CSA Lead

The Launch Group; Blyth; On-site; GBP 77,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Flights and accommodation support

Career progression opportunities

Job summary

The Launch Group seeks an experienced CSA Lead for an on-site role on a major European data centre project. You will oversee Civil, Structural, and Architectural activities, manage a large CSA team and coordinate design with subcontractors from concept to handover.

You will lead reporting, project controls, and safety culture while ensuring cost, schedule and quality targets are met across the project lifecycle.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a senior project management or construction leadership role, managing large projects.
• Experience delivering large-scale projects from concept through handover is essential.
• Data centre or mission-critical construction experience is advantageous.
• Excellent leadership, organisational and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee Civil, Structural, and Architectural activities across a major construction project.
• Manage a large multidisciplinary CSA team including discipline leads and engineers.
• Provide leadership for multiple subcontractors and design coordination activities.
• Oversee contractor design activities ensuring progress and approvals ahead of construction.
• Ensure BIM processes and project standards are followed by subcontractors.
• Monitor project costs, budgets, labour, and overall performance.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

CSA coordination

BIM coordination

Stakeholder management

MS Office

Education

Degree in civil/construction engineering

Tools

BIM (Revit)

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Job description

CSA Lead (On-site)

Location: Multiple locations across Europe

Employment Type: Full-time

A leading European data centre delivery organisation is seeking an experienced CSA Lead to oversee the Civil, Structural and Architectural elements of a major, large-scale infrastructure project in Finland.

The successful candidate will provide senior leadership across the CSA function, managing multidisciplinary teams, subcontractors, design coordination, project performance, quality, and stakeholder relationships from project set-up through to handover.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee all Civil, Structural, and Architectural activities across a major construction project.
• Manage a large multidisciplinary CSA team, including discipline leads, package managers, design managers, engineers, and site supervisors.
• Provide leadership and support to teams managing multiple subcontractors and significant construction packages.
• Oversee contractor design activities, ensuring designs are progressed, coordinated, and approved ahead of construction.
• Ensure BIM processes and project standards are implemented and followed by subcontractors.
• Monitor and manage project costs, budgets, labour requirements, commissioning activities, and overall project performance.
• Lead the establishment of CSA processes, including reporting, meeting structures, project controls, and delivery schedules.
• Maintain strong relationships with clients, design teams, consultants, subcontractors, and key project stakeholders.
• Monitor project performance against agreed cost, scope, quality, and programme requirements.
• Promote high standards of Health & Safety and maintain a strong safety culture across the CSA team.
• Monitor quality performance and ensure project quality targets and standards are achieved.
• Provide regular reporting and project updates to senior project leadership.
• Support delivery from project concept and design through construction, commissioning, and final handover.
• Identify and resolve project risks and challenges while maintaining a strategic overview of the wider project.
• Provide strong leadership across the CSA function, ensuring effective delegation, prioritisation, communication, collaboration, and team performance.

Requirements

• Degree in construction, civil engineering, structural engineering, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years' experience in a senior project management or construction leadership role, managing projects valued at €50m+.
• Proven experience delivering large-scale projects from concept through to handover, with strong experience managing CSA work packages within a contracting environment.
• Experience in data centre or mission-critical construction is advantageous but not essential.
• Excellent leadership, organisational, communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills, with strong proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel.

Benefits

• Opportunity to work on major data centre and large-scale infrastructure projects.
• Collaborative and technically focused working environment.
• Career progression and professional development opportunities.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Annual bonus.
• Flights and accommodation support.