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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. 

Job Description

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Senior Cost Manager or Senior Quantity Surveyor to support a large-scale, mission-critical construction program in the Omaha area. In this client-facing role, you will lead cost management activities throughout the project lifecycle, partnering with project teams to deliver accurate cost planning, commercial oversight, and effective cost control on complex construction projects.
Responsibilities: 

• Lead cost management efforts on large-scale data center construction projects.
• Provide detailed estimating and cost planning throughout the project lifecycle.
• Review and negotiate change orders, ensuring alignment with project scope and budget.
• Collaborate with design teams and general contractors to develop and validate cost estimates.
• Reconcile cost data and ensure accuracy in contractor reporting.
• Prepare and present cost updates and executive summaries to clients.
• Coordinate cost data from multiple sources including subcontractors, suppliers, and design teams.
• Advise on engineering priorities based on cost implications.
• Manage cost checks, valuations, and change control processes.
• Track contingency usage, commitments, and cost impacts.
• Support value engineering and design optioneering exercises.
• Lead contractor and subcontractor pricing reviews and negotiations.
• Produce monthly cost reports and ensure timely final account settlements.
• Maintain benchmarking data and compile as-built cost records.
• Mentor junior team members and contribute to a high-performance culture.
• Ensure compliance with internal financial and business management systems.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in construction management, quantity surveying, engineering, or a related field.
• 5-7+ years of relevant experience in a construction cost management focused role.
• Data center, mission-critical, or related large-scale construction experience preferred.
• RICS accreditation or working toward it is preferred.
• Proven experience managing cost on complex, high-value construction projects.
• Strong understanding of procurement strategies, value management, and cost control.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• Construction consultancy experience is strongly preferred.

Additional Information

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

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.

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

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.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
 

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