Project Manager, EMEA

cw; Dublin; On-site; EUR 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Cushman & Wakefield is seeking an experienced Project Manager to support capital, infrastructure, laboratory, workplace, and technical facilities projects across EMEA. Based in Dublin, Ireland or Cambridge, UK, the role partners with leaders, facilities, engineering, consultants, and contractors to plan and execute projects across countries and jurisdictions.

The candidate will manage day-to-day client interactions, oversee budgets and schedules, and ensure compliance with local regulations,

Qualifications

• Experience managing infrastructure, laboratory, or facilities projects across multiple countries.
• Ability to evaluate requests, define scope, budget, and delivery approach.
• Strong communication with cross-functional stakeholders and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day client interactions, relationships, and expectations.
• Coordinate stakeholders across multiple countries and cultures while maintaining consistent project execution and communication.
• Navigate varying regulatory, planning, health and safety, and building code requirements throughout EMEA.
• Travel regularly throughout Europe, the Middle East, and Africa to support project delivery.

Job description

Job Title Project Manager, EMEA Job Description Summary

Cushman & Wakefield is a global leader in commercial real estate services, helping clients transform the way people work, shop, and live. The firm's 53,000 employees in more than 70 countries provide deep local and global insights that create significant value for occupiers and investors around the world. Cushman & Wakefield is among the largest commercial real estate services firms with revenues of $10.1 billion across core services of agency leasing, asset services, capital markets, facilities services (branded C&W Services), global occupier services, investment management (branded DTZ Investors), tenant representation, and valuations & advisory.

Provides professional project management experience to designated projects and assignments at a client site, campus, and facilities. Job Description

Project Manager, EMEA

Global Occupier Services

Dublin/Cambridge

Our client - leading influencer in technology industry - is seeking an experienced and motivated Project Manager to support the delivery of capital, infrastructure, laboratory, workplace, and technical facilities projects across its Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) portfolio.

Based in Dublin, Ireland or Cambridge, UK, this office-based role will partner with business leaders, facilities teams, engineering stakeholders, consultants, and contractors to successfully plan and execute projects across multiple countries and jurisdictions.

The selected candidate will:

• Provide project management expertise supporting infrastructure, laboratory, workplace, and technical facilities projects across EMEA.
• Evaluate project requests and provide recommendations regarding scope, budget, schedule, risks, and delivery approach.
• Manage project delivery from initiation through handover, including design, permitting, procurement, construction, commissioning, and close-out activities.
• Partner with Operations, Engineering, Facilities Management, IT, Security, EH&S, Procurement, and Finance to ensure project objectives are achieved.
• Coordinate stakeholders across multiple countries and cultures while maintaining consistent project execution and communication.
• Navigate varying regulatory, planning, health and safety, and building code requirements throughout EMEA.
• Travel regularly throughout Europe, the Middle East, and Africa to support project delivery, stakeholder engagement, and site assessments.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day client interactions, relationships, and expectations.
• Manage capital, infrastructure, laboratory, workplace, and facilities projects throughout the EMEA portfolio.
• Partner closely with integrated facilities management teams and regional business stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with site leadership, facilities teams, consultants, contractors, and vendors across multiple EMEA locations.
• Demonstrate a deep understanding of building systems and technical infrastructure to effectively communicate project requirements.
• Prepare agendas and maintain project budgets, schedules, forecasts, and reporting documentation while securing required stakeholder approvals.
• Coordinate project reporting, design reviews, and stakeholder communications throughout concept, schematic, design development, construction, commissioning, and handover phases.
• Assist in the selection, procurement, contracting, and management of consultants, contractors, suppliers, and delivery partners.
• Review project costs, change requests, payment applications, and financial forecasts while ensuring alignment with approved budgets.
• Support regional project planning and project prioritisation activities.
• Conduct regular site visits throughout EMEA to assess project progress, identify risks, validate project milestones, and support issue resolution.
• Provide routine project updates and governance reporting to stakeholders and leadership.
• Apply standard project management methodologies, reporting standards, and risk management practices across assigned projects.
• Identify opportunities to leverage best practices, standardise solutions, and improve project delivery outcomes.
• Adhere to corporate, building, and client policies and procedures.
• Collaborate with facilities personnel and business stakeholders to achieve quality, service, financial, and operational objectives.
• Escalate significant issues, risks, and recommendations to leadership as appropriate.
• Obtain approvals for scope changes, budget adjustments, and expenditures exceeding approved limits.
• Ensure compliance with applicable local regulations, planning requirements, building standards, and health and safety legislation across EMEA jurisdictions.
• Maintain high qualitative and quantitative standards of work performance.
• Continuously develop professional knowledge and remain informed of industry best practices and emerging technologies.
• Display a working knowledge of MEP systems, engineering design, manufacturing, data centre, laboratory, and miss