Assistant Cost Manager - Data Center Construction Projects

Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.
Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives.

Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.
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Job Description

We are seeking an Assistant Cost Manager to support the successful financial management of large-scale data center and mission-critical construction projects. This role will assist with cost planning, budgeting, procurement, change management, and reporting throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring commercial objectives are achieved while maintaining cost control and transparency.

The successful candidate will work closely with project managers, contractors, consultants, and client teams to monitor project costs, analyze financial performance, and support informed decision-making on complex data center developments.

Key Responsibilities

Activities may vary according to project requirements.

• Support the preparation of cost estimates and cost plans throughout design and construction phases.
• Assist in the development, monitoring, and management of project budgets.
• Prepare and analyze change orders, variations, and cost impacts.
• Review contractor applications, valuations, and payment recommendations.
• Support procurement and tender evaluation processes, including bid analysis and recommendation reports.
• Assist with quantity take-offs, cost benchmarking, and market pricing analysis.
• Participate in value engineering workshops and cost optimization initiatives.
• Track project costs, commitments, forecasts, and cash flow throughout project delivery.
• Prepare regular cost reports, financial forecasts, and variance analyses for internal and client reporting.
• Support risk identification and assessment from a commercial and cost perspective.
• Collaborate with project teams to maintain cost control and budget compliance.
• Attend project meetings and provide cost management updates to stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or a related field.
• 2–5 years of experience in cost management, quantity surveying, or construction cost control.
• Experience supporting commercial activities on construction, infrastructure, industrial, or data center projects.
• Strong understanding of construction costs, estimating principles, and procurement processes.
• Ability to review and interpret technical drawings, specifications, and contract documentation.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills.
• Commercially aware with strong attention to detail.
• Fluent in English and Spanish.

Preferred

• Experience working on data center, mission-critical, industrial, or large-scale construction projects.
• Familiarity with cost management software such as CostX, Cubit, CATO, or similar platforms.
• Knowledge of BIM-based quantity take-off tools and digital construction environments.
• Working knowledge of contracts, change management, and construction procurement.
• Progress toward RICS, CIQS, or other professional quantity surveying/cost management certification.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong numerical and analytical abilities.
• Knowledge of cost estimating, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced project environment.
• Excellent stakeholder management and teamwork skills.
• Proactive and solution-oriented mindset.
• Strong reporting and presentation capabilities.
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Interest in developing expertise within the data center and mission-critical construction sector.

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance. 

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.

Turner & Townsend does not accept any speculative or unsolicited CV’s that have been sent to our internal recruitment team or hiring managers from agencies outside of our preferred supplier list or that have not followed due process. Any speculative or unsolicited CV’s will be treated as a direct application.

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Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/

It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time. 

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It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time. 

Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.