Associate / Associate Director (MEP Cost Management) – Data Centre

Company: Turner & Townsend
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Location: London
Job Description:

Overview

In this Associate Director role, you will lead cost consultancy activities for a diverse real estate portfolio within the MEP Real Estate team. You’ll help drive high-quality, value-driven cost management across the project lifecycle, coordinating procurement, tendering and post-contract activities. You’ll mentor teams, uphold safety and values, and ensure clear delivery of project scope to clients. This is a shaping role at scale, leveraging technical expertise to solve complex problems and deliver clients’ objectives.

Pay / Benefits

  • flexible working environment
  • focus on work-life balance
  • inclusive culture
  • opportunity to affect change

Responsibilities

  • Lead and coordinate cost consultancy activities (feasibility estimating, cost planning, procurement, tendering, value engineering, post-contract management)
  • Ensure a safe working environment and promote company values
  • Foster team engagement, collaboration and high performance
  • Drive performance standards through coaching and effective communication
  • Contribute to projects requiring technical evaluation, analysis and problem solving
  • Provide technical guidance to team members on project and technical matters
  • Clearly communicate project scope, roles and responsibilities for successful delivery
  • Oversee and manage service delivery to achieve high-quality outcomes and client satisfaction

Key requirements

  • Proven track record delivering cost management/quantity surveying across full project lifecycle
  • Professionally qualified (RICS or similar) or working towards
  • Degree or HNC level qualification
  • Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
  • Experience delivering MEP elements for clients
  • Knowledge and contacts within the MEP supply chain (tier 1 and below)
  • Commercially astute with good negotiation skills
  • Excellent communication
  • Leadership and coaching
  • Collaboration and teamwork
  • Cost management/quantity surveying
  • MEP elements delivery
  • Tendering and procurement

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Posted: October 1st, 2026