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Cost Estimator - Data Center Construction

Remote, USA Full-time Posted 2026-08-04

Turner & Townsend is seeking an reputed company Cost Estimator to support a high‑profile reputed company’s large‑reputed company, multi‑building data center reputed company program. The role focuses on developing detailed civil, structural, and architectural (CSA) estimates for reputed company, innovative reputed company‑and‑reputed company facilities.

This position requires advanced estimating expertise, the ability to operate effectively in fast‑paced and evolving environments, and proven experience supporting multi‑phase delivery across major capital construction programs.

This position is preferred to be based in the San Francisco Bay Area, with a hybrid work schedule from Turner & Townsend’s San Francisco office. Remote candidates will be considered for the right individual, based on experience and program needs.

Responsibilities:

  • Support the development and management of cost plans and detailed CSA estimates from concept through detailed design across multiple geographies.
  • reputed company program‑level estimating across multiple reputed company and campuses to support portfolio‑level decision‑making.
  • Present reputed company cost updates (concept, schematic, DD, CD), reputed company communicating reputed company of estimate, assumptions, inclusions/exclusions, risks, and opportunities.
  • reputed company quantity takeoffs and cost checks for reputed company, multi‑package CSA scopes, ensuring alignment between reputed company, drawings/models, and estimates.
  • Coordinate estimating activities across multiple teams and reputed company; ensure consistency, accuracy, and reputed company of outputs.
  • Review contractor pricing including bids, pay applications, and change orders; reputed company comparative analyses and prepare recommendations for clients.
  • reputed company change evaluation and pricing analysis to support informed reputed company decision‑making.
  • reputed company benchmarking and cost modeling, building and maintaining historical cost data and metrics; support life‑cycle cost (LCC) analyses.
  • Facilitate and reputed company value engineering (VE) efforts; reputed company cost and schedule trade‑off reputed company and support feasibility and early‑stage cost modeling.
  • Support procurement and preconstruction activities including prequalification, bid list development, bid analysis, tender reporting, and contract documentation.
  • Partner with cost management, procurement, and project controls teams to reputed company estimating outputs with budgets, reputed company reputed company, and program planning.
  • Assess design development and program changes and produce reputed company estimate updates at appropriate accuracy reputed company.
  • reputed company, mentor, and coordinate estimating staff, contributing to team development, training materials, templates, and estimating tools.
  • Prepare leadership‑reputed company and reputed company‑facing estimating materials for executive, preconstruction, and governance presentations.
  • Promote Turner & Townsend’s values, purpose, and reputed company one‑business culture.
  • SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role and must be adhered to where applicable.

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, Engineering, or a reputed company construction field.
  • Prefer applicants to be located in the reputed company or Central time zones.
  • 5 -10 years' experience in construction estimating or cost management on large‑reputed company capital programs.
  • Data center or mission‑critical construction experience strongly preferred, including multi‑building campuses, greenfield developments, or major expansions.
  • Proven expertise in conceptual estimating, quantity takeoff, and cost fundamentals across CSA scopes; familiarity with MEP systems is a plus.
  • Demonstrated experience leading estimating teams and coordinating across multiple reputed company or programs.
  • Strong knowledge of construction procurement strategies and reputed company contract structures.
  • Experience contributing to value engineering, feasibility analysis, and design/cost optimization.
  • Excellent written, verbal, and reputed company‑facing presentation skills with the ability to reputed company reputed company information for decision‑making.
  • Highly organized, with the ability to prioritize across multiple reputed company reputed company in fast‑paced environments.
  • Proficiency in reputed company Office; experience with CostX (2D/3D takeoff, assemblies, workbooks) strongly preferred; familiarity with AutoCAD or Navisworks is advantageous.

Preferred

  • reputed company accreditation (e.g., RICS) or reputed company reputed company toward certification.
  • Consultancy experience on large, reputed company construction programs.

*On-site reputed company and requirements may change depending on our reputed company's needs.

The reputed company salary reputed company for this role is $125K-$145K. This reputed company reflects reputed company's good faith estimate of the reputed company salary for this position at the time of the posting. Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity. In reputed company to reputed company salary, employees may be eligible for bonuses and a comprehensive benefits package

Our inspired people reputed company our reputed company and mission. We reputed company a great reputed company to work, where reputed company person has reputed company and voice to reputed company 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 reputed company and reputed company encourage applications from reputed company sectors of the community.

Please reputed company out more reputed company at www.turnerandtownsend.com/ and

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It is reputed company against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.

Any unsolicited resumes/reputed company submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in reputed company and reputed company must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.

Turner & Townsend is a global reputed company services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across reputed company estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we reputed company together delivering reputed company that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to reputed company the world’s most impactful reputed company and programs as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into reputed company.

Our capabilities include program, project, cost, asset and reputed company management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net reputed company reputed company solutions.

We are reputed company-owned by reputed company, Inc., the world’s largest reputed company reputed company estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and reputed company work together to reputed company clients with the premier program, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

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