Senior Project Cost Controls Manager – Data Center Construction

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 programs as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success. Our capabilities include program, 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 program, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Job Description

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Senior Project Cost Controls Manager to support the delivery of large-scale data center construction programs. This role is primarily focused on cost management and commercial project controls, including budgeting, forecasting, change management, contract administration, cost reporting, risk management, and project closeout across complex capital projects. The successful candidate will serve as a key partner to project teams and stakeholders, helping drive cost certainty, financial performance, and overall project controls excellence throughout the project lifecycle. The ideal candidate will have experience supporting large-scale construction projects, preferably within data center, mission-critical, advanced technology, industrial, or other technically complex environments. Strong cost management and commercial experience is required, while experience with schedule management, schedule analysis, and integrated project controls is preferred.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and implement project controls processes and procedures.
• Lead project cost controls activities, including budgeting, forecasting, cost tracking, and financial reporting.
• Manage cost and change control activities, including change order review, negotiation support, recommendations, and delay analysis.
• Track and review change orders with Project Managers.
• Manage contingency drawdown and reporting.
• Develop and maintain project cost forecasts and cash flow projections.
• Process, track, and report on invoices and payment applications.
• Maintain and update owner cost tracking systems and databases.
• Manage weekly cost and progress reporting with project stakeholders and contractors.
• Produce monthly cost, commercial, and project controls reports for management.
• Provide cost analysis, trend reporting, and variance analysis.
• Produce earned value and cost performance reports.
• Review contractor cost reports, forecasts, and supporting documentation.
• Support development and maintenance of RFPs, SOWs, change orders, service agreements, and contract documentation.
• Follow up on proposals, reviews, and negotiations to ensure timely execution of contracts and purchase orders.
• Support procurement, supplier coordination, and delivery tracking activities.
• Track proposal reviews, negotiations, contract execution, and supplier performance.
• Provide status reporting on open contracts, SOWs, and commercial actions.
• Coordinate project financial closeout activities, including purchase order and work order closure.
• Periodically review financial reports to ensure compliance with approved budgets and contract commitments.
• Reconcile contractor actual costs against approved budgets, GMPs, and schedules of values.
• Administer contracts, including retention, terms and conditions, insurance requirements, allowances, contingency, and incentives.
• Monitor project schedule performance and key milestones to identify potential cost and delivery impacts.
• Analyze critical schedule trends, progress updates, delays, and recovery plans in support of integrated project controls reporting.
• Partner with project teams to evaluate schedule changes and their impact on forecasted costs, risk, and project outcomes.
• Support earned value management, schedule performance analysis, and overall project controls reporting.
• Attend risk meetings and maintain project risk logs, including schedule-related risks and mitigation actions.
• Compile historical cost data and benchmarking information.
• Maintain cost benchmarking databases and reporting tools.
• Maintain project records and document control systems.
• Track key commercial documents including change orders, invoices, payments, lien releases, and contract documentation.
• Initiate closeout processes prior to project completion.
• Establish closeout documentation requirements and track receipt of all required closeout deliverables, including warranties, as-builts, and O&M manuals.
• Coordinate and participate in cost, change control, commercial, and project controls review meetings.
• Support project governance, compliance, QA/QC, and internal controls requirements.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role and are to be adhered to where applicable.

Qualifications

• Degree in Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, Cost Management, Engineering, Project Controls, or a related construction discipline.
• Minimum 7+ years of relevant construction cost management, project controls, quantity surveying, or commercial management experience.
• Experience supporting large-scale construction projects valued at $100M+ preferred.
• Data center, mission-critical, advanced technology, industrial, pharmaceutical, or similarly complex construction experience strongly preferred.
• Strong cost management, budgeting, forecasting, change management, contract administration, and commercial controls experience.
• Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining project cost reports, forecasts, and executive-level financial reporting.
• Understanding of CPM scheduling principles, schedule performance analysis, and integrated cost and schedule controls.
• Advanced skills in spreadsheets, reporting, financial analysis, and presentations.
• Skilled in industry-standard cost management and project controls systems.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel.
• Experience with Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project preferred.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.

Additional Information

*On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's 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/ and https://www.heery.com/ All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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