Remote Data Center Construction Jobs
Remote Data Center Construction jobs are open across the U.S. in hyperscale cloud infrastructure, colocation, and enterprise IT sectors, where distributed project teams rely on construction managers, project coordinators, and field oversight roles that can be performed remotely. Companies hiring right now include Turner & Townsend Pty Limited, Olsson, and Rippling. Scan the live roles below and apply to whichever ones fit.
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Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 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.
Job Description
Turner & Townsend is seeking a Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor to join our team and support the delivery of cost management services across large-scale data center and mission-critical construction projects. The ideal candidate will be driven, client-focused, and committed to delivering high-quality commercial outcomes throughout the project lifecycle.
Responsibilities:
- Advise clients on procurement strategies, manage vendor prequalification processes, assess proposals, bids, and bid leveling documentation, make recommendations, attend bid interviews, and support contract awards.
- Manage estimating services throughout the project lifecycle, including developing construction estimates, reviewing estimates prepared by junior team members, presenting estimates and cost plans to clients, performing benchmark analysis, and providing value engineering recommendations and risk assessments.
- Meet with contractors, consultants, and vendors to review, validate, and challenge project costs and commercial assumptions.
- Manage cost reporting by establishing reporting schedules, preparing and presenting cost reports and forecasts, reviewing project budgets and spend forecasts, maintaining commercial risk registers, and facilitating project cost reviews.
- Manage cost control processes, including payment application reviews, contractor entitlement assessments, change order evaluations, and commercial recommendations.
- Support contract administration and dispute avoidance throughout project delivery.
- Manage and monitor project invoicing processes.
- Benchmark project performance against historical and comparable projects.
- Manage all facets of final account negotiations, post-contract audits, and project closeout activities.
- Conduct lessons learned reviews and support the implementation of best practices across future projects.
- Develop procedures governing project handover and closeout activities.
- Utilize cost estimating software, takeoff software, bid analysis tools, and change management documentation to support project delivery.
- Collaborate with project managers, designers, contractors, vendors, and client stakeholders to ensure successful commercial outcomes.
- SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Cost Management, Quantity Surveying, Engineering, or a related construction discipline.
- Minimum 3-5 years of experience in cost management, quantity surveying, estimating, or commercial management within the construction industry.
- Experience supporting medium to large-scale construction projects.
- Experience supporting data center, mission-critical, advanced technology, industrial, manufacturing, or other highly technical construction projects is preferred.
- RICS accreditation or progress toward accreditation is valued.
- Construction consultancy experience is strongly preferred.
- Good understanding of construction procurement methods, value engineering, cost planning, and commercial management practices.
- Experience preparing estimates, managing budgets, reviewing change orders, and producing cost reports throughout the project lifecycle.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
- Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with multidisciplinary project teams.
Additional Information
*On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs.
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/ and www.heery.com/
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects:
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.
Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 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.
Job Description
Turner & Townsend is seeking a Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor to join our team and support the delivery of cost management services across large-scale data center and mission-critical construction projects. The ideal candidate will be driven, client-focused, and committed to delivering high-quality commercial outcomes throughout the project lifecycle.
Responsibilities:
- Advise clients on procurement strategies, manage vendor prequalification processes, assess proposals, bids, and bid leveling documentation, make recommendations, attend bid interviews, and support contract awards.
- Manage estimating services throughout the project lifecycle, including developing construction estimates, reviewing estimates prepared by junior team members, presenting estimates and cost plans to clients, performing benchmark analysis, and providing value engineering recommendations and risk assessments.
- Meet with contractors, consultants, and vendors to review, validate, and challenge project costs and commercial assumptions.
- Manage cost reporting by establishing reporting schedules, preparing and presenting cost reports and forecasts, reviewing project budgets and spend forecasts, maintaining commercial risk registers, and facilitating project cost reviews.
- Manage cost control processes, including payment application reviews, contractor entitlement assessments, change order evaluations, and commercial recommendations.
- Support contract administration and dispute avoidance throughout project delivery.
- Manage and monitor project invoicing processes.
- Benchmark project performance against historical and comparable projects.
- Manage all facets of final account negotiations, post-contract audits, and project closeout activities.
- Conduct lessons learned reviews and support the implementation of best practices across future projects.
- Develop procedures governing project handover and closeout activities.
- Utilize cost estimating software, takeoff software, bid analysis tools, and change management documentation to support project delivery.
- Collaborate with project managers, designers, contractors, vendors, and client stakeholders to ensure successful commercial outcomes.
- SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Cost Management, Quantity Surveying, Engineering, or a related construction discipline.
- Minimum 3-5 years of experience in cost management, quantity surveying, estimating, or commercial management within the construction industry.
- Experience supporting medium to large-scale construction projects.
- Experience supporting data center, mission-critical, advanced technology, industrial, manufacturing, or other highly technical construction projects is preferred.
- RICS accreditation or progress toward accreditation is valued.
- Construction consultancy experience is strongly preferred.
- Good understanding of construction procurement methods, value engineering, cost planning, and commercial management practices.
- Experience preparing estimates, managing budgets, reviewing change orders, and producing cost reports throughout the project lifecycle.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
- Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with multidisciplinary project teams.
Additional Information
*On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs.
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/ and www.heery.com/
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects:
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.
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Who's Hiring
- Turner & Townsend Pty Limited13
- Olsson2
- Rippling2
- TensorWave2
- Google1
Top Industries Hiring
- Consulting & Professional Services
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote data center construction jobs.
- 5 or more years of experience managing commercial or mission-critical construction projects
- Proficiency in reading and executing MEP drawings and electrical one-line diagrams
- OSHA 30 construction certification or willingness to obtain before start date
- Experience with critical systems commissioning including UPS, generators, and cooling infrastructure
- Familiarity with Tier classification standards and design redundancy requirements
- Proficiency in project management software such as Procore, Bluebeam, or Microsoft Project
Tips for Your Remote Data Center Construction Job Search
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote data center construction openings from across the U.S. in one place, so you can find roles that match your experience level and specialization and apply directly without sorting through unrelated listings.
Prove remote readiness in your application materials
Call out your experience with async communication and construction management platforms like Procore, Autodesk Build, or Bluebeam in your resume and cover letter. Remote hiring managers want evidence you can coordinate across time zones and document decisions clearly without being on site.
Target firms with multi-site build programs
Hyperscale cloud developers, colocation operators, and EPC firms running portfolios across multiple regions are the most consistent sources of remote construction roles. Focus your search on organizations with active pipeline in several states, because those programs are structured for distributed oversight.
Prepare for a remote-first interview format
Remote data center construction interviews often include a structured walkthrough of a past project, covering scope, schedule, budget, and how you managed subcontractor communication without daily in-person presence. Have a specific project ready to discuss in detail, with outcomes you can quantify.
Remote Data Center Construction Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote data center construction job?
Target companies that run distributed construction programs, such as hyperscale cloud developers, colocation operators, and engineering-procurement-construction firms with multi-site portfolios, because those organizations already have remote coordination built into their workflows. Remote employers screen for self-directed project management, strong written communication, and proficiency with construction management platforms like Procore or Autodesk Build. Candidates who can document completed projects with clear scope, budget, and schedule outcomes stand out without relying on in-person visibility.
Which companies hire remote data center constructions?
Remote data center construction roles are posted by Turner & Townsend Pty Limited, Olsson, and Rippling and others right now, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. These tend to be hyperscale cloud operators, colocation providers, and large EPC firms that manage multi-site build programs and need experienced coordinators who can oversee projects across multiple regions from a central remote role.
Can you get a remote data center construction job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry-level roles in data center construction are harder to land because employers expect you to manage ambiguity and communicate progress without in-person oversight from day one. Smaller EPC contractors and construction technology firms occasionally hire junior project coordinators or document control specialists remotely. Showing familiarity with construction management software, completing a relevant certification such as OSHA 30 or a Procore product certification, and presenting any project coordination experience from internships or freelance work all help open the door.
Do you need a degree for remote data center construction jobs?
Not always. Remote employers in data center construction weigh demonstrated project outcomes, software proficiency, and relevant certifications heavily alongside or instead of a four-year degree. Candidates with construction management credentials, PMP certification, or a strong portfolio of completed critical-facility projects are competitive even without a bachelor's degree. Roles with higher complexity, such as program manager or owner's representative positions, are more likely to list a degree as a preference.
Which industries hire the most remote data center constructions?
Most remote data center construction openings sit in Consulting & Professional Services, per current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. These sectors rely on distributed construction teams because their infrastructure programs run across multiple regions simultaneously, making centralized remote coordination more efficient than staffing each site independently.
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