Data Center Project Manager, Lead Consultant

WSP • Tempe, AZ

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About The Position

WSP is hiring a Data Center Project Manager, Lead Consultant for its Tempe, Arizona office. The role leads multidisciplinary engineering teams through project initiation and completion with minimal oversight, managing multiple concurrent projects of varying size and complexity. The position includes client communications and expectation management; proposal, change order, budget, invoicing, and closeout management; project planning and scheduling; stakeholder coordination; and quality control. The successful candidate will also lead business development efforts and mentor team members and junior project managers.

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 across disciplines and levels of technical experience.
• Clear, concise, and tactful communication with senior management, clients, peers, and staff.
• Strategic, conceptual, and analytical thinking and decision-making skills.
• Adaptability and flexibility, including the ability to manage deadlines, 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.

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 across multiple concurrent projects, from small to large and with varying complexity.
• Prepare project work plans, proposals, schedules, scopes of work, and fee estimates, and obtain required management and client approvals.
• Communicate with clients about project status and quality, manage expectations, and proactively resolve issues.
• Manage relationships with internal and external clients, vendors, regulatory authorities, technical agencies, and the public.
• Address change management matters with clients and internal departments.
• Monitor project budgets, key performance indicators, forecasts, and workload throughout projects.
• Lead business development initiatives, including Requests for Qualifications and Requests for Proposals.
• 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 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.
• Manage client and subconsultant invoicing.

What This Job Offers

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