Project Manager - Data Center Construction

Description

The company is hiring a senior project manager to lead a large, new data center construction project for a major technology client.

You will be responsible for delivering the whole project, from the start through to commissioning.

The company works across consultancy, project delivery and post-project operations, with more than 22,000 specialists in over 60 countries.

The ideal profile combines consultancy experience, hands-on construction field experience and the ability to work effectively with clients.

Responsibilities

• Before construction begins, build the master project schedule with the GC and AE, based on the critical path and key milestones.
• Help set the project budget, covering both soft costs and hard costs.
• Help negotiate contracts, usually alongside the client's project manager and legal counsel.
• Direct the design team's activities.
• Check that the AE meets municipal and AHJ requirements.
• Organise constructability reviews of the project documents.
• Gather cost estimates from subcontractors and vendors to cover scope gaps and changes.
• Lead the value engineering effort.
• Manage the GC and other directly contracted vendors alongside the onsite construction management team.
• Run quality control and confirm work meets the required standards.
• Help the client's culture take hold so the site is run under the client's EHS policies.
• Lead procurement and coordinate owner-furnished, contractor-installed equipment.
• Report on and track project financials, including change orders and cash flow.
• Monitor the schedule and analyse it.
• Set up document control to track addenda, bulletins, new drawing sets and clarifications.
• Make sure QA/QC is followed and report any issues or gaps.
• Track key project documents, including submittals, RFIs, change orders, invoices, payments and lien releases.
• Coordinate and manage all owner-direct vendors alongside the supply chain and consultants.
• Start close-out with the client's document control team two to three months before completion, setting timelines and owners.
• Define close-out document requirements and collect everything until completion, including warranties, as-builts and O&M manuals.
• Run the punch list and the substantial and final completion process with the onsite construction management team.
• Negotiate and close out any open change orders, quality issues or disputes.
• Process and track final invoices, payment applications and retention payments.
• Prepare and submit the final project accounting and budget.
• Help the client schedule and manage owner-direct vendors and consultants.
• Where applicable, carry out SOX control duties if they form part of the role.

Requirements

• Working knowledge of formal project management methods.
• Experience taking part in cross-functional teams in a high-tech, fast-moving setting.
• Strong problem-solving, critical thinking and analytical skills.
• A track record of delivering high-quality programs.
• Ability to present to senior management to secure approvals.
• Motivated by complex problems and tight deadlines.
• Detail-focused, with strong written and verbal communication and the ability to juggle multiple tasks in a fast, changing environment.
• Preferred: experience in data center construction.

Conditions

Onsite presence and requirements may change depending on the client's needs.

The company supports a healthy, productive and flexible way of working that respects work-life balance.

The company is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace.