Senior Project Manager - Data Center Construction

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend seeks a Senior Project Manager to lead large-scale data center campuses in the greater Washington DC area and Richmond, VA. You will coordinate stakeholders, manage milestones, and ensure compliance with design standards across multiple projects.

The role requires at least 6 years of PM experience, a degree in construction management or civil engineering, and proficiency with Procore and common PM tools. Strong leadership and collaboration are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, civil engineering, or equivalent.
• Minimum 6 years of relevant project management experience.
• Proficiency with Procore and standard PM tools; strong MS Office skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage stakeholders including architects, engineers and supply chains.
• Analyze, track and manage critical milestone activities to avoid delays.
• Ensure governance, processes and systems are applied on projects.
• Produce formal project status reports and reviews.
• Forecast and update key project milestones across multiple sites.
• Provide cost control input and constructability guidance where needed.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Strong organizational skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in construction management or civil engineering

Tools

Procore

PM software

Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)

Job description

• Full-time

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

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.

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

• 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.
• Proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Procore, and construction project management tools.

Additional Information

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.

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