Cost Analyst - Data Center Construction Details

Cost Analyst - Data Center Construction

Turner & Townsend - San Francisco, CA

Employment Type : Full-Time

Company Description

At Turner & Townsend, we are passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society. With more than 6,000 professionals in 112 offices across 45 offices, we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, providing the skills and insight to improve the way they develop, deliver and operate their physical real estate assets. Across private and public sectors, our talented professionals provide the most innovative solutions for our clients’ greatest challenges. Our clients value our proactive and client-centric approach, depth of expertise, integrity, and the quality of the work we deliver. As a result, our employees get to work for the top global brands on some of the most exciting projects around the world.

Turner & Townsend are seeking an experienced Cost Analyst to join our rapidly growing Data Center construction team. The Cost Analyst will look after the client’s Work Breakdown Structure, building out how the GC costs out a data center. The Cost Analyst will also be responsible for data management, analytics and dashboard reporting development for our technology client’s large-scale data center construction program.

Job Objectives:

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  Look at all elements of construction and build it into a work structure to price it out and conduct analysis with the client.
• Manage historical cost databases by analyzing and reporting unit costs, budgets, commitments, and invoices in an electronic cost database.
• Conduct background research, data collection and benchmarking against historical system data.
• Undertaking deep dive analysis of live data to identify outliers, trends, and calculate key performance measures.
• Collaborate well and help resolve issues working with cross-functional teams to align processes and reconcile data.
• Develop and maintain databases and reporting dashboards.
• Develop and maintain data models and governance processes.
• Technical build out of Tableau (or similar products) dashboards.
• Presentation to clients and internal teams of developed dashboards.
• Coordinate and prepare presentation material.
• Mentor regional personnel and clients.
• Present high-level metrics in a simple, accessible way.

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  The ideal candidate will have construction experience or cost reporting experience on large-scale data center construction projects.
• BA/BS and/or post-graduate college degree.
• 3+ years of cost analysis experience.
• Proficiency with Microsoft and Google Suite of applications.
• Experience in Excel and Access Databases.
• Working knowledge of Primavera 6 and Oracle Contract Manager.
• Basic understanding of SQL queries and methodology to report data to project teams.
• Experience with client specific systems.
• Experience with background business applications (Oracle) and data analysis platforms (Tableau).
• Experience working with General Contractors and suppliers to produce historical cost details.
• Experience with E-Builder or other construction management tools.
• Experience with project management functions like cost, schedule and risk management.
• Experience in data centers, networking, cloud industry or related field.
• Ability to coordinate & organize multiple sources of performance data.
• Ability to build data models to support required analysis and reporting.
• Vision and design flare to translate data to best practice data visualization.
• Openness and interest to learn new data analysis & reporting.
• Advanced skills with spreadsheets, charts, and presentations.
• Ability to develop good working relationships within different client cultures and across multiple project teams.
• Good organization skills, ability to multi-task, prioritize, and be a team player.
• Drive to be proactive and self-motivated.
• Advanced presentation skills and ability to thrive in a client-facing role.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• The tenacity and ambition inject value and create solutions.

Turner & Townsend is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Equal Employment Opportunity Posters If you’d like to view a copy of the company’s affirmative action plan, please email recruitmentUSA@turntown.com. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact the Human Resources Department at 713-457-9400 or recruitmentUSA@turntown.com. This telephone line and email address is reserved solely for job seekers with disabilities requesting accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process. Please do not call about the status of your job application if you do not require accessibility assistance or an accommodation. Messages left for other purposes, such as following up on an application or non-disability related technical issues, will not receive a response

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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