Project Manager - Data Centres

Turner & Townsend Pty Limited; Granada; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend in Granada is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead data centre construction programmes. You will drive governance, cost control, schedules and stakeholder management to ensure delivery quality on complex projects.

The role requires at least 5 years in construction, fluency in English and Spanish, on-site presence five days a week, and proven leadership across multi-disciplinary teams.

Qualifications

• University degree in Engineering or a construction-related discipline.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in construction industry.
• Strong written, verbal, and analytical skills.
• Proven leadership experience with cross-functional collaboration across teams.
• High commercial awareness including project forecasting and financials.
• Solid understanding of contract documents, specs and project plans.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 and construction project management software.
• Basic knowledge of construction estimation and financial processes.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage governance, communication and management control systems for delivery of services and works.
• Review organisational structures and recommend alignment measures.
• Monitor team performance and drive safety or performance improvements.
• Audit compliance with management system requirements and report as required.
• Actively participate in project risk management and mitigation activities.
• Lead weekly technical and progress meetings and manage gateways and approvals.
• Ensure design deliverables meet schedule and quality, including fast-track procurements and permitting.
• Conduct daily site progress reviews focusing on HSE, logistics and programme.
• Produce weekly, monthly and ad-hoc progress reports and present to Employer’s representative.
• Manage and administer contracts to protect the client’s interests and issue invoices timely.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Analytical thinking

Bilingual English/Spanish

On-site availability

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

Microsoft 365

Construction PM software

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.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to join our team in Granada, specializing in data centre construction.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and manage a suite of governance, communication and management control systems for the proper conduct and assured delivery of the client’s essential services and works.
• Review the organisation structures of the parties and recommend alignment measures
• Monitor overall team performance and initiate any required safety or performance improvement measures and methodologies.
• Monitor and audit compliance with the requirements of the management systems and report as required.
• Active engagement in the Project Risk Management process to continuallyidentify project risks, actively assign and drive mitigation management activities.
• Initiate and conduct weekly technical and progress meetings relating to the services and works.
• Manage any client stage gateway reviews and attainment of conditions precedent to such approvals.
• Manage the attainment of design stage deliverables to schedule and quality that may be concurrent with any fast track works package procurements and associated permitting and approvals requirements.
• Conduct and lead site progress reviews on a daily basisto review HSE, logistics and progress against the programme.
• Produce formal reports on project progress measured against the baseline and milestone dates and agreed project-wide KPI’s.
• Prepare weekly, monthly and ad-hoc reports on project progress for the Employer’s representative, prepare and conduct presentations as required.
• Manage and administer the relevant contracts affording appropriate protection of the client’s interests.
• Manage the timely issuance of company invoices and receipts against the agreed contract.

Qualifications

• University degree in Engineering or a construction-related discipline.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in construction industry.
• Strong written, verbal, and analytical skills.
• Proven leadership experience with the ability to collaborate effectively across internal and external teams.
• High commercial awareness, including familiarity with financial management for project tracking and forecasting.
• Solid understanding of contract documents, specifications, project plans, and related documentation.
• Proficiency in Microsoft 365 and construction project management software.
• Basic knowledge of construction estimation and financial processes (payment applications, change orders, etc.).
• Highly motivated, self-driven, and capable of managing multiple projects simultaneously while prioritizing effectively.
• Fluency in English and Spanish,
• Availability for on-site work, five days per week.

Additional Information

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.

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