Development Project Engineer

Quality Technology Services • York, SC

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About The Position

The Development Project Engineer assists with design, preconstruction, and construction activities for one or more projects. The role works regularly with Facilities, contractors, designers, engineers, commissioning agents, vendors, Data Center Operations, and corporate real estate staff, and requires written and verbal communication skills appropriate for that collaboration.

The engineer supports development leadership and project managers with day-to-day project work, helps coordinate multiple projects across campuses, and maintains budgets, schedules, status reports, and executive-level program updates. The role also contributes to campus master development plans and capital budgets, permitting and entitlement efforts, scopes of work, procurement, cost estimates, schedule and budget oversight, contractor change-order review, site security procedures, stakeholder relationships, and project management process improvements. As needed, the engineer supports due diligence for potential or newly acquired land and properties and helps evaluate opportunities for new data centers.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Construction Management, or equivalent professional experience.
• Experience with Microsoft Office, specifically PowerPoint for executive-level program updates and Excel for creating and maintaining site program and individual project budgets.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to interface with all levels of the organization.
• Ability to work effectively as a team player in internal and external team environments.
• Ability to solve problems at a tactical and functional level.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Nice To Haves

• One or more years of professional experience in commercial construction practices and procedures, including management of Lump Sum, Construction Management at Risk, and Design Build delivery methods from conceptual development through procurement to closeout.
• Experience or exposure to mission-critical data center facilities.
• Experience managing MEP trades.

Responsibilities

• Assist Development leadership and the Project Manager with day-to-day activities and responsibilities.
• Support multiple projects across campus sites and maintain current budgets, schedules, and status reports for each.
• Prepare monthly development program and project status updates suitable for executive-level reviews.
• Work with QTS stakeholders and design and construction teams on site master development programs, complete campus design solutions, and capital budgets.
• Assist with entitlement and permitting needs for assigned site projects.
• Assist in developing scopes of work for design, construction, and commissioning services; participate in procurement and project cost estimates.
• Evaluate and compare pricing proposals for design, construction, and commissioning services.
• Work with the strategic procurement team on equipment procurement and delivery.
• Coordinate appropriate submittals with site stakeholders.
• Monitor project budgets and costs to date against overall project budgets.
• Review project schedules and manage teams toward on-time completion.
• Review contractor change-order requests and negotiate pricing.
• Help establish site construction security procedures with the site security team.
• Establish and maintain relationships while serving as a liaison with key QTS stakeholders.
• Represent QTS interests in OAC meetings.
• Build relationships that support QTS's leadership in data center real estate.
• Participate in due diligence for potential or new land banks and properties as needed.
• Evaluate opportunities to design and build new data centers with Corporate Real Estate, Connectivity, Power, and Construction stakeholders.
• Assist with establishing and monitoring entitlement and permit processes for individual projects as needed.
• Work with the internal development team to improve project management processes and protocols.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan with Roth and Traditional matching contributions and immediate vesting.
• Flexible spending and HSA accounts.
• Paid holidays, paid time off, and paid volunteer days.
• Employee assistance program.
• Tuition assistance and tuition reimbursement.
• Parental leave and military leave assistance and benefits.
• QTS scholarship for employee dependents.
• Wellness program.
• Bonus eligibility; the posting also states every employee is bonus or commission eligible.
• Generous PTO and floating holidays.
• Stock Purchase Plan (SPP).
• Holiday compensation when working on paid holidays.
• Pet insurance and legal insurance.
• Q-Rest Sabbatical Program.
• Q-Anniversary Service Award Program.
• QTS Charitable Matching Gift Program.
• QTS Crisis Fund.

What This Job Offers

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