Senior Data Center Project Lead — Construction & Delivery

Turner & Townsend; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead large-scale, ground-up data centre projects in London for prominent tech clients across Europe. You will guide delivery from inception to commissioning, interfacing with clients and consultants throughout.

The role requires Chartered status or on the path to it, and strong experience in construction/project management with excellent communication. A collaborative, governance-driven approach is essential.

Qualifications

• Strategic advisory at project conception and objective setting.
• Establishing success criteria for time, cost, quality and performance.
• Understanding quality, safety, health and environment obligations.

Responsibilities

• Advising at a strategic level at the project conception stage, including providing advice on the different approaches that can be adopted in order to successfully achieve the client’s overall objectives.
• Leading the establishment of the overall success criteria for the project, including time, cost, technical and performance parameters.
• Planning for and the ongoing management of quality, safety, health and environment issues.
• Establishing effective project governance, processes and systems to be utilised throughout project.
• Project planning, including ensuring the production of the detailed project plan.
• Advising upon the procurement of resources.
• Leading and facilitating the overall cross-functional project team.
• Monitoring and applying performance management techniques, including the use of KPI’s to improve project performance.
• Managing the change control process.
• Monitoring and advising upon project finances.
• Managing the flow of project information between the team and the client, through regular meetings and written communications.
• Ensuring the production of formal project progress and other reports; and
• Taking a leading role in interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

KPI monitoring

Strategic advisory

Procurement guidance

Budget/finance awareness

Stakeholder communication

Education

Chartered status or on path to achieving

Professionally qualified in construction / project management / engineering / architecture

Job description

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead large-scale, ground-up data centre projects in London for prominent tech clients across Europe. You will guide delivery from inception to commissioning, interfacing with clients and consultants throughout.

The role requires Chartered status or on the path to it, and strong experience in construction/project management with excellent communication. A collaborative, governance-driven approach is essential.