Senior Project Manager - Data Centers

Turner & Townsend; City Of London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent construction consultancy is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead data centre construction projects in London. You will manage all aspects from inception to completion, ensuring project success through strategic advice and team leadership. The ideal candidate will have 5–10 years of project management experience in digital/data centres and be professionally qualified in construction or engineering.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5–10 years project management experience in digital/data centres.
• Thorough understanding of the total project life cycle from conception to post-project review.
• Excellent knowledge of main project management concepts, tools and techniques.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support large-scale data centre construction projects.
• Advise on project conception and establish success criteria.
• Manage project finances and ensure client invoicing.

Skills

Construction consultancy experience

Project management experience

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Education

Professionally qualified in construction, project management, engineering or architecture

Chartered status or on the path to achieving it

Job description

Overview

Turner & Townsend is seeking Senior Project Managers to join the Data Centre team in London. You will be responsible for leading and supporting large-scale, ground-up data centre construction projects with prominent technology clients across Europe, overseeing all aspects from inception through commissioning.

Responsibilities

• Advising at a strategic level at the project conception stage, including guidance on approaches to achieve the client’s objectives
• Leading the establishment of overall project success criteria (time, cost, technical and performance parameters)
• Planning for and managing quality, safety, health and environment issues
• Establishing effective project governance, processes and systems to be used throughout the project
• Project planning and ensuring the production of the detailed project plan
• Advising on procurement of resources
• Leading and facilitating the cross-functional project team
• Monitoring and applying performance management techniques, including KPIs to improve project performance
• Managing the change control process
• Monitoring and advising on 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
• Taking a leading role in interfacing with the client and other consultants at all project stages
• Other responsibilities, including:
  • Staff management (where appropriate)
  • Knowledge management — inputting key information and learning from each project into the internal database
  • Financial management — ensuring prompt client invoicing and monitoring project financial status
  • Process improvement — identifying and acting on ways to improve internal systems and processes

Qualifications

• Construction consultancy experience strongly preferred
• Minimum 5–10 years project management experience, preferably in digital/data centres
• Professionally qualified in construction, project management, engineering or architecture
• Chartered status or on the path to achieving it
• Thorough understanding of the total project life cycle from conception to post-project review
• Excellent knowledge and experience of main project management concepts, tools and techniques
• Design, management or construction experience in general construction environments (residential, office, fit-outs, health & education)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Additional Information

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

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SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, where applicable.

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