Mechanical Project Manager - Data Center Construction

Turner & Townsend; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Mechanical Project Manager – Data Center Construction to oversee GC activities, report schedule status to the owner, and lead field teams on large-scale data center projects. The role emphasizes strong field expertise, leadership, and a background in mission-critical electrical environments.

The candidate will manage multiple construction projects, ensure governance and best practices, and coordinate with owners, architects, and suppliers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Construction Management, or related field.
• 5+ years of electrical project management experience, ideally in data center construction or with an electrical contractor.
• Experience with substation and power distribution systems preferred.
• Familiarity with MEP design.
• Strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in project management tools.
• Knowledge of relevant codes, standards, and construction methodologies.
• Proficiency in the Data Center Commissioning Process (levels 1–5).
• Proficiency managing construction documents including BODs, specifications, contract drawings, C/D/Es, equipment submittals and RFIs.
• Proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Procore, P6, CxAlloy, and other construction project management tools

Responsibilities

• Effectively manage and collaborate with project stakeholders.
• Communicate across internal teams to ensure efficiency and client delivery.
• Track and manage critical milestone activities to avoid schedule slips.
• Verify project governance, processes, and systems.
• Apply best practices on all projects.
• Produce formal project status reports and other reports as required.
• Monitor progress of multiple construction projects to ensure design standards are applied.
• Manage interface between suppliers via trackers and reviews.
• Facilitate regular meetings and written communications.
• Forecast and update key project milestones.
• Oversee local design teams per commission criteria.
• Provide technical support to owners, architects, general contractors and regional stakeholders.
• Respond rapidly to RFIs from the field.
• Provide cost control, value engineering, and constructability guidance.
• Review status reports, drawings, timelines and costs from designers and contractors.
• Foster client relationships and seek new opportunities.
• Offer strategic guidance to balance client and business objectives.
• Capture key learnings from each project and drive process improvements.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, as applicable.

Skills

Mechanical Eng

Construction Mgmt

Leadership

Communication

Problem-solving

Excel

PowerPoint

Procore

P6

CxAlloy

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering/Construction Mgmt

Tools

Procore

P6

CxAlloy

Job description

Mechanical Project Manager - Data Center Construction

Full-time

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over22,000 peoplein more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure,energyand natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities includeprogramme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estateservicesand investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premierprogramme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Turner & Townsend is seeking an Mechanical Project Manager – Data Center Construction with Field Experience to support a high-profile data center construction project. This individual will be responsible for overseeing the General Contractor’s construction activities, with a strong focus on reporting on schedule status back to the project owner. The ideal candidate will bring deep technical expertise from working in the field, strong leadership, and a background in large-scale data center/mission critical works or electrical contracting environments.

Responsibilities

• Effectively manage and collaborate with project stakeholders.
• Effective communication across our internal team to ensure efficiency and a consistent delivery to the client.
• Can analyze, track, and effectively manage critical milestone activities to avoid schedule slip.
• 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 being 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.
• Client management – assist in developing excellent working relationships with Clients, with a view towards maximizing new opportunities.
• Strategic Thinking - provides 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
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Construction Management, or related field.
• Minimum 5+ years of electrical project management experience, ideally in data center construction or with an electrical contractor.
• Experience with substation and power distribution systems preferred.
• Familiarity with MEP design
• Strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in project management tools
• Knowledge of relevant codes, standards, and construction methodologies.
• Proficiency in the Data Center Commissioning Process (levels 1 –5 )
• Proficiency managing construction documents including BODs, specifications, contract drawings, C/D/E’s, equipment submittals and RFIs.
• Proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Procore, P6, CxAlloy, and other construction project management tools

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