Senior Cost Control Manager / Quantity Surveyor (Data Center Construction)

Location: Richmond, Virginia, United States; regular onsite presence is required. On-site requirements may change depending on client needs.

Company

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company providing program, project, cost, asset, commercial, procurement, supply chain, and digital solutions across real estate, infrastructure, energy, and natural resources.

What you will do

• Lead change management processes across a large-scale data center program, including identification, evaluation, documentation, and approval of changes.
• Review, evaluate, negotiate, and reconcile contractor change orders, pricing, cost data, and final accounts.
• Maintain change logs, contingency tracking, commitment registers, cost benchmarks, and program records.
• Develop cost plans, estimates, valuations, forecasts, variance analyses, funding updates, and monthly cost reports.
• Establish change-control governance and support commercial oversight, dispute avoidance, value engineering, and cost-based construction prioritization.
• Coordinate with clients, general contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, design teams, and project stakeholders while mentoring team members.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5–7+ years of cost management or project controls experience on medium- to large-scale construction programs.
• Strong understanding of civil, structural, and MEP construction, budgeting, financial reporting, cost-control systems, and Earned Value Management.
• Proven experience managing full change-management processes, forecasting, variance analysis, schedule interpretation, and cost-impact assessment.
• Expertise in procurement strategy, commercial contract management, cost auditing, negotiation, and stakeholder management.
• Proficiency with industry-standard cost management tools and Microsoft Office; strong analytical and communication skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with mission-critical, industrial, or large campus-scale projects.
• Consultancy experience.
• RICS accreditation or progress toward certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time role within the real estate department.
• Flexible and productive working environment designed to support work-life balance.
• Inclusive workplace with equal-opportunity and diversity commitments.
• Employees are encouraged to contribute ideas and influence change.