Senior Project Manager (Data Center Experience)

Currie & Brown; Singapore; On-site; SGD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Currie & Brown is seeking a Senior Project Manager with strong data centre project experience to lead planning, coordination and delivery of mission-critical facilities across the region. This role requires a proactive leader with deep technical understanding and client-facing capabilities to manage complex construction and engineering projects from inception to completion.

You will manage multi-disciplinary teams, drive progress, and ensure projects meet budget, timeline, and quality standards

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related discipline.
• 10+ years of project management experience.
• 3–5 years in data centre or mission-critical infrastructure.
• Proven track record delivering fast-track, high-value data centre projects.
• Familiarity with data centre systems: power redundancy, cooling, white space, etc.
• PM certification (PMP/PRINCE2) is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of data centre projects, ensuring alignment with client goals, budget, and timeline.
• Coordinate multi-disciplinary teams including design consultants, MEP specialists, contractors, and vendors.
• Oversee planning, design, procurement, and construction phases while mitigating risks and managing changes.
• Ensure adherence to technical standards, safety protocols, and quality requirements specific to data centre environments.
• Drive progress meetings, project reporting, and stakeholder communication.
• Monitor project budgets and cash flow in collaboration with the cost management team.
• Manage contract administration, procurement strategies, and contractor performance.
• Provide leadership in problem-solving, issue resolution, and team development.
• Act as the primary point of contact for clients, ensuring satisfaction and project transparency.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Stakeholder management

Client-facing

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related discipline

Job description

About The Role

Overview:
Currie & Brown is seeking a highly skilled Senior Project Manager with strong data centre project experience to lead the planning, coordination, and delivery of mission-critical facilities across the region. This role requires a proactive leader with deep technical understanding and client-facing capabilities to manage complex construction and engineering projects from inception to completion.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead the end-to-end delivery of data centre projects, ensuring alignment with client goals, budget, and timeline.

Coordinate multi-disciplinary teams including design consultants, MEP specialists, contractors, and vendors.

Oversee the planning, design, procurement, and construction phases while mitigating risks and managing changes.

Ensure adherence to technical standards, safety protocols, and quality requirements specific to data centre environments.

Drive progress meetings, project reporting, and stakeholder communication.

Monitor project budgets and cash flow in collaboration with the cost management team.

Manage contract administration, procurement strategies, and contractor performance.

Provide leadership in problem-solving, issue resolution, and team development.

Act as the primary point of contact for clients, ensuring satisfaction and project transparency.

Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related discipline.

10+ years of project management experience, with a minimum of 3–5 years in data centre or mission-critical infrastructure.

Proven track record of delivering fast-track, high-value projects in live or hyperscale data centre environments.

Familiarity with data centre-specific systems: power redundancy (UPS, generators), cooling systems, white space requirements, etc.

Strong working knowledge of international forms of contract (e.g., FIDIC, NEC).

PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent project management certification is an advantage.

Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Experience working with international clients and contractors is preferred.

About Us

Currie & Brown is one of the leading International physical asset management and construction consultancies, dedicated to advising clients worldwide with our expertise and experience in multiple sectors and services. We are differentiated by our people, innovation and reputation with a genuine global office network.

Our people, from the first-day apprentice to senior management make our business what it is today. Everybody in the Currie & Brown family, no matter how experienced they are, plays their own unique part in our success and have fun along the way.