Development Project Manager (Retrofit Data Center Construction)

Quality Technology Services•Irving, AZ

About The Position

The Development Project Manager (Retrofit Data Center Construction) leads and manages the design, preconstruction, and construction activities for assigned projects. The role coordinates daily with Facilities, contractors, designers, engineers, commissioning agents, vendors, and Data Center Operations staff, requiring strong written and oral communication skills. The Project Manager oversees multiple campus projects and maintains budgets, schedules, and status reports. They prepare monthly program and project updates for executive reviews, support efficient decision-making, and work with stakeholders and project teams to develop campus-wide plans and capital budgets. The role also manages permitting and entitlements, phased site development, procurement, project costs, schedules, contractor payments and change orders, construction security procedures, and product deployment planning. The position collaborates with Sales Engineers and Product teams on prospective client solutions, represents QTS in OAC meetings, builds relationships with stakeholders, assists with due diligence for potential sites, and helps improve internal project management processes and protocols. The role may require travel up to 25% of the time.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Science or Engineering, or equivalent professional experience.
Five or more years of professional experience in commercial construction practices and procedures.
Experience managing Lump Sum, Construction Management at Risk, and Design Build project delivery methods from conceptual development through procurement to closeout.
Experience with Microsoft Office, specifically PowerPoint for executive-level program updates and Excel for creating and maintaining site program and individual project budgets.
Ability to travel up to 25% of the time.

Nice To Haves

MBA, master’s degree in Engineering, Management, or a related field.
Experience delivering mission-critical data center facilities.
Extensive experience managing MEP trades.

Responsibilities

Manage multiple projects across one or more campuses and maintain current budgets, schedules, and status reports.
Prepare and communicate monthly development program and project status updates for executive-level reviews, presenting information to support efficient decision-making.
Work with QTS stakeholders and design and construction teams to develop a master development program, complete campus design solution, and capital budget for assigned sites.
Manage entitlement and permitting requirements for assigned site projects.
Implement and manage phased site development plans to meet schedule, budget, and quality standards predictably.
Continuously update campus master plans to provide predictable statistics in a dynamic environment.
Write 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.
Coordinate with the strategic procurement team on equipment procurement and delivery.
Ensure submittals are coordinated with site stakeholders.
Monitor project budgets and costs to date against overall project budgets.
Establish project schedules and manage teams to achieve on-time completion.
Review and approve contractors’ monthly pay applications.
Review contractors’ change order requests and negotiate pricing.
Establish construction security procedures with the site security team.
Develop product deployment plans and review and communicate them with involved QTS staff.
Collaborate with Sales Engineers and Product teams on custom solutions for prospective clients within the applicable schedule and budget.
Establish and maintain relationships, serving as a liaison with key QTS stakeholders.
Represent QTS interests and lead OAC meetings.
Build relationships that enhance QTS’s ability to lead in creating valuable data center real estate.
Assist with due diligence for potential new sites as needed.
Work with the internal development team to improve project management processes and protocols.