Project Manager (m/f/d) - Data Centres

Turner & Townsend; Düsseldorf; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is recruiting an experienced Project Manager (m/f/d) to join our expanding Data Centre team in Düsseldorf, Germany. You will oversee pre-construction, construction, commissioning and close-out phases of hyperscale data centre projects for a global technology client.

With a market-leading client base and opportunities to lead strategic commissions, you will manage cost, schedule and vendor performance on on-site projects, ensuring successful delivery and client satisfaction.

Qualifications

• A construction related academic qualification /degree (e.g. construction, project management, engineering, surveying or architecture).
• Min. 5 years of working experiences in project management for construction projects; experiences in Data Centre constructions preferred.
• Advanced skills with spreadsheets, report writing and presentations.
• Strong and professional communication skills, with great organization skills, ability to multi-task.
• Must have a “team attitude”, be self-motivated and be willing to support other groups and projects when required.
• Fluent in English, min. B2 German level.
• Availability to work on-site.

Responsibilities

• Manage overall project cost, schedule and budgets.
• Manage substation projects (mid-voltage).
• Manage General Contractor and other directly contracted vendors and consultants.
• Analyse, track and effectively manage critical milestone activities to avoid schedule slip.
• Run and lead client and other required meetings.
• Identify the factors that influence construction costs and can monitor and report on this data.
• Support engineering decisions relating to the project cost and budget while design-build changes take place during construction.
• Review requests for payment.
• Record occurrence that might result in a claim - acting on the client’s behalf.
• Managing the flow of project information between the team and the client, through regular meetings and written communications.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Organization

Team player

German language

English fluency

Education

Construction related degree

Job description

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 are leaders in professional services to the Data Centre sector globally. Due to the continued success and expansion of our Data Centre business in Germany we are currently recruiting for an experienced Project Manager (m/f/d) to join our Data Centre team in Düsseldorf.

In this role, you will oversee the pre-construction, construction, commissioning, and close-out phases of a hyperscale, state of the art data center project for a global technology client.

With a market leading client base and the opportunity to take the lead on strategic commissions and high-profile projects, this is an exciting time to join the business unit and grow a career with Turner & Townsend.

• Manage overall project cost, schedule and budgets.
• Manage substation projects (mid-voltage).
• Manage General Contractor and other directly contracted vendors and consultants.
• Analyse, track and effectively manage critical milestone activities to avoid schedule slip.
• Run and lead client and other required meetings.
• Identify the factors that influence construction costs and can monitor and report on this data.
• Support engineering decisions relating to the project cost and budget while design-build changes take place during construction.
• Review requests for payment.
• Record occurrence that might result in a claim - acting on the client’s behalf.
• Managing the flow of project information between the team and the client, through regular meetings and written communications.

Qualifications

• A construction related academic qualification /degree (e.g. construction, project management, engineering, surveying or architecture).
• Min. 5 years of working experiences in project management for construction projects; experiences in Data Centre constructions preferred.
• Advanced skills with spreadsheets, report writing and presentations.
• Strong and professional communication skills, with great organization skills, ability to multi-task.
• Must have a “team attitude”, be self-motivated and be willing to support other groups and projects when required.
• Fluent in English, min. B2 German level.
• Availability to work on-site.

Additional Information

Our people share our Purpose and Values. Turner & Townsend provides a great place to work, where everyone can make change happen and influence a better world.

We champion our people to succeed in both 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. We actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

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.