Data Center Projects Lead — Senior PM

CBRE; Stockbridge (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to support large-scale data center campuses in Atlanta, GA. You will manage stakeholders, track milestones, and ensure governance and best practices across multiple construction projects.

Responsibilities include reporting, design standard adherence, supplier coordination, and rapid RFI responses, with focus on cost control, value engineering, and constructability guidance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, civil engineering, or applicable bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 5-7 years of relevant project management experience.
• Strong organizational and management skills – the ability to work effectively and collaboratively with the broader team.
• Effective presentation skills.
• Proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Procore, and construction project management tools.
• Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage stakeholders including architects, engineers, and supply chains to deliver compliant projects.
• Analyze, track, and effectively manage critical milestone activities to avoid schedule slips.
• Verify that effective project governance, processes and systems are utilized.
• Ensure application of best practice on all projects.
• Production of formal project status reports and other reports as required.
• Monitor the progress of multiple construction projects simultaneously to ensure that the approved design standards are applied correctly.
• Manage the interface between all suppliers through monthly trackers and weekly reviews.
• Manage the flow of project information between the project team through regular meetings and written communications.
• Forecast and update key project milestones.
• Manage and monitor local design teams in accordance with commission criteria.
• Provide technical support to owners, architects, general contractors and regional stakeholders.
• Rapid response to RFIs from the field.
• Provide expertise for cost control, value engineering, and constructability guidance where required.
• Independent review of status reports, drawing submittals, timelines and costs from architects, contractors and suppliers.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.
• Client Management
• Assist in developing excellent working relationships with Clients, with a view towards maximizing new opportunities.
• Strategic Thinking
• Provide advice to project teams on approaches that can be adopted to successfully achieve both clients’ objectives and business objectives.
• Knowledge Management
• Ensure that key information and learnings generated from each project is captured.
• Process improvement
• Identify ways to improve internal systems and processes.

Skills

organizational skills

presentation skills

communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in construction management, civil engineering, or equivalent

Tools

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Outlook

Procore

Construction PM tools

Job description

CBRE is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to support large-scale data center campuses in Atlanta, GA. You will manage stakeholders, track milestones, and ensure governance and best practices across multiple construction projects.

Responsibilities include reporting, design standard adherence, supplier coordination, and rapid RFI responses, with focus on cost control, value engineering, and constructability guidance.