Assistant Project Manager - Data Center Lease Preconstruction

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend in the United States is seeking an Assistant Project Manager to support our North America data center lease preconstruction program. You will work with the Senior Project Manager to track lease milestones, coordinate documentation, and drive open items to closure across multiple data center sites.

You will help maintain risk, review lease-related documents, and support governance, reporting, and stakeholder coordination as you grow toward ownership of a site or workstream.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of project management, project controls, or construction coordination experience.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple trackers, logs, and action items across concurrent workstreams.
• Comfort working with contractual or technical documents (leases, work letters, drawings, specifications) under guidance from a senior team member.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills for organized reporting.
• Familiarity with project controls and scheduling tools (e.g., Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, Procore, Smartsheet), AI-enabled workflow tools, and standard reporting platforms.
• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or a related field.
• Ability to travel (up to 25%) as needed to support active project sites.

Responsibilities

• Support the Senior Project Manager in tracking and maintaining lease-defined contractual dates (EFA/FA/RFS), associated penalties, grace periods, and power delivery and ramp dates.
• Maintain the open items log following lease execution, coordinating with internal teams and developer contacts to track items to resolution ahead of on-site team mobilization.
• Support maintenance of the inherited risk register, updating status, documenting mitigation actions, and escalating emerging risks to the Senior Project Manager.
• Assist with digesting lease overviews, work letters, and associated contractual documents into construction-ready summaries, under the direction of the Senior Project Manager.
• Coordinate and document design review meetings, tracking open design items and action owners to closure.
• Support cost and schedule administration, including maintaining baseline budget and schedule trackers, logging change orders, and preparing variance reporting for review.
• Help set up and maintain project governance tools, including communication channels (e.g., Slack), meeting cadences, and documentation standards.
• Prepare draft status reports and supporting materials for executive-level reporting, for review and finalization by the Senior Project Manager.
• Support the development and upkeep of standardized launch and handoff artifacts (trackers, checklists, memos) across the program.
• Coordinate logistics for project launch meetings and recurring stakeholder meetings, including scheduling, agendas, and meeting minutes.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Job description

Assistant Project Manager - Data Center Lease Preconstruction

• Full-time

Who is Turner & Townsend?

All over the world people are using buildings, infrastructure, and assets we helped to deliver. It could be the hospital they work in, the railway they travel on every day, the fuel that powers their car or the data centre they depend on at work. For more than 75 years we’ve been helping to deliver transformational programmes across the real estate, infrastructure and natural resources sectors, making a difference to people’s lives and ensuring a return on investment for our clients and their investors.

Our purpose:

Transforming performance for a green, inclusive, and productive world.

The world is changing and we have a responsibility to support that change, helping drive it and be part of it. Through the commitment, capability and care our team brings, we build trust between clients, suppliers, governments and society. Delivering better outcomes that have a positive impact on the world around us. We work smarter to face the challenges of the future; bringing the clarity that helps teams realise their full potential across the real estate, infrastructure and natural resources sectors. It’s how we’ve made the difference for more than 75 years.

Our values:

Love a challenge:We love a challenge and we work hard to make change happen and see things through. We don’t stand still, challenging ourselves and others to do better every day. And we are trusted to do the right thing, raising standards all the time.

Stronger together:We’re stronger together by connecting people in diverse teams, so that we can all collaborate to deliver our best work. We focus on what matters and use our influence to build a better world for everyone.

Bring out the best in everyone:We bring out the best in everyone. We help each other to make the most of our potential, always learning from our experience. We treat each other with care and respect and make time to give everyone a voice

Turner & Townsend is seeking an Assistant Project Manager to support our key client’s North America DC lease delivery program for hyperscale data center developments, reporting to the Data Center Lease Preconstruction - Senior Project Manager.

As an Assistant Project Manager you will support the lease-to-construction handoff process by maintaining trackers, coordinating documentation, and helping drive open items to closure across a portfolio of data center sites. You will work closely with the Senior Project Manager to execute the day-to-day mechanics of project governance, reporting, and stakeholder coordination, while building toward ownership of your own site or workstream over time.

You will embody Turner & Townsend's commitment to excellence while helping deliver best-in-class consulting services to leading developers, investors, and hyperscale clients throughout the United States.

Responsibilities

Support the Senior Project Manager in tracking and maintaining lease-defined contractual dates (EFA/FA/RFS), associated penalties, grace periods, and power delivery and ramp dates, flagging risk to those dates as it emerges.

Maintain the open items log following lease execution, coordinating with internal teams and developer contacts to track items to resolution ahead of on-site team mobilization.

Support maintenance of the inherited risk register, updating status, documenting mitigation actions, and escalating emerging risks to the Senior Project Manager.

Assist with digesting lease overviews, work letters, and associated contractual documents into construction-ready summaries, under the direction of the Senior Project Manager.

Coordinate and document design review meetings, tracking open design items and action owners to closure.

Support cost and schedule administration, including maintaining baseline budget and schedule trackers, logging change orders, and preparing variance reporting for review.

Help set up and maintain project governance tools, including communication channels (e.g., Slack), meeting cadences, and documentation standards.

Prepare draft status reports and supporting materials for executive-level reporting, for review and finalization by the Senior Project Manager.

Support the development and upkeep of standardized launch and handoff artifacts (trackers, checklists, memos) across the program.

Coordinate logistics for project launch meetings and recurring stakeholder meetings, including scheduling, agendas, and meeting minutes.

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

• 2–4 years of project management, project controls, or construction coordination experience; exposure to data center, mission-critical, or other technically complex capital construction projects preferred.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple trackers, logs, and action items accurately across concurrent workstreams.
• Comfort working with contractual or technical documents (leases, work letters, drawings, specifications) under guidance from a senior team member.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to prepare organized documentation and reporting for review.
• Familiarity with project controls and scheduling tools (e.g., Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, Procore, Smartsheet), AI-enabled workflow tools, and standard reporting platforms.
• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or a related field.
• Ability to travel (up to 25%) as needed to support active project sites.

*On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs.*

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

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