Senior Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor – Data Center Construction
HybridDallas, Texas, United States
Job Summary
Develop and maintain detailed cost plans, budgets, and estimates throughout design and construction phases for a multi-phase hyperscale data center campus. Prepare monthly cost reports, forecasts, and executive summaries to support program-wide decision making while coordinating data from designers, contractors, and vendors. Lead procurement support activities including pricing reviews, scope validation, and commercial negotiations, and oversee full change-management workflows ensuring accurate tracking and timely agreements. Maintain rigorous cost-control systems monitoring commitments, variances, and trends, and drive value-engineering and cost-optimization efforts across mission-critical MEP infrastructure. Serve as the primary client interface ensuring objectives are met across office and site stakeholders, mentor junior team members, and support financial management tasks including margin tracking and resource forecasting.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Engineering, or related field
- 5–7+ years of cost management or project controls experience on medium‐ to large‐scale construction programs
- Proven ability to manage full change‐management processes on major projects
- Strong project controls understanding, including cost‐schedule integration and variance analysis
- Skilled in procurement support and commercial contract management
- Proficiency with standard cost management tools and Microsoft Office
- On-site presence and requirements
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with mission‐critical, data center, industrial, or large campus‐scale developments
- Consultancy experience
- Strong understanding of civil, structural, and MEP construction, with exposure to complex infrastructure systems
- Advanced competency in budgeting, financial reporting, forecasting, and cost‐control systems; EVM experience
- RICS accreditation (or progress toward certification)
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder‐management skills
- High analytical capability and attention to detail
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