Turner & Townsend

Project Manager - Data Centre Construction

In short

Senior Project Manager role at Turner & Townsend's Industrial, Sciences and Technology team in Leeds, overseeing large-scale, ground-up data centre construction projects for major technology clients across the UK, from inception through commissioning. The role covers full project delivery including governance, planning, change control, financial oversight and client/consultant liaison, plus internal staff and knowledge management. Requires 5-10 years of project management experience, ideally in digital/data centres, a professional qualification in construction, project management, engineering or architecture, and strong knowledge of the full project life cycle.

About the Role
Due to an expanding portfolio, our Industrial, Sciences and Technology team in Leeds is looking to appoint Senior Project Managers to join our expanding Data Centre team. As a Senior Project Manager, you will support large-scale, ground-up data centre construction projects with our prominent technology clients across the UK. The role will be responsible for all aspects of project delivery, from inception through to commissioning.
Key Accountabilities
Project Management, to include:
•Advising at a strategic level at the project conception stage, including providing advice on the different approaches that can be adopted to successfully achieve the client's overall objectives.
•Leading the establishment of the overall success criteria for the project, including time, cost, technical and performance parameters.
•Planning for and the ongoing management of quality, safety, health and environment issues.
•Establishing effective project governance, processes and systems to be utilised throughout the project.
•Project planning, including ensuring the production of the detailed project plan.
•Advising upon the procurement of resources.
•Leading and facilitating the overall cross-functional project team.
•Monitoring and applying performance management techniques, including the use of KPIs to improve project performance.
•Managing the change control process.
•Monitoring and advising upon project finances.
•Managing the flow of project information between the team and the client, through regular meetings and written communications.
•Ensuring the production of formal project progress and other reports.
•Taking a leading role in interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages.
Internal management accountabilities, to include:
•Staff management (where appropriate)
•Knowledge management – ensuring that key information and learning generated from each project is input into the Turner & Townsend internal database.
•Financial management – ensuring prompt client invoicing and utilising FMS to monitor a project's financial status.
•Process improvement – identifying and acting upon ways to improve internal systems and processes.
Requirements
Key technical competencies include:
•Data Centre Design and Development
•Data Centre Management
•Data Centre Construction
•Construction Engineering
•Tenant Liaison/coordination
•Construction consultancy experience strongly preferred
•A minimum of 5-10 years project management experience, preferably gained within the digital/data centres environment mentioned above.
•Professionally qualified in one of the following fields: construction, project management, engineering, or architecture.
•A thorough understanding of the total project life cycle, from project conception stage, through all of the operational stages to completion and post-project review.
•Excellent knowledge and experience of all of the main project management concepts, tools, and techniques.
•Design, management or construction experience gained within the general construction environment, ideally residential, office, fit-outs and health & education.
•Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
About Turner & Townsend
At Turner & Townsend we're passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society. Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 110 offices worldwide.

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