Pre-Construction Manager - Data Centre

Turner-; United States; On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking a highly experienced Pre-Construction Manager to lead pre-construction activities for data centre development, including planning, design coordination, cost management, procurement support, risk assessment, and stakeholder management.

The ideal candidate will ensure projects are fully prepared for construction execution while meeting technical, commercial, and operational requirements, with a strong focus on risk mitigation and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, or related field.
• 5-8 years of project, engineering, construction, or infrastructure experience.
• Exposure to data centre, mission-critical, industrial, or large-scale building projects preferred.
• Manager role requires 8-12+ years with data centre experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage pre-construction activities from project initiation to construction start.
• Coordinate with consultants, contractors, vendors, and internal stakeholders on planning and design.
• Review designs to ensure compliance with data centre standards and requirements.
• Support budgeting, cost estimation, value engineering, and procurement planning.
• Drive tendering processes, vendor evaluations, and contract award recommendations.
• Identify project risks and develop mitigation plans.
• Track schedules, milestones, and key deliverables.
• Ensure regulatory, safety, and quality compliance.
• Facilitate design reviews and maintain stakeholder communication.

Skills

Data centre knowledge

MEP systems

Stakeholder management

Project management

Cost management

Education

Engineering degree

Construction Management

Architecture

Job description

• Compensation: USD 130,000 - USD 170,000 - yearly

Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and 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 programs as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include program, 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 estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier program, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Job Description

Turner and Townsend are seeking a Pre-Construction Manager to lead pre-construction activities for data centre development projects, including planning, design coordination, cost management, procurement support, risk assessment, and stakeholder management. The ideal candidate will ensure projects are fully prepared for construction execution while meeting technical, commercial, and operational requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage pre-construction activities from project initiation to construction start.
• Coordinate with consultants, contractors, vendors, and internal stakeholders on project planning and design development.
• Review architectural, civil, structural, and MEP designs to ensure compliance with data centre standards and project requirements.
• Support budgeting, cost estimation, value engineering, and procurement planning.
• Drive tendering processes, vendor evaluations, and contract award recommendations.
• Identify project risks and develop mitigation plans. Internal Only
• Track project schedules, milestones, and key deliverables.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory, safety, and quality requirements.
• Facilitate design reviews and maintain effective stakeholder communication.

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, or related field.
• 5-8 years of project, engineering, construction, or infrastructure experience.
• Exposure to data centre, mission-critical, industrial, or large-scale building projects preferred.

Manager

• Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, or related field.
• 8-12+ years of relevant experience, with at least 3-5 years in data centre or missioncritical projects.
• Proven experience managing pre-construction, design, and stakeholder coordination for large-scale developments.

Preferred Skills

• Knowledge of data centre infrastructure, MEP systems, and project delivery processes.
• Understanding of Uptime Institute Tier standards and mission-critical environments.
• Strong project management, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with cost management, procurement, and contract administration.
• PMP, PRINCE2, CDCP, CDCS, or similar certifications are advantageous.

Additional Information

*On site requirements might change based on client needs*

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

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.

Turner & Townsend does not accept any speculative or unsolicited CV’s that have been sent to our internal recruitment team or hiring managers from agencies outside of our preferred supplier list. Any speculative or unsolicited CV’s will be treated as a direct application.

It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.