Data Center Project Manager, Lead Consultant

WSP • Herndon, VA

5d • $149,000 - $182,000 • Onsite

About The Position

WSP is seeking a Data Center Project Manager, Lead Consultant for its Herndon, Virginia office. The role leads multidisciplinary engineering teams from project initiation through completion with minimal oversight, managing multiple simultaneous data center projects of varying sizes and complexity. The position includes client communications and coordination, expectation management, proposal and change-order development, budgeting, invoicing, and project closeout.

The Project Manager leads project planning, scope, schedule, quality, financial performance, and stakeholder coordination. The role also supports business development, provides administrative and technical leadership, mentors team members and junior Project Managers, administers subconsultant agreements, and implements the project quality control plan. The ideal candidate has experience managing concurrent projects in an engineering consulting environment and can adapt to a fast-paced, changing, client-facing setting.

WSP USA is an engineering and professional services firm serving communities in buildings, transportation, energy, water, and environment. The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States. The stated expected salary range is $149,000–$182,000.

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 concurrently managing issues, scope, and quality to complete projects within cost and schedule requirements.
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills, including experience presenting to senior management.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work effectively with people across disciplines and varying levels of technical experience.
• Clear, concise, and tactful communication with senior management, clients, peers, and staff.
• Strategic and 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, schedule management, and methods for analyzing and reporting project performance on financial and other KPIs.

Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary teams of engineers, designers, and other staff through multiple concurrent projects of varying size and complexity.
• 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 and manage expectations around requirements, deliverables, and schedules.
• Address change-management matters 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 project leadership, maintain project records, and monitor correspondence.
• Schedule and facilitate project meetings needed to coordinate work.
• Administer subconsultant agreements as assigned 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.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Disability and life insurance.
• Retirement savings.
• Paid sick leave.
• Paid vacation or other personal time.
• Paid parental leave.
• Paid time off for bereavement, voting, and attendance at naturalization proceedings.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior