Senior Project Manager Data Center

CBRE; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(K)

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Life insurance

Vision insurance

Job summary

CBRE seeks an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead large-scale data center campus projects in the greater Washington DC area and Richmond, VA. You will coordinate architects, engineers, and suppliers to ensure compliant execution and on-time milestones.

Responsibilities include governance, reporting, cost control, and rapid RFI responses, with SOX considerations where applicable. A strong focus on best practices and stakeholder management is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in construction management, civil engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 6+ years of relevant project management experience.
• Strong organizational and management skills; ability to collaborate with the broader team.
• Effective presentation skills.
• Proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Procore, and construction PM tools.
• Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage stakeholders including architects, engineers, and supply chains to deliver compliant projects.
• Analyze and track critical milestone activities to avoid schedule slips.
• Verify project governance, processes and systems.
• Ensure application of best practice on all projects.
• Produce formal project status reports and other reports as required.
• Monitor multiple construction projects to ensure standards are applied correctly.
• Manage interface between all suppliers through monthly trackers and weekly reviews.
• Communicate project information within the team 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, GC and regional stakeholders.
• Rapid response to RFIs from the field.
• Provide cost control, value engineering, and constructability guidance.
• Independent review of status reports, drawings, timelines and costs.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role.
• Client management: develop relationships to maximize opportunities.
• Strategic thinking: advise on approaches to meet client and business objectives.
• Knowledge management: capture learnings from each project.
• Process improvement: identify ways to improve internal systems and processes.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Schedule management

Communication

Problem solving

Presentation

Collaboration

Education

Bachelors in CM/CE

Tools

Procore

MS Office

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 greater Washington DC and Richmond, VA areas. The ideal individual will have prior experience supporting large-scale construction projects.

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

What You'll Need

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, civil engineering, or applicable bachelor’s degree and or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 6 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.
• Proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Procore, and construction project management tools.
• Excellent communication skills.

Additional Information

• On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our clients' needs.

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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.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/.

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 or that have not followed due process. Any speculative or unsolicited CV’s will be treated as a direct application.

Disclaimer

Please be advised that effective January 1, 2025, CBRE Project Management and Turner &Townsend was consolidated into a single global business entity. As a candidate applying for a position, you should be aware that while your initial employment may be with Turner & Townsend PJM US LLC, you will subsequently transfer directly to Turner &Townsend at a date to be determined.

Turner &Townsend carefully considers multiple factors to determine compensation, including a candidate’s education, training, and experience. The minimum salary for this position is $130,000 annually and the maximum salary for this position is $170,000 annually. The compensation that is offered to a successful candidate will depend on the candidate’s skills, qualifications, and experience. Successful candidates will also be eligible for a discretionary bonus based on Turner &Townsend’s applicable benefit program. This role will provide the following benefits: 401(K), Dental insurance, Health insurance, Life insurance, and Vision insurance.

Equal Employment Opportunity: CBRE is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity. We have a long-standing commitment to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, veteran status, political belief, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

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