Lead Construction Manager - Data Center

Turner-; Johor Bahru; On-site; MYR 250,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services firm delivering outcomes across real estate, infrastructure, and energy projects. A senior construction project manager is sought to lead in a Project Management Consultancy framework, directing contractor and vendor management and ensuring schedule, cost, and quality controls throughout the project lifecycle.

The role requires 10–15+ years in construction management, a relevant degree, and PMP or Chartered membership would be advantageous.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, or a related field.
• 10–15+ years of experience in construction management within a PMC framework.
• Certifications preferred: PMP or Chartered Membership (IEM, RICS, PE).

Responsibilities

• Oversee construction management activities within a PMC framework.
• Lead contractor and vendor management and drive progress and risk mitigation.
• Monitor cost & change control; review payments, variations and delay claims.
• Track schedule and progress; enforce recovery strategies when delays occur.
• Coordinate QA/QC & HSE with client and EoR; ensure regulatory compliance.
• Interface with client executives, engineers, and authorities regularly.
• Direct testing, commissioning, and handover documentation at project closeout.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder coordination

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, or related field

Tools

Primavera P6/MS Project

BIM workflows (Navisworks, Revit)

Project controls

FIDIC Yellow Book 1999

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.

• Construction Oversight & Monitoring: Manage daily on-site construction activities, inspect progress, and ensure strict compliance with approved drawings, specifications, codes, and schedule baselines.
• Contractor & Vendor Management: Supervise main contractor, subcontractors, and specialist trade vendors. Lead progress meetings, evaluate performance, and resolve claims or field disputes proactively.
• Cost & Change Control: Review contractor payment applications, variation requests, change orders, and delay claims. Ensure value engineering and budget discipline without compromising scope or quality.
• Schedule & Progress Tracking: Audit contractor master schedules, baseline updates, and look-ahead plans. Identify bottlenecks early, evaluate critical path impacts, and enforce recovery strategies when delays occur.
• Quality Assurance & Safety (QA/QC & HSE): Coordinate alongside EoR & Client on strict quality standards, witness inspections/tests, and oversee non-conformance report (NCR) resolution. Ensure complete adherence to client safety policies and local regulatory requirements.
• Stakeholder Coordination: Interface regularly with client executive teams, design architects, engineering consultants, local government authorities, and utility providers.
• Handover & Closeout: Direct testing, commissioning, punch‑list inspections, practical completion certification, and statutory compliance documentation for final asset handover.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, or a related field.
• Experience: 10–15+ years of experience in construction management, with significant exposure working within a Project Management Consultancy (PMC) framework.
• Certifications (Preferred): PMP (Project Management Professional), or Chartered Membership (e.g., IEM, RICS, PE) and added advantage.
• Technical Skills: Strong proficiency in Primavera P6/MS Project, BIM workflows (Navisworks, Revit), project controls, and contract management (FIDIC Yellow Book 1999).

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