Project Director - Data Center

Turner & Townsend International Limited; Eastern Province; On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Project Director to lead complex data center projects. In this pivotal role, you will leverage your extensive engineering expertise and leadership skills to manage projects from inception to commissioning. You will be responsible for overseeing large construction organizations, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, and meet quality and safety standards. This position offers an exciting opportunity to drive innovation in a rapidly evolving industry, where your contributions will shape the future of data centers and mission-critical facilities. If you have a passion for engineering and project management, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• 20 years of experience in program management.
• Experience with data center facilities and high-risk environments.
• Ability to communicate fluently in English; Arabic is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage technical projects in the data center industry.
• Deliver projects from start to commissioning while managing risks.
• Coordinate multiple partner teams and maintain project schedules.

Skills

Project Management

Engineering Expertise

Risk Management

Vendor Management

Communication Skills

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Master's degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

Project Management Software

Job description

As a Project Director, you lead complex, multi-disciplinary engineering projects using your engineering expertise. You plan requirements with our customers through the entire project lifecycle. This includes managing project schedules, identifying risks and clearly communicating them to project stakeholders.

Using your extensive technical and leadership expertise, you manage projects of various size and scope, identifying future opportunities, improving processes and driving the technical directions of your programs.

Responsibilities

• Manage technical projects in a rapidly changing industry of data centers at multiple scales
• Deliver data center facility from start to commissioning and understand the nuances and risks that will need to be managed.
• Manage a large, site-wide data center construction and delivery organization, managing scopes related to construction projects or capital improvement projects.
• Manage and coordinate the needs of multiple partner teams, while managing changes and maintaining a focus on keeping the project on schedule, budget, quality, and safety.
• Establish and maintain various delivery models and global relationships with multiple vendors

Desired Candidate Profile

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 20 years of experience in program management.
• Experience with technical teams, project management, engineering, and construction of data centers / mission critical / high risk facilities.
• Experience with data center equipment/environments (e.g., civil/structural, electrical switchgear, generators, chillers, security monitoring).
• Ability to communicate in English fluently to support vendor and contractor management in this region; Arabic is an added advantage.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in Architectural, Electrical, Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, Construction Management, or related technical field.
• Certification in Construction manager, Project Management Professional (PMP) is a plus
• Experience in requirements gathering, resource organization, task prioritization, and scheduling and achieving objectives within set goals.
• Experience managing vendor relationships and an understanding of standard practices in the design and construction industry, and pursuit of industry leading practices.
• Knowledge of fast track design build processes.

Company Industry

• Construction
• Civil Engineering

Department / Functional Area

• Projects

Keywords

• Project Director - Data Center

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