Senior Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor - Data Center Construction
Senior Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor – Data Centre Construction
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Cost Manager or Quantity Surveyor to support the delivery of large-scale data centre construction projects. This role will suit a commercially focused professional with strong experience in complex capital projects, excellent stakeholder management skills and a thorough understanding of construction cost control.
Working across the full project lifecycle, you will provide commercial leadership and ensure that projects are delivered safely, efficiently and within agreed budgets. You will collaborate with project managers, design teams, contractors and specialist suppliers to manage costs, mitigate risk and support informed decision-making.
Key responsibilities
- Develop and maintain detailed cost plans, estimates, forecasts and project budgets.
- Lead pre-contract cost planning, procurement, tender analysis and contract negotiations.
- Manage post-contract commercial activities, including valuations, payment applications, variations, claims and final accounts.
- Monitor project expenditure, cash flow, commitments and cost-to-complete forecasts.
- Prepare regular commercial reports, highlighting risks, opportunities and potential cost movements.
- Review contractor performance and ensure compliance with contractual, commercial and reporting requirements.
- Work closely with multidisciplinary teams to identify value-engineering opportunities and maintain cost certainty.
- Support the implementation of robust governance, change control and risk management procedures.
About you
You will be an experienced Quantity Surveyor or Cost Manager with a proven track record of working on major construction, engineering or infrastructure projects. Experience within data centres, mission-critical environments, industrial developments or similarly complex facilities would be highly advantageous.
- Degree or professional qualification in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, Cost Management or a related discipline.
- Membership of, or progress towards membership of, RICS, CIOB or a comparable professional body.
- Strong knowledge of construction contracts, procurement routes and commercial risk management.
- Excellent numerical, analytical, communication and negotiation skills.
- Proficiency in relevant cost-management and reporting systems.
- Ability to manage competing priorities and work effectively in a fast-paced project environment.
This position offers the opportunity to contribute to technically demanding projects while working with experienced professionals across the construction and engineering sectors.
Senior Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor - Data Center Construction
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