Responsibilities
- Own cost planning across all project phases — from concept and pre-design through construction documents and GMP negotiation
- Develop detailed estimates for civil, structural, MEP, HV/LV power, cooling, fuel systems, and shell construction
- Maintain real-time cost forecasts across all active projects; track actuals vs. budget and surface variances early
- Own change order review: assess scope validity, commercial accuracy, and contract entitlement before recommending approval
- Prepare executive-level cost reports across the portfolio — clear, scannable, exception-based
- Manage contingency tracking and cost risk registers across project phases
- Lead value engineering exercises with design and construction teams to optimise cost without compromising scope or schedule
- Support GC and subcontractor procurement: bid leveling, scope gap analysis, and contract negotiation input
- Advise on contract structure and commercial risk allocation across delivery models
- Build the cost management function from the ground up: tools, templates, workflows, and reporting cadence
- Establish and maintain a unit cost benchmark database covering key DC cost categories — from $/MW to equipment and trade breakdowns
- Contribute to precon planning on new sites, including order-of-magnitude estimates to support site selection and investment decisions
Requirements
- Experience with cost management, quantity surveying, or construction estimating
- Meaningful hands-on experience on data center or mission-critical construction — hyperscale, colo, or large-scale build-to-suit
- Deep understanding of the DC cost stack: civil, structural, MEP, HV/LV power, cooling (CRAC/CRAH, DLC, immersion), emergency power, and IT fit-out
- Understands how design decisions — power density, redundancy tier, cooling strategy — translate directly to capital cost
- Comfortable benchmarking at $/MW, $/SF, and $/kW; knows what drives variation between projects
- Strong change order discipline: can assess pricing validity, identify scope gaps, and document entitlement
- Familiar with GMP, lump sum, and cost-plus contract structures
- Proficient with cost management tooling (Procore, Sage, or equivalent); can build process from scratch
- Degree in construction management, quantity surveying, engineering, or related field
- Builder mindset — comfortable setting up function and process where little exists, and operating with urgency in a fast-moving program
Nice to Have
- Owner-side experience strongly preferred; GC or QS consulting backgrounds considered if DC domain knowledge is deep
Benefits
- Competitive total compensation package (salary + equity)
- Retirement or pension plan, in line with local norms
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Generous PTO policy, in line with local norms
Team
Team size: small
