OFCI Project Manager- Data Centres

Turner & Townsend; Lombardia; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend in Milan is seeking an experienced OFCI Project Manager to lead data centre installation and vendor oversight. You will oversee schedules, quality control, and on-site activities to ensure alignment with project requirements and client expectations.

The role requires 5+ years in data center commissioning or facilities management, strong vendor management, and Italian language skills along with English. On-site work in Milan is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in engineering or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in data center commissioning, operations or facility management.
• Experience with data center equipment such as generators, MV/LV switchgear, UPS, BAS, EPMS, AHUs.
• QA/QC manufacturing and vendor management experience.
• Proficient in MS Office; document management experience is a plus.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Excellent negotiation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Italian speaking, good command of written and spoken English.
• Availability for on-site work.

Responsibilities

• Manage OFCI vendors to ensure on‑time delivery, installation, and compliance with specifications.
• Review vendor technical submissions and support change and risk management.
• Structure the complex work interfaces with ease and showing effective ways of working and managing activities and stakeholders across the critical project management categories of: Scope, Time, Cost and Quality.
• Align vendor equipment schedules with the overall project programme.
• Performing in depth contract and scope of work reviews with gap analysis, ensuring all contractual scope is covered between the vendors and site contractors teams.
• Collaborate closely with stakeholders across various client departments and contractors.
• Provide regular progress updates to stakeholders, ensuring transparent communication and fostering trust throughout the project lifecycle.
• Manage OFE schedules, tracking milestones and timelines to guide project execution effectively.

Skills

Data center experience

Vendor management

English communication

Italian language

On-site readiness

Education

Bachelor degree in engineering or a related field

Tools

MS Office

Document management systems

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.

Turner & Townsend are leaders in professional services to the Data Centresectorglobally. Due tothe continued success and expansion of our Data Centre business in Italy we are currently recruiting for an experiencedOFCI (Owner Furnished Contractor Installed)Project Manager to join our Data Centre team in Milan.

In this role you will oversee vendor interfaces, schedules, quality, and on‑site installation in line with project requirements.

With a market leading client base and the opportunity to take the lead on strategic commissions and high-profile projects, this is an exciting time to join the business unit and grow a career with Turner & Townsend.

Responsibilities:

• Manage OFCI vendors to ensure on‑time delivery, installation, and compliance with specifications.
• Review vendor technical submissions and support change and risk management.
• Structure the complex work interfaces with ease andshowing effective ways of working and managing activities and stakeholders across the critical project managementcategories of: Scope, Time, Cost and Quality.
• Align vendor equipment schedules with the overall project programme.
• Performing in depth contract and scope of work reviews with gap analysis, ensuring all contractual scope is covered between the vendors and site contractors teams.
• Collaborate closely with stakeholders across various client departments and contractors.
• Provide regularprogress updates to stakeholders, ensuring transparent communication and fostering trust throughout the project lifecycle.
• Manage OFE schedules, tracking milestones and timelines to guide project execution effectively.

Qualifications

• Bachelordegree in engineering or a related field
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in data center commissioning, operations or facility management
• Experiences with typical equipment involved in data center construction such as generators, MV/LV switchgear, UPS, BAS, EPMS, AHUs
• QA/QC manufacturing and vendor management experience
• Proficient in MS Office; document management applicationexperience is a plus
• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• Excellent negotiation, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Italian speaking, goodcommand of written and spoken English
• Availabilityfor on-site work

Additional Information

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