Senior Cost Manager – Data Centre Projects

Key Responsibilities

• Lead all post-contract cost management activities across a large-scale hyperscale data centre project.
• Manage cost reporting, forecasting, cashflow, and budget control.
• Oversee change management, variations, claims, and commercial risk analysis.
• Provide commercial insight and recommendations to senior client stakeholders.
• Support procurement, contract administration, valuations, and final account processes.
• Conduct regular site engagement to validate progress, costs, and contractor performance.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary project controls, engineering, and delivery teams.
• Contribute to business growth by supporting wider team development and regional expansion.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• 10+ years’ experience in cost management / quantity surveying.
• Strong post-contract experience on data centre or high-tech industrial projects (essential).
• Demonstrable experience working directly with hyperscalers or tier-one contractors.
• Comprehensive understanding of cost drivers for complex MEP-intensive projects.
• Proficiency with major contract forms (FIDIC, NEC, JCT or equivalent).
• Advanced commercial, analytical, and reporting capability.
• Strong client-facing skills with the ability to influence and communicate effectively.
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment while contributing to business growth

• Degree in Quantity Surveying (or equivalent construction/commercial discipline) – required.
• MRICS qualification – strongly preferred.

Benefits

1. We always deliver on our promises, no matter how small 
2. We are driven to solve our clients’ problems as if paying our rent or mortgage depends on it 
3. We have a bias for action. Actions make things happen 
4. We employ the best people who are ambitious, hardworking, humble, and open to feedback. We empower them to “proceed until apprehended” 
5. We have a business owner mentality to cost management 
6. We are open, honest, and direct in our communications 
7. We have a growth mindset 
8. We reinvest our profits to create a sustainable business for the long term 

• Support high-profile capital projects across sectors such as data centres, energy, and pharmaceuticals 
• Leverage advanced technology and global resources to enhance project delivery 
• Drive innovation at scale, disrupting traditional consultancy models and setting new standards for performance 
• Offer our people unparalleled career development opportunities in a fast-evolving, international environment