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Cost Manager - MEP - Data Centre

CompanyTurner & Townsend
LocationPerth
Work ModeOn Site
PostedNovember 10, 2026
About The Company
We're Turner & Townsend – a global programme manager. For more than 80 years, we’ve helped deliver the projects that define how people live, work and connect. From shaping resilient cities to advancing clean energy, we approach every challenge with the same goal – to make a meaningful and lasting impact. Partnering closely with our clients, we plan, manage and deliver complex projects and portfolios. Our teams bring the leadership, commercial expertise and independent advice that unlocks performance and protects investment. From the metro systems moving millions of people to the data centres powering the digital economy, we bring ambitious plans to life and deliver outcomes that matter.
About the Role

Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 62 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

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

Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com

Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Cost Manager (MEP) to join our growing Data Centres team based in our Perth office. Working with leading developers, operators, contractors, and technology providers, you will support the delivery of complex, mission-critical data centre projects across Australia. This role offers the opportunity to work on large-scale, high-value developments in a fast-paced and collaborative environment, contributing to the continued growth of our Data Centre sector and industry-leading cost management capability.

  • Measurement of all elements for preparation of cost plan
  • Pricing of individual items within a cost plan from first principals including market engagement where required
  • Preparation of cost reports
  • Assessment of tender returns and preparation of tender recommendation report
  • Assessment of contractor variations
  • Assessment of contractor payment claims and preparation of a payment recommendation to the Superintendent
  • Compilation of benchmarking and market intelligence data
  • Utilisation of our digital offering, the Hive, for implementation of all deliverables

Qualifications

  • 3+ years post graduate experience
  • RICS member or currently on the pathway to membership
  • Experience in CostX preferred
  • Experience across the life cycle of projects with experience in pre-contract, procurement, and post contract activities
  • Experience within Data Centre's is desirable 

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/

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It is strictly 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/CVs 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 place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review. 

Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects: 

Twitter

Instagram

LinkedIn

It is strictly 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/CVs 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 place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review. 

  • Department: Real estate
  • Key Skills
    Cost PlanningCost EstimationQuantity MeasurementMarket EngagementCost ReportingTender AssessmentTender RecommendationsContractor VariationsPayment Claims AssessmentBenchmarkingMarket IntelligenceCostXProcurementPre-Contract ManagementPost-Contract ManagementData Centre Projects
    Categories
    ConstructionFinance & AccountingManagement & LeadershipConsulting
    Job Information
    📋Core Responsibilities
    Measure and price project elements to prepare cost plans, reports, tender assessments, and recommendations for data centre projects. Assess contractor variations and payment claims, compile benchmarking and market intelligence, and use the Hive digital platform to deliver project outputs.
    📋Job Type
    full time
    📊Experience Level
    2-5
    💼Company Size
    19785
    📊Visa Sponsorship
    No
    💼Language
    English
    🏢Working Hours
    40 hours
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