Senior Cost Manager
Discipline: Quantity Surveying / Cost Management
Industry: Data Center Construction
Location: South Bend, IN
Role Overview
We are currently recruiting for a Senior Cost Manager to support the delivery of complex data center construction projects. This is an opportunity to join an established team working across mission-critical developments, including new build facilities, expansions, and infrastructure upgrades.
The successful candidate will play a key role in overseeing the commercial and contractual performance of large-scale data center projects, ensuring value for money, strong cost control, and effective stakeholder management throughout the project lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as an integral member of the commercial team accountable for project cost and contractual performance
- Support the delivery of value for money across all stages of the project lifecycle
- Undertake post-contract duties in line with established commercial and procurement strategies
- Lead cost planning, estimating, procurement, and change management processes
- Monitor and manage budgets, forecasts, and cost reporting
- Ensure compliance with Environmental, Health, Safety, Security, and Quality standards
- Manage and administer construction contracts
- Support stakeholder engagement and client account development
- Prioritise workloads effectively to meet project deadlines
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across project delivery processes
Qualifications
- Degree qualified in Quantity Surveying or a related construction discipline
Experience
- Demonstrable CSA (Civil, Structural, Architectural) cost management experience
- Experience delivering data center or other mission-critical construction projects
- Proven technical and project delivery experience
- Background within consultancy, contractor, developer, or client-side organisations
- Strong stakeholder management experience
- Experience managing multiple workstreams and meeting tight deadlines
Behaviours & Competencies
- Positive collaborator and team player who shares knowledge and supports colleagues
- Proactive, solution-oriented approach
- Strong commercial awareness with a focus on delivering measurable results
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Committed to delivering high standards of customer service and commercial performance
What’s on Offer
- $130,000 - $160,000 + benefits package
- $10,000 - $15,000 relocation allowance
- Hybrid and flexible working arrangements
- Ongoing professional development and mentoring opportunities
- Exposure to large-scale, high-profile data center developments
- Opportunity to work within a collaborative, high-performance team environment
