Senior Project Cost Controls Manager – Data Center Construction

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.