Senior Construction Manager

Digital Realty; City of Westminster; Vor Ort; GBP 90.000 - 120.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Digital Realty is seeking a Senior Construction Manager to oversee data center construction projects from design through commissioning. You will manage multi-project delivery, ensure on-time, within-budget outcomes, and uphold quality, safety, and client satisfaction.

The role is site-based with governance across internal teams and external consultants. You will lead project teams, manage contracts and procurement, and drive continuous improvement in delivery processes across international

Qualifikationen

• Strong experience in construction project management, preferably in data centers or a similar mission-critical environment.
• Experience with project management methodologies in multi-project environments.
• Proven experience in continuous process improvement with metrics and KPIs.
• Experience working in an international environment.
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and decision-making skills.
• Fluent English (spoken and written).

Aufgaben

• Manage multiple data center construction projects end-to-end from design to hand-over.
• Oversee and monitor on-site works and progress.
• Lead and manage project teams and contractors.
• Communicate with internal and external stakeholders.
• Manage contracts, procurement, and budgets.
• Ensure quality, safety, schedule, cost, and overall delivery.
• Identify cost-saving opportunities and flag overruns.
• Drive continuous improvement across programs.

Kenntnisse

Data center PM

Multi-project Mgmt

Continuous improvement

International experience

English fluency

Jobbeschreibung

As a Senior Construction Manager at Digital Realty, you will play a key role in overseeing the planning, coordination, and delivery of data center construction projects-from new builds to fit-outs and upgrades. You will be responsible for ensuring projects are successfully delivered on time and within budget, while maintaining the highest standards of quality, safety, and customer satisfaction.

The ideal candidate will bring a strong understanding of data center construction principles and best practices, along with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

This position will also contribute to continuously improving the design, scope definition, and execution of our construction programs. The role is site-based, ensuring strong project governance and clear roles/responsibilities across any consultant support.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage multiple data center construction projects and supporting infrastructure projects end-to-end (design, tendering, construction, commissioning/hand-over, etc.)
• Oversee and monitor on-site works and progress
• Communicate effectively with all internal and external stakeholders
• Lead and manage project teams
• Manage contracts and procurement processes
• Act as the owner of quality, schedule, cost, HSE (Health, Safety & Environment), and overall project delivery
• Manage and supervise contractors and service providers, providing guidance and support
• Identify cost-saving opportunities and proactively flag project savings/overruns to protect target values and ensure predictable capacity delivery to the business
• Promote and role-model a culture of continuous improvement, partnership, and teamwork through behaviors and communications

Requirements

• Strong experience in construction project management, preferably in data centers or a similar mission-critical environment
• Strong experience with project management methodologies, including multi-project environments
• Proven experience in continuous process improvement, including defining and managing metrics and related KPIs
• Experience working in an international environment
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and decision-making skills
• Fluent English (spoken and written)

Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL, the company's global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300+ facilities in 50+ metros across 25+ countries on six continents.

To learn more about Digital Realty, please visit digitalrealty.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

What we can offer you

Our rapidly evolving business sector offers the opportunity to be part of a courageous and passionate team who work together to understand and meet the changing needs of our global customers.

Join us and you'll be part of a supportive and inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. As part of our team, you'll get to work with people from different business areas, challenge the way we do things and put your ideas into action. We'll also give you plenty of development opportunities so you can build a rewarding and successful career with us.

Training and Development

Join our Data Center Operations team and gain the support to succeed from day one. Our onboarding program prepares you to contribute meaningfully right away, with clear career pathways and continuous training to fuel your long-term growth. From onboarding to specialized development, we equip you with the skills and opportunities to make a lasting impact in operations.

Safely Powering Progress

Safety isn't just a priority here at Digital; it's critical to everything we do. Safeguarding lives, protecting assets, and securing data aren't just ideals - they're essential pillars of our commitment to excellence for our people, our partners and our customers. We have a culture of care where every member of Team Digital embraces a relentless pursuit of working safely across Digital Realty. Together we are Safely Powering Progress.

Our Compensation Philosophy

Digital Realty offers its employees a highly competitive compensation package, excellent benefits, and an environment that recognizes and rewards your contributions. Central to our compensation philosophy is rewarding our employees for achieving the values and objectives aligned to the company's overall goals and values.