Senior Project Manager - Data Centers Development
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Key responsibilities:
- Client and Program Leadership
- Serve as the primary day-to-day client representative and trusted advisor for assigned data center development projects.
- Manage client relationships through proactive communication, issue resolution, and strategic guidance.
- Lead project governance processes, reporting, stakeholder management, and executive-level presentations.
- Coordinate multi-disciplinary consultant teams and ensure alignment across all project stakeholders.
- Support business development initiatives and identify opportunities for expanded service delivery within client accounts.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with developers, investors, landowners, utility providers, consultants, and local authorities.
- Development Management
- Lead data center projects from site screening and acquisition through development and readiness for construction execution.
- Manage development schedules, budgets, risks, and key project milestones.
- Oversee feasibility studies, site evaluations, due diligence activities, and technical assessments.
- Coordinate development activities including:
- Site selection
- Land acquisition support
- Utility assessments
- Capacity and infrastructure evaluations
- Environmental due diligence
- Zoning and entitlement processes
- Permitting strategies
- Infrastructure planning
- Track and manage project development risks and develop mitigation strategies.
- Ensure development activities align with overall client business objectives, schedule requirements, and investment criteria.
- Design Phase Services
- Support development of Minimum Functionality Case, plus enhancement identification.
- Support and contribute to Value Engineering efforts (selection, coordination, comment follow-up and verification).
- Assist in identifying long-lead items procurement items, providing input/feedback/research related to construction market conditions.
- Assist with preparation of request for proposal for general contractor and commissioning agent procurements.
- Assist in establishing the success criteria for the project construction, including schedule, cost, technical and quality performance parameters.
- Review design and construction drawings against project requirements and for constructability issues and concerns, with follow-up and verification with GC and A/E.
- Participate in risk identification and mitigation planning for cost and schedule risks.
- Assist in developing baseline schedule and provide regular progress update on all activities.
- Participate in Criticality Assessment (workshop to identify critical aspects of design and construction that may require owner witness/hold points and oversight of inspection, testing and acceptance).
- Design and Construct
- Participate in Interface with local authorities having jurisdiction, developers, on issues regarding site development, e.g., utility tie-ins, permitting, etc.
- Participate in review of Product Data Submittals in coordination with technical reviewers.
- Coordinate with Commissioning Agent during development of Commissioning Plan and execution of Plan.
- Review project submittals and RFI.
- Construction Phase Services including Commissioning and Handover to Operations
- Reviews the general contractors and key subcontractors project schedule for alignment with contract requirements.
- Provide oversight of general contractor during construction phase activities, including regular site visits and review construction work.
- Attend daily construction status meetings and Owner, Architect, Contractor meetings as scheduled.
- Review and report on the overall construction effort and progress.
- Evaluate of the project schedule with relation to actual field production.
- Coordination with Cost and Scheduling representatives for project reporting and dashboard updates.
- Coordination with Document Controller to ensure project documentation is loaded into client system of record.
- Supports observation and issue tracking/resolution and punch-list, coordination with A/E.
- Support In-Process and Final Inspection and Test activity conducted by GC and Commissioning Agent.
- Education/Experience:
- A minimum of 8 years’ project management experience with a significant focus on data center development projects.
- Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Real Estate Development, Architecture, Project Management or equivalent.
- Demonstrated experience leading projects from land acquisition through handover to construction or delivery teams
- Strong financial, commercial and risk management capabilities
- Proficient – expert experience level using Microsoft tools (MS Project, Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
- The salary range for this full-time role is $130K-$165K per year. Ranges are determined by role and level and represent a good faith effort to provide a fair and equitable salary. This range is a reflection of base salary only, not of a total compensation package. Please note Turner & Townsend reserves the right to pay more or less than the posted range, depending on candidate’s experience and qualifications.
- 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/
- 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.
- 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.
Qualifications
- Strong understanding of data center development, entitlement, and pre-construction processes.
- Ability to lead, coordinate & organize multiple stakeholders including general contractor and deliver project/program status reports as required.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- The tenacity and drive to inject value and create solutions.
- Develops good working relationships with project team and clients
- Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast paced consulting environment
- Ability to travel up to 25% as required by clients.
About Turner & Townsend
Delivers project and cost management services for construction and infrastructure.
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