Associate Director Level Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor – Data Center Construction

About the Role

• Provide strategic leadership for cost management across multi-phase data center programs, ensuring governance, compliance, and alignment with organizational standards. • Develop and implement cost strategies, frameworks, and reporting structures for multi-billion-dollar budgets, including early-stage budgeting, detailed cost planning, procurement strategy, and risk mitigation. • Act as the primary client interface, maintaining strong communication with stakeholders and consultants throughout all project stages. • Advise senior stakeholders on commercial strategy, procurement models, and contract negotiations for complex packages involving energy infrastructure and sustainability initiatives. • Oversee full lifecycle cost management activities, including quantity surveying, cost controls, change management, and contingency tracking across multiple packages and phases. • Lead executive-level reporting, presenting cost performance, forecasts, and risk assessments to leadership teams. • Drive value engineering and design optimization initiatives to identify cost-saving opportunities without compromising performance. • Mentor and develop cost management teams, ensuring capability growth, succession planning, and staff performance reviews. • Contribute to the enhancement of internal cost management tools, templates, and processes for continuous improvement and best practice implementation. • Manage financial performance, including margin tracking, fee/resource forecasts, and compliance with internal Business Management Systems (BMS). • Support preconstruction activities, feasibility studies, and early-stage cost modeling for future phases. • Build strong relationships with clients, stakeholders, contractors, and vendors, acting as a trusted advisor and identifying opportunities for business growth and cross-selling.

Key Responsibilities

• ▸cost management
• ▸quantity surveying
• ▸value engineering
• ▸cost modeling
• ▸executive reporting
• ▸tool enhancement

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, Engineering, or related field; advanced degree preferred. • 10+ years of experience in cost management or project controls, with at least 3–5 years in a leadership role. • Proven experience managing large-scale, mission-critical construction programs (e.g., hyperscale data centers, energy infrastructure, industrial). • Expertise in cost planning, budgeting, financial reporting, and cost control systems at program level. • Strong knowledge of procurement strategies, commercial management, and construction contracts, including change management and risk allocation. • RICS accreditation or equivalent professional certification strongly preferred. • Exceptional leadership, communication, and negotiation skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders. • Advanced analytical and problem-solving abilities with attention to detail. • Proficiency in industry-standard tools and software for cost management. • Familiarity with MEP systems and complex building services is beneficial. • Ability to manage multiple phases and packages concurrently in a fast-paced environment. • Experience with value engineering and design optimization techniques. • Knowledge of energy infrastructure, carbon capture technologies, and sustainability considerations is a plus.

Requirements

• ▸rics
• ▸cost management
• ▸leadership
• ▸10+ years
• ▸construction
• ▸analytical

Work Environment

Onsite