Senior Project Manager – Data Center

OTTO Digital Pty; Jakarta Pusat; Presencial; IDR 600.000.000 - 1.200.000.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

OTTO Digital Pty is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead data center projects from design through testing and handover in Jakarta. You will set baselines, strategies, and milestones while coordinating multidisciplinary teams to meet targets.

You will monitor budgets, manage commercial risks, and ensure compliance with data center standards. Experience with live data centers and strong communication skills are essential for success in this role.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant engineering or construction discipline.
• Experience leading data center projects end-to-end.
• Strong ability to manage multiple stakeholders and budgets.

Responsabilidades

• Lead end-to-end data center project delivery from design to handover.
• Establish baselines, strategies, scope, milestones, and resources.
• Manage project planning and track performance against baselines.
• Identify critical path activities and implement corrective actions.
• Monitor budgets, procurement, cash flows, and expenditures.
• Manage risks, VOs, claims, and cost impacts.
• Coordinate with engineers, consultants, contractors, and vendors.
• Ensure engineering deliverables meet project requirements and standards.
• Supervise on-site construction and multidisciplinary teams.
• Resolve cross-functional issues and ensure safety compliance.
• Establish risk registers and mitigation strategies.
• Oversee HSE standards and compliance.
• Provide project reporting and executive updates.
• Oversee testing, QA/QC, punch-lists, and handover.

Conocimientos

Project leadership

Stakeholder management

Contract administration

Risk management

Scheduling & cost control

Data center operations

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Mechanical/Civil Engineering

Construction Management

Herramientas

MS Project

Primavera P6

AutoCAD

Descripción del empleo

• Lead end-to-end data center project delivery from design, procurement, and construction through to testing & commissioning (T&C) and final handover.
• Establish project baselines, execution strategies, objectives, scope, milestones, and resource allocation to meet overall targets.
• Manage comprehensive project planning and track actual performance against the established baseline.
• Identify critical path activities, project deviations, and potential bottlenecks; implement corrective action, schedule recovery, or acceleration plans when required
• Monitor approved project budgets, procurement commitments, cash flows, and expenditures.
• Manage commercial risks, variation orders (VOs), claims, and overall cost impacts to maintain strict cost control.
• Coordinate closely with engineering teams, design consultants, contractors, and specialized vendors.
• Ensure all engineering deliverables, technical drawings, specifications, and construction activities comply with approved project requirements and data center industry standards.
• Supervise onsite construction execution and align multidisciplinary functions (Electrical, Mechanical/HVAC, Fire Protection, Civil/Structural, and Architectural).
• Proactively resolve cross-functional issues and ensure high-quality execution aligned with technical specifications and safety standards.
• Establish risk registers and execute mitigation strategies for technical, commercial, and operational risks.
• Oversee health, safety, and environment (HSE) standards, ensuring complete compliance with statutory regulations, building codes, and company policies.
• Provide transparent project reporting, milestone forecasts, executive presentations, and timely escalation of critical risks/issues.
• Supervise final testing & commissioning, QA/QC documentation sign-offs, punch-list close-outs, and operational handover.

Job Description

• Lead end-to-end data center project delivery from design, procurement, and construction through to testing & commissioning (T&C) and final handover.
• Establish project baselines, execution strategies, objectives, scope, milestones, and resource allocation to meet overall targets.
• Manage comprehensive project planning and track actual performance against the established baseline.
• Identify critical path activities, project deviations, and potential bottlenecks; implement corrective action, schedule recovery, or acceleration plans when required
• Monitor approved project budgets, procurement commitments, cash flows, and expenditures.
• Manage commercial risks, variation orders (VOs), claims, and overall cost impacts to maintain strict cost control.
• Coordinate closely with engineering teams, design consultants, contractors, and specialized vendors.
• Ensure all engineering deliverables, technical drawings, specifications, and construction activities comply with approved project requirements and data center industry standards.
• Supervise onsite construction execution and align multidisciplinary functions (Electrical, Mechanical/HVAC, Fire Protection, Civil/Structural, and Architectural).
• Proactively resolve cross-functional issues and ensure high-quality execution aligned with technical specifications and safety standards.
• Establish risk registers and execute mitigation strategies for technical, commercial, and operational risks.
• Oversee health, safety, and environment (HSE) standards, ensuring complete compliance with statutory regulations, building codes, and company policies.
• Provide transparent project reporting, milestone forecasts, executive presentations, and timely escalation of critical risks/issues.
• Supervise final testing & commissioning, QA/QC documentation sign-offs, punch-list close-outs, and operational handover.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Control Engineering, Construction Management, or a related engineering discipline.
• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in project management, engineering, construction, or data center operations.
• Minimum of 3 years of dedicated experience functioning in a Project Manager role.
• Proven track record leading medium- to large-scale data center projects (experience with facilities of 10 MW capacity or above is strongly preferred).
• Hands-on experience delivering projects across the full lifecycle: design, procurement, construction, testing & commissioning, and handover.
• Prior experience working within or adjacent to live/operational data center environments is an advantage.
• Solid technical understanding of data center critical systems: Electrical (substations, UPS, generators), Mechanical/HVAC (chillers, CRAC/CRAH), Fire Protection, and Civil/Structural works.
• Strong foundation in contract administration, change management, variation reviews, and procurement practices.
• Proficiency in project management tools such as Microsoft Project or Primavera P6, as well as AutoCAD and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Strong project leadership capabilities with demonstrated ability to manage multidisciplinary teams and third-party contractors.
• Excellent stakeholder management, negotiation, and verbal/written communication skills.
• Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving, and conflict resolution abilities under tight deadlines.

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