Project Manager/Construction Manager-Data Center

Turner & Townsend; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend in Hong Kong seeks a Data Center Construction Manager to lead construction management of new data hall projects and capital upgrades. You will own scope, quality, schedule and budget, coordinating with design and project teams.

The role requires 5+ years in live data centers or critical infrastructure, strong stakeholder and vendor management, and hands-on experience with MEP systems, drawings, and contracting processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in engineering or construction; 5+ years in data centers or critical infra.
• 5+ years in live data centers or critical infrastructure.
• Experience reading construction specs and drawings.

Responsibilities

• Lead construction management for data hall projects and capital upgrades.
• Identify risks, optimize buildability and control costs.
• Interface with general contractors during bidding, execution and closeout.
• Coordinate scope, RFPs and vendor evaluations.
• Perform cost control and site inspections to certify payments.
• Ensure QC and compliance with regulations and SLAs.
• Drive root-cause analysis for equipment failures.

Skills

Construction project management

Data center experience

Stakeholder management

Vendor management

Negotiation

Cost control

Reading drawings

Education

Bachelor’s degree in building services, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, construction management

10+ years relevant experience (in lieu of degree)

Tools

MS Project

Primavera P6

Job description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com

Who is Turner & Townsend?

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com

Job Description

Overview

The Data Center Construction Manager will be responsible for construction project management and oversight of construction-related activities as they relate to new data hall projects or system enhancement or general capital projects. This includes ownership of the project scope, quality, schedule, and budget.Responsibilities as below:

• Own leadership throughout the construction, working closely with design and project teams to identify project risks, optimize buildability and support cost-effective delivery solutions.
• Proactively identifying construction, commercial, procurement and contractual risks and implementing mitigation measures.
• Direct interface with construction general contractors and other vendors during the bidding, award, execution, and project closeout/punch list phases.
• Coordinate with internal teams, create construction project scope and requests for proposals.
• Conduct negotiations with general contractors or other vendors and evaluate bids/proposals with detail and accuracy.
• Perform cost control and financial analysis of construction, regular site inspections to evaluate VOWD and certify payments.
• Manage construction projects for specific initiatives aimed at increasing the resiliency of the data center facilities.
• Coordinate with internal teams to conduct constructability reviews of MEP designs associated with the construction or optimization of existing data centers.
• Contract administration and managing construction documents including submittal review, RFIs, change orders, and invoicing.
• Ensure construction project quality control and compliance with statutory regulations, SLA requirement and in-house guidelines.
• Record and report key construction metrics to team members and management.
• Drive teams to perform troubleshooting and root-cause failure analysis associated with equipment failures.
• Be a leader within the group as well as within internal and external teams that support the overall project delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in building services, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, construction management or an equivalent engineering science OR 10+ years relevant overall experience in lieu of degree.
• 5+ years of relevant experience constructing and managing complex MEP systems in mission-critical environments.
• 5+ years of general contractor and vendor management work (request for proposals, bidding, change orders, quality control, RFI/submittal tracking) associated with construction and project execution experience.
• Strong stakeholder management, negotiation and leadership skills.
• Experience in project or construction management in live data centers or comparable critical infrastructures.
• Experience reading and interpreting construction specifications and drawings.
• Experience in pre-construction procurement process, contract administration in construction phase and post-construction activities for proper project closure.
• Experience in level 4 & 5 testing and commissioning activities.
• Knowledge of local building codes and statutory regulations.
• Knowledge of data center construction sequence and critical equipment.
• Knowledge of project management and scheduling tools (e.g. MS Project, Primavera P6).
• Ability to bridge technical, commercial and contractual matters to drive successful project outcomes.

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