Data Center Project Manager, Lead Consultant

WSP•Tempe, AZ

About The Position

WSP is seeking a Data Center Project Manager, Lead Consultant for its Tempe, Arizona office. The role leads multidisciplinary engineering teams from project initiation through completion with minimal oversight, managing multiple projects of varying sizes, complexities, and requirements. Responsibilities include client communications and coordination, expectation management, proposal and change-order development, budgeting, invoicing, and project closeout. The ideal candidate has experience managing multiple projects in an engineering consulting environment and is comfortable in a fast-paced, changing, client-facing role. The position requires knowledge of project costs, budgets, schedules, and/or resource planning, as well as the ability to lead teams and deliver projects within cost and time requirements.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree.
At least 7 years of experience in project and/or program management, including experience on large engineering and/or construction projects.
Experience leading multidisciplinary project teams and managing issues, scope, and quality while delivering projects within cost and schedule requirements.
Exceptional written and oral communication skills, including experience presenting to senior management.
Exceptional interpersonal skills and the ability to work with people from different disciplines and levels of technical experience.
Ability to communicate clearly, concisely, and tactfully with senior management, clients, peers, and staff.
Strategic, conceptual, analytical thinking and decision-making skills.
Adaptability and flexibility, including the ability to manage deadline pressure, ambiguity, and change.
Experience negotiating contract terms.
Proficiency with office productivity software such as MS Office and project management software tools.
Attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
Familiarity with reading drawings and specifications.

Nice To Haves

Project or Program Management Professional certification, such as PMP.
Experience in an engineering consulting environment.
Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, or project management.
Experience in project planning, cost management, and schedule management, including methods for analyzing and reporting project performance on financial and other KPIs.

Responsibilities

Lead multidisciplinary teams of engineers, designers, and other staff across multiple simultaneous projects.
Prepare project work plans, proposals, and schedules, and obtain management and client approval.
Communicate regularly with clients about project status and quality, and proactively resolve issues.
Manage relationships with internal and external clients, vendors, regulatory authorities, technical agencies, and the public; keep stakeholders informed about progress and issues.
Address change-management matters promptly and professionally with clients and internal departments.
Monitor project budgets, key performance indicators, and forecasts.
Lead business development initiatives, including Requests for Qualifications and Requests for Proposals.
Develop comprehensive scopes of work and accurate fee estimates for management approval.
Mentor, assist, encourage, and motivate team members and junior Project Managers.
Provide administrative and technical leadership, maintain project records, and monitor correspondence.
Schedule and facilitate project meetings to coordinate work.
Administer assigned subconsultant agreements and understand company contracts and the parties involved.
Implement and manage the kW Quality Control Plan for each project.
Track and report workload management throughout projects.
Manage client and subconsultant invoicing.