MEP/CSA Cost Manager - Data Centre

Job Description

Role Overview 

As a Cost Manager, you will manage the core cost management services for complex construction projects, including mission-critical data centre developments, ensuring cost, quality, risk, and governance objectives are achieved. You will play a key role in supporting Turner & Townsend’s clients through the full project lifecycle, delivering best-in-class commercial outcomes while fostering a collaborative, high-performing project environment.

Project Support & Cost Management

• Deliver pre-contract and post-contract cost management services across construction projects, including data centres, critical facilities, and infrastructure-led developments.
• Prepare order-of-cost estimates, cost plans, and elemental cost analyses, with a strong understanding of CSA and MEP-heavy cost structures typical of data centre projects.
• Undertake rate analysis, benchmarking, and cost modelling for specialist packages such as MEP systems, electrical infrastructure, cooling systems, and fit-out works.
•  Lead tendering and procurement activities, including: Pre-qualification and tender strategy development, preparation of preliminaries and tender documentation, tender analysis, clarification, and recommendation reports,
• Support change control and post-contract cost management, managing variations, compensation events, and cost impacts arising from design development and client changes, escalating major issues where required.

Governance, Reporting & Client Interface

• Prepare monthly post-contract cost reports, cashflows, and forecasts, supporting formal client presentations and governance reviews.
• Provide commercial input into Value Engineering and cost optimisation exercises, particularly for high-value MEP and specialist trade packages common in data centre projects.
• Interface professionally with clients, consultants, contractors, and specialist vendors at all project stages.
• Support Turner & Townsend’s commercial governance, risk management, and cost assurance standards on live projects.
• Identify opportunities to improve cost management processes, templates, benchmarking data, and digital tools, sharing best practices within the business.
• Contribute to knowledge management, ensuring project data, lessons learned, and cost intelligence are captured in Turner & Townsend’s internal systems. 
• Collaborate effectively within the cost management team and, where appropriate, provide guidance and oversight to Assistant Cost Managers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Cost Management, Quantity Surveying, Construction, Engineering, or a related discipline (Master’s degree advantageous).
• Minimum 6 years’ experience in cost management or construction-related roles (e.g. cost manager, quantity surveyor, construction manager, procurement, project management, consultancy).
• Strong understanding of quantity surveying principles, tools, and methodologies, including both pre- and post-contract functions.
• Exposure to or strong interest in data centre, mission-critical, or MEP-intensive projects is highly advantageous.
• Native-level and business-level proficiency in English.
• Proficiency in CostX or equivalent cost estimation software; familiarity with benchmarking databases and digital cost management tools is an advantage.

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.

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