Data Center Preconstruction Assistant PM

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

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.