Senior Project Manager Data Center

Turner & Townsend; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to support large-scale Data Center campuses in Atlanta, GA. The role may be onsite or at the client’s offices, depending on project needs.

The successful candidate will manage stakeholders, track milestones, ensure governance and best practices, and produce status reports across multiple construction projects while coordinating with suppliers and design teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in construction management, civil engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of relevant project management experience.
• Strong organizational and management skills required.
• Effective presentation and communication skills required.
• Proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Procore, and PM tools.
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage stakeholders including architects, engineers, and supply chains to deliver compliant projects.
• Analyze, track, and manage critical milestone activities to avoid schedule slips.
• Verify effective project governance, processes and systems are utilized.
• Ensure application of best practice on all projects.
• Produce formal project status reports and other required reports.
• Monitor progress of multiple construction projects to ensure design standards are applied.
• Manage interface between all suppliers through monthly trackers and weekly reviews.
• Maintain flow of project information through meetings and written communications.
• Forecast and update key project milestones.
• Manage local design teams in line with commission criteria.
• Provide technical support to owners, architects, contractors and regional stakeholders.
• Respond rapidly to RFIs from the field.
• Provide cost control, value engineering, and constructability guidance.
• Conduct independent reviews of status, drawings, timelines, costs.
• Assist in developing excellent client relationships and opportunities.
• Provide strategic guidance to achieve client and business objectives.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Schedule management

Communication

Governance

Cost control

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in construction management or civil engineering

Tools

Procore

Excel

PowerPoint

Job 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

About the role

We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to join our team in support of large-scale Data Center campuses in Atlanta, GA. The ideal individual will have prior experience supporting large-scale construction projects.

The Senior Project Manager may be required to work onsite or from the client’s offices which may vary depending on the project and clients needs.

What you'll do

• 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.
• 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.

Qualifications

What you'll need

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, civil engineering, or applicable bachelor’s degree and or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 5+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 and excellent communication skills.
• Proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Procore, and construction project management tools.

Additional Information

*On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's 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.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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