Data Center Sr. Project Manager

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 programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, 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 programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Job Description

About the role

The Data Center Sr. Project Manager leads global project upgrade/retrofit projects impacting the critical and MEPS Infrastructure for the client’s data center portfolio. The DC PM is responsible for identifying the program requirements, engaging with internal customers, and supporting the program through the entire lifecycle.

What you’ll do

• Run the upgrades/retrofit construction program process administration across the portfolio. Focus is on ability to lead multiple projects at one time over multiple global locations
• Develop program budget, cash flow and commitment and get approval on spend working with the client’s Cost Control team
• Lead cross-functional teams and handle multiple simultaneous programs with contending priorities simultaneously
• Engage with technical authorities and key collaborators to initiate new programs, including developing program documentation
• Identify process and communications gaps, while developing and driving solutions to implement data center programs
• Grow relationships between cross-functional teams. Work with experts and collaborators in order to continually improve communications between the cross-functional teams
• Draft program reporting for client management reviews, including providing health of program schedule, budget, and performance, identifying key risks and program opportunities
• Update quarterly forecast, budget spend status and get management approval on funding requests
• Drive improvement in the upgrade/retrofit program processes and documentation/ workflow through collaborator feedback and/or based on measurement of important metrics
• Develop plans for improved field execution and delivery across project constraints of schedule, efficiency, and costs
• Provide project execution mentorship throughout end-to-end project lifecycle with ability to assess potential construction workarounds to avoid project slips
• Lead team, including key stakeholders / project controls team / Contractor(s) / A&E design team to build and establish the 1) Master Project Timeline, based on the Critical Path and key milestones and 2) Master Project Budget, including soft costs and hard costs
• Evaluate technical issues and develop potential solutions for review with key partners
• Supports Design Team activities by participating in schematic and design development reviews
• Support data center site teams as needed with contractor pre-qualification, bid solicitation, bid analysis and recommendations
• Participates in constructability reviews of the project documents
• Provide input to site teams on Value Engineering efforts
• Lead project teams in developing, assessing, and evaluating program and project risks
• Lead program costs and change controls
• Lead program dashboards and monthly program updates. The PM is responsible for securing updates from site teams and coordinating
• Build and maintain lessons learned log for programs
• Coordinate Value Engineering
• Ensure program level document control processes are in place
• Ensure QA/QC is being followed and report any issues/gaps
• Coordination and management of all Owner-direct vendors working with supply chain and consultants
• Establish close out documentation requirements and distribute to site teams
• Lead a team of direct and matrix report. Responsibilities include recruitment, selection, promotion, advancement, corrective action, and termination
• Monitors appropriate staffing levels and reports on utilization and deployment of human resources
• Leads and supports staff in areas of staffing, selection, training, development, coaching, mentoring, measuring, appraising and rewarding performance and retention
• Lead by example and models behaviors that are consistent with the company's RISE values

Qualifications

What you’ll need

• Bachelors degree in Business Administration, Construction Management, Project Management or Engineering preferred
• At least 5+ years of previous program management experience with at least 3 years focused on data center infrastructure or critical environments
• Formal Program Management methods / standard methodologies
• Cross functional team participation in a high-tech, multifaceted environment
• Excellent problem-solving, critical thinking and analytical skills
• Proven track record in delivering high-quality programs
• Passionate about solving complex challenges with aggressive timelines
• Strong change management experience in development, implementation, and execution
• Excellent technical, interpersonal, and problem solving skills required
• Exceptional written and oral communications skills required
• Proven track record in talent assessment
• Proficient with standard business applications and tools such as Microsoft Office Suite or Google Suite. Primavera P6 knowledge is preferred
• Detail oriented with strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to multitask in a fast-paced and quickly-changing environment
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Additional Information

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

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