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Senior Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor – Data Center Construction

St Louis, Missouri, us💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-14 → 2026-09-26

Core

Senior Cost Manager leading cost planning, procurement strategy, change management, and commercial governance for a large-scale hyperscale data center program.

Role type

Senior IC cost manager / quantity surveyor

Builds

Hyperscale data center development

Domain

Construction / Data Center Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure

Required skills

cost planning, procurement strategy, change management, commercial governance, estimating, budgeting, cost control, contract administration, price negotiation, risk management, value engineering, stakeholder management, reporting, mentoring

Preferred skills

data center or mission-critical project experience, consultancy experience, RICS accreditation, knowledge of SOX controls

Technologies

Turner & Townsend Business Management Systems (BMS), industry-standard cost tools

Responsibilities

Serve as key client interface for cost management; lead scope delivery for assigned phases; develop estimates and cost plans through design milestones; review and reconcile estimates with GC/CM and design team; provide commercial input to design optioneering and value engineering; support procurement strategy and contract administration; lead price negotiations; manage change orders end-to-end; maintain commitment tracking, contingency management, and risk registers; produce monthly cost reports, forecasts, and variance analyses; implement and maintain business management systems; mentor junior team members.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities

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