Senior Design Execution Project Manager

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Oklahoma City (OK); Remote; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Senior Design Execution Project Manager to lead design activities for Hyperscale Data Center construction for a major technology client. You will serve as the client's agent, consultant and owner's representative through all design phases and coordinate design consultants to localize the program plans.

The ideal candidate will excel at running large design coordination meetings, drafting scopes of work, tracking cost, schedule and deliverables, and facilitating

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in construction management, engineering, architecture, or a related field.
• Professional licensure (PE, NCARB, RA) highly preferred or significant experience may substitute.
• Experience with data center design and/or construction is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate planning and kickoff workshops with internal & external stakeholders.
• Facilitate design reviews with external partners.
• Author scopes of work and gain buy-in from internal stakeholders.
• Issue and administer contracts and track deliverables.

Skills

Meeting facilitation

Planning workshops

Contract administration

Cost/schedule tracking

Stakeholder communication

Design coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in construction management/engineering/architecture

Professional licensure (PE/NCARB/RA) preferred

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

Job Description

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Design Execution Project Manager to run the design activities related to Hyperscale Data Center construction and other projects for a large technology client. Serves as client's agent, consultant, advisor, and authorized owner's representative through all design phases and all design fields until hand-off to client's construction team. Most of the duties and responsibilities are associated with managing, coordinating, and administrating the client's design consultants used in the design efforts. This position is responsible for taking the program level Plan of Record and localizing the design. Ideal candidate is comfortable facilitating large design coordination meetings with multiple design subject areas, including "page turns" design meetings. etc.

This is a remote position with travel to project sites.

What you’ll do

• Facilitate planning and kickoff workshops with internal & external stakeholders;


• Facilitate design reviews in partnership with external partners;


• Facilitate large scale workshops as necessary;


• Author scopes of work for contracts and gain buy-in from internal stakeholders;


• Issue and administer contracts;


• Define and track deliverables from various parties;


• Track of cost, schedule, progress and scope;


• Provide health reporting on cost, schedule, scope and progress;


• Build optimal design teams from matrixed internal stakeholders and the strategic procurement of external partners;


• Change management for project scope and design contracts;


• Facilitate technical decisions in-line with project needs;


• Coordinate design activities with procurement and construction;


• Provide clear and open communication with all internal stakeholder and external partners;


• Ensure the issuance of engineering information to the right party, at the right time, in the right format.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in construction management, engineering, architecture, or a related field


• Professional licensure (PE, NCARB, RA) is strongly preferred or significant professional experience (+10 years) may substitute


• Prior experience with data center design and/or construction preferred


• Strong understanding of construction principles and practices


• Experience in the preparation of project plans, specifications


• Experience drafting scopes of work


• Experience of government regulations


• Experience in managing multiple projects simultaneously


• Working understanding of AutoCAD is necessary for drawing reviews / mark-ups

Additional Information

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

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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.