate data capture.
Communicate or meet with general contractor and owner project manager to gather status information to prepare a cost estimate update.
Prepare written comments to the general contractor’s submissions, including the executive summary. Coordinate all sources of cost information for cost discussions and suppliers direct from NPA, subs, quantities from A/Es,
Inform and drive engineering priorities based on cost impact.
Manage cost checks and carry out valuations on larger projects. Complete timely, accurate cost checking and valuation processes.
Work proactively with minimal supervision to resolve scheduling issues.
Knowledge management – Ensuring that key information and learning generated from each commission is inputted into internal databases and shared.
Process improvement – Identifying and acting upon ways to improve internal systems and processes.
Taking responsibility for developing new business opportunities with existing and new Turner &
Townsend clients.
Identifying and acting upon cross-selling opportunities.
Lead proposals for new work or variations for existing projects.
Attending relevant networking events and other promotional opportunities.
Staff management – Inputting into the formal management of staff and recruitment interviews.
Financial management – Utilizing the tools provided keep track of the ongoing margin levels and monthly fee/resource forecasts for each commission
Review and participate with the design services team and general contractor, in the development of the cost estimates.
Reconcile changes that occur over the planning phase and assist the general contractor to ensure that their data is accurate.
Quality Control – Ensuring compliance with quality standards and participation in ISO audits.
Commissions are managed to the right quality standards and are completed efficiently and on time.
Service delivery on commissions is in line with the conditions of appointment.
Strong relationships are developed with clients and cross-functional team members.
Line management responsibilities are effectively discharged.
Business development opportunities with existing and new clients, including cross- selling opportunities, are identified and acted upon.
Margin levels and monthly fee/resource forecasts are kept track of on all commissions.