Project Director - Data Centres (Nordics)

Arcadis; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcadis, a world-leading design, engineering and consultancy firm, seeks an experienced Project Director to lead one of its largest data centre construction projects in the Nordics. The role is based in the UK with potential significant international travel (11/3 rotation), delivering across pre-construction, construction and close-out phases.

You will manage all stages, drive IMS development, coordinate with clients and contractors, and ensure delivery on time and within budget.

Qualifications

• Experience with large-scale technical projects and construction techniques.
• Strong understanding of contracts and commercial terms across multiple contract forms.
• Proven track record delivering large critical infrastructure projects.
• Demonstrated knowledge of health, safety and environment in construction.
• Ability to manage multiple technical disciplines and interface with clients.
• Experience leading large teams and coordinating with owner’s representatives.
• Experience on hyperscale data centre builds or refurbishments is advantageous.
• Willingness to commit to significant international travel.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of hyperscale data centre projects from pre-construction through close-out.
• Manage master project schedule and budget with client and GC.
• Oversee contractor design elements and constructability reviews.
• Support permit applications and contract negotiations.
• Coordinate owner-direct vendors and consultants and manage IMS development.
• Ensure on-time delivery and budget adherence across the project phases.
• Provide contractual support and liaise with client and commercial teams.
• Coordinate value engineering and schedule tracking with client teams.

Skills

Large-scale projects

Contractual & commercial

HSE in construction

Client interface

Team leadership

Data centre delivery

International travel

Cross-disciplinary coordination

Job description

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description

Play a key role delivering tech sector mega-projects.

We are looking for an experienced Project Director to join our rapidly growing team. You will play a key role leading the delivery of one of our biggest data centre construction projects in the Nordics.

The successful candidate will be based either 100% in country, or there will be significant international travel to the Nordics (11/3 rotation)

Role accountabilities

You’ll be responsible for managing all stages of hyperscale data centre construction projects, taking projects through pre-construction, construction, and close out/fit-up.

Day-to-day this includes but is not limited to:

Pre-construction

• Liaise with all relevant stakeholders to ensure delivery of the project
• Working with the client and general contractor to create and establish the Master Project Schedule and Master Project Budget
• Procuring and managing the delivery of contractor designed elements for inclusion into the final IFC
• Carry out constructability reviews during design phase
• Support the AE in the application of permits for the project
• Managing Contractor pre-qualification, bid solicitation, bid analysis and recommendations
• Supporting contract negotiations
• Assisting the client and the Client’s team in identifying, scoping, buying-out and scheduling of all Owner-direct vendors and consultants
• Manage the process for funding requests to facilitate the construction process
• Manage the development of the IMS

Construction

• Manage and implement a robust HSE culture across the project
• Managing the General Contractors and other directly contracted vendors on the ground
• Manage the IMS for successful on time delivery
• Manage the project control functions across the project
• Mange the QCx teams for successful delivery through the construction phase
• Provide contractual support to the client
• Ensure the project is delivered on time and to budget
• Manage the delivery of Contractor designed portions of the work
• Coordinating Value Engineering efforts during the construction phase
• Working with the Client’s commercial and PCG team to develop Budget Management and Tracking
• Liaising with the Client’s schedule management team to provide Schedule monitoring, tracking and analysis

Close out/Fit up

• Initiating close out process prior to project commencement, typically two to three months in advance pf Contractor awards
• Ensure tagging process is managed throughout the lifecycle of the project
• Manage the commissioning of the Owner Furnished Equipment and delivery to site
• Establish a robust commissioning procedure
• Establishing close out documentation requirements with the Client’s document controller. Collect and track receipt of all close out documents until completion, including warranties, as-builts, O&M manuals, etc.
• Assisting with City and/or other Authority final inspections and occupancy process.
• Assisting the Client in scheduling, coordination and management of all Owner-direct vendors, consultants.

Qualifications & Experience

First and foremost, you share our passion for improving the quality of life. You pride yourself for the part you play in transforming the world around you and understand the importance of teamwork. You are a technically capable and come to us with:

• An in-depth understanding of large-scale technical projects and construction techniques.
• Contractual and commercial understanding of multiple forms of contract
• Track record in delivery of large critical infrastructure projects
• Can demonstrate an in depth knowledge of HSE in construction
• Ability to manage technical disciplines.
• Experience of a client interface role
• Experience of managing a large scale team
• Experience working on Data Centre new build and refurbishment projects, preferably on hyperscale builds, would be advantageous
• Ability to coordinate the work of other discipline specific Owner’s Representatives to achieve the objectives set by the client
• Ability to commit to significant international travel

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.