Senior Data Center Owner’s Rep Project Manager

Design Collaborative; Fort Wayne (IN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Design Collaborative’s Data Center Owner’s Rep Project Manager role is a trusted advisor, agent, consultant and authorized representative for our clients that are responsible for leading the planning, design or construction administration of mission-critical data center projects at a specified location.

This role represents the Owner’s interest at all stages of a project, from ensuring alignment in scope, to monitoring budget and schedule, and ensuring quality & communication from all project

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, architecture or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent certification preferred
• 5+ years of experience in project management or coordination in the architectural, engineering or construction industry
• Previous Data Center/Mission Critical experience preferred (or equivalent experience)
• Professional licensure, such as RA or PE is a plus, but not required

Responsibilities

• Organize & facilitate key project meetings and milestones with all stakeholders as required by the Owner’s requirements
• Ensure development of master schedules, critical path, milestones, and key deliverables are completed and communicated to all stakeholders
• Coordinate with all design teams, contractors, and vendors ensuring and aligning project scope and strategy is being fully executed and documented and escalating design issues to resolution where required
• Lead and review value engineering efforts to optimize cost, performance, and schedule of projects
• Coordinate design team activities and facilitate constructability reviews with all required parties
• Ensure completion of design contracts, amendments, and design project plans that outline scopes, teams, and budgets are executed and followed
• Manage and update schedules, deliverable milestones, and budget reports throughout the design phases of the project with stakeholder input
• Help identify and mitigate project risk related to cost, schedule, and scope
• Coordinate constructability reviews of design reviews with all stakeholders
• Coordinate construction team oversight and coordination meetings with vendors and Owner’s team
• Coordinate and ensure timely responses for all construction related aspects like RFI’s, submittals, PR’s, CO’s and other related construction items are completed and logged
• Oversee invoice and payment application processing, tracking, and reporting
• Provide required reporting to Owner, coordinating efforts with all required vendors and project team members

Skills

Stakeholder management

Communication

Detail orientation

Project management

Schedule coordination

Design delivery methods knowledge

Collaboration across regions

Education

Bachelor’s degree (construction management/engineering/architecture)

PMP or equivalent certification

5+ years PM experience in A/E/C industry

Data center/mission-critical experience preferred

Professional licensure (RA/PE) a plus

Tools

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Job description

Design Collaborative’s Data Center Owner’s Rep Project Manager role is a trusted advisor, agent, consultant and authorized representative for our clients that are responsible for leading the planning, design or construction administration of mission-critical data center projects at a specified location.

This role represents the Owner’s interest at all stages of a project, from ensuring alignment in scope, to monitoring budget and schedule, and ensuring quality & communication from all project