Data Center Project Manager, Lead Consultant

WSP • Herndon, VA

4d • $149,000 - $182,000 • Onsite

About The Position

WSP is seeking a Data Center Project Manager, Lead Consultant for its Herndon, Virginia office. The Data Center Center of Excellence focuses exclusively on data centers, supporting AI and cloud infrastructure companies with challenges such as site selection, power and water access, responsible development, and community engagement.

The role leads multidisciplinary engineering teams from project initiation through completion with minimal oversight. The consultant manages multiple concurrent projects, client and stakeholder relationships, proposals and change orders, scopes and budgets, schedules, invoicing, quality control, project records, and closeout. The role also supports business development and provides leadership, mentoring, and guidance to 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 teams and concurrently managing issues, scope, and quality while completing 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 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, and in analyzing and reporting project performance on financial and other KPIs.

Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary teams of engineers, designers, and other staff through multiple simultaneous 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 for deliverables and schedules.
• 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 activity.
• Administer subconsultant agreements as assigned and maintain a thorough understanding of company contracts and involved parties.
• 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 coverage.
• Retirement savings.
• Paid sick leave.
• Paid vacation or other personal time.
• Paid parental leave.
• Paid time off for bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

What This Job Offers

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