Estimator - Data Center Construction

  • Full-time
  • Department: Real Estate

Company Description

 

At Turner & Townsend, we are passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.

In over 130 countries worldwide, we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects. Across private and public sectors, our talented professionals provide the most innovative solutions for our clients’ greatest challenges.

Our team is dynamic, innovative and client-focused. Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity and the quality we deliver.  As a result our people get to work on some of the most exciting projects in the world.

Job Description

 

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Estimator to act as the day-to-day interface with our key technology client and drive large-scale data center construction projects to achieve excellent outcomes.

This role is to provide cost control and estimating services on our client’s global data center construction program. To be successful in this role you must have great communication skills and be comfortable operating in a client-facing role.

 

Responsibilities:

  • Developing cost plans and estimates from concept through detailed design.
  • Supporting Client land acquisitions.
  • Delivering and presenting updated cost plans at appropriate design milestones.
  • Reviewing proposed design changes/new technologies and prepare estimates within appropriate accuracy levels.
  • Understanding design stages and estimate levels.
  • Providing commercial input to design optioneering and input into value engineering exercises.
  • Preparing cash commit forecasts for the construction life cycle.
  • Working collaboratively with stakeholders in the preparation of estimates/ cost plans.
  • Analyzing labor markets and cost drivers such as Unions & Tax.
  • Supporting our Client’s with monthly presentations.
  • Delivering Life Cycle Costing models.
  • Benchmarking integration to ensure accurate data capture.

Qualifications

 

  • Experience in a construction cost management role such as Estimating, Cost Engineer, Project Engineer, Project Cost Controls etc.
  • Experience using Estimating software such as Bluebeam, On-Screen Takeoff, etc.
  • College and/or post-graduate degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or field related to construction.
  • Excellent communicator and thrives in a client facing role.
  • Experience supporting program level cost management for medium or large scale construction projects.
  • Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as value management and value engineering.

Additional Information

 


Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance. 

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/

Turner & Townsend does not accept any speculative or unsolicited CV’s that have been sent to our internal recruitment team or hiring managers from agencies outside of our preferred supplier list or that have not followed due process. Any speculative or unsolicited CV’s will be treated as a direct application.


All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.


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