Senior Cost Manager – Data Center

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Act as the primary day-to-day client liaison on extensive data center construction initiatives.

• Provide cost management services throughout the entire project lifecycle.

• Offer leadership and guidance as a senior team member.

• Collaborate with clients, design teams, contractors, and stakeholders from the planning phase to project closeout.

• Estimate and negotiate change orders during construction phases.

• Generate and present cost plans and estimates at key design milestones.

• Review cost estimates from design services and general contractors.

• Reconcile changes and ensure contractor data accuracy.

• Collect project status updates and prepare cost estimate revisions.

• Draft written feedback on contractor submissions and executive summaries.

• Coordinate cost information from owners, contractors, suppliers, subcontractors, architects, and engineers.

• Influence engineering priorities based on cost implications.

• Oversee cost checks, valuations, cost variances, change control, contingencies, and commitment tracking.

• Prepare funding data presentations and facilitate value-engineering sessions.

• Contribute commercial insights to design optioneering and value engineering.

• Assess contractor and subcontractor pricing and lead negotiations from the client side.

• Execute quantity surveying, cost controls, cost auditing, and cost validation.

• Generate monthly cost reports for client review.

• Negotiate and finalize accounts.

• Compile built-cost estimate records for benchmarking purposes.

• Identify, coach, and mentor emerging talent.

• Monitor commission margins, fees, resource forecasts, and financial reports using internal software.

• Maintain internal business management systems, delivery methodologies, and tools.

• Fulfill SOX control responsibilities where applicable.

• Develop and implement procurement strategies for Retail Refresh, De Novo, and Data Center capital programs.

• Prepare and manage RFPs and RFQs, scopes of work, pricing schedules, tender documents, supplier engagement, and bid clarifications.

• Conduct evaluations of commercial bids and bid leveling.

• Aid in contractor selection, negotiations, award recommendations, frameworks, MSAs, unit-rate schedules, and vendor onboarding.

• Apply ROM estimating, budget validation, market benchmarking, and commercial assessments to procurement strategies.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering, or a related construction field.

• A minimum of 5–7 years of relevant experience in a cost management role within the construction industry.

• RICS accreditation or progress toward it is preferred.

• Experience leading cost management on medium to large construction projects with medium to high complexity.

• Strong preference for experience in construction consultancy.

• Solid understanding of technical matters in the construction industry, including procurement routes, value management, and value engineering.

• Excellent communication abilities.

• Proficiency in cost planning, estimating, change management, commercial negotiations, and cost control.

• Experience supporting complex, mission-critical, or advanced-technology construction programs.

• Capability to work independently with minimal supervision.

• Ability to confidently operate in a client-facing role.

🏝️ Benefits

• Potential bonuses in addition to the base salary.

• Comprehensive benefits package.

• Healthy, productive, and flexible working environment.

• Support for work-life balance.

• Commitment to an equal opportunity and inclusive workplace.

• Confidential management of applicant information.