M&E Client Side Project Manager- Data Centres

Lord Search & Selection; Hoddesdon; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the construction sector is seeking a Project Manager specializing in M&E services to oversee various building services projects across their data center portfolio. This long-term opportunity involves project management responsibilities, ensuring project quality while leading multidisciplinary teams to enhance infrastructure resilience.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing building services (M&E).
• Technical services experience in data centres.
• Capable of driving teams for troubleshooting projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage project scope, timeline, and budget.
• Oversee construction and retrofitting activities.
• Collaborate with contractors and vendors for project turnovers.

Skills

Project Management

Electrical

Mechanical

BMS Knowledge

Construction Oversight

Job description

This is a Client side opportunity working within Construction Projects team for a significant Data Centre owner / operator. With multiple sites and more coming on stream this is a busy role whereby you will be Project Managing various building services schemes across the portfolio

These projects for example could be:

Managing new green filed sites to operational status

Expansion of Brown field existing assets

End of life asset replacement

Retrofitting and upgrades

All works are within the BMS, Electrical or Mechanical (cooling) disciplines so both technical services experience and data centre live site experience are important. The Project Manager is ultimately responsible for project oversight and review of all disciplines including electrical, mechanical, controls, and architectural. A fundamental understanding of these systems is required, as the individual will be expected to identify areas for improvement as well as act on data provided from other team and organisations

This role requires both independent contribution as well as the ability to work within multi-disciplinary teams and internal business units. The Project Manager is responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control and completion of specific projects ensuring consistency with company strategy, commitments and goals

Responsibilities include:

Project management and oversight of build and retrofitting related activities as they relate to modifying existing infrastructure for the purpose of installing new or to replace end of life equipment. This will include the ownership of the project scope, timeline, and budget. - Provide project management for specific initiatives aimed at increasing the resiliency of the data centers.

Construction/project package drawing review. - Creation of project scope, request for proposals, and capital requests. - Total project quality including the creation of a commissioning plan and oversight of the execution. - Recording and reporting key metrics to team members and management. - Operational support including review of procedures, best practices, and maintenance initiatives. -

Drive teams to perform troubleshooting and root cause failure analysis associated with equipment or electrical failures. - Work with contractors and vendors to deliver efficient and high quality project turnovers. - Be a leader within the group as well as within internal and external teams that support the data center.

This is a great long term opportunity within a great industry

Role is outside IR35

Candidates must be UK based and happy to conduct site visits as appropriate

Please note your main skill set and expertise must be M&E (Building Services). This is not a general or IT PM position

Your expert recruitment consultant is Trevor Parsons, call today on (phone number removed) or email (url removed) Eden Brown is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Eden Brown is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.