Program Manager Data Center Construction  

Turner & Townsend • Seattle, WA

153d • $100,000 - $125,000

About The Position

Turner & Townsend is looking for a Program Manager to join our team. This individual will work to support program management services for our Data Center Construction clients.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in construction management, engineering or field related to construction.
• Minimum 3-5 years of relevant experience.
• A thorough knowledge of Program Management methods and best practices.
• A thorough knowledge of forecasting, budgeting, planning, design, schedule and scope management.
• Have the technical skills to read, understand, and communicate contract requirements including construction drawings and specifications and interpret construction methods.
• Be able to understand and follow site HSSE Policies.
• Technology competent in using MS and/or MacOS suite of software products.
• Competent user of data management software and systems for data management, analytics, and quality assurance.
• Collaboration and relationship building skills.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience using SAP, Tableau, Procore, CxAlloy, Wrike, BOX, and Quip.

Responsibilities

• Assist the client team in ensuring the program is managed to the right quality standards and completed efficiently and on time.
• Assist with establishing effective program governance, processes and systems.
• Ensure that key information and data is effectively shared and appropriately retained.
• Build & maintain strong relationships with the client and team members.
• Interface with multiple stakeholders, including executive management, program team members, general contractors, consultants and vendors.
• Assist with the flow of program information between team members / stakeholders.
• Attend relevant meetings, update and maintain issues/actions logs as current.
• Development of detailed program plans, attendance at status meetings and follow-up with team members on completion status, close-out of open items.
• Contribute to monthly reporting on various aspects of the Client's program.
• Preparation of various reports for multiple audiences, including formal program management reports, executive dashboards and other reporting requirements.
• Assist with the preparation of proposals for new programs or variations to existing programs.
• Identify and develop program goals for the client including goal mapping and expected outcomes.
• Drive consistency across program objectives.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive program roadmap.
• Incorporate approved standards and track proposed changes with detail.
• Integrate historic scheduling and cost data to utilize for Capex planning.
• Identify dependencies and risks to program initiatives.
• Drive resolution and risk mitigation efforts.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for the client across disciplinary team and stakeholder groups including design, procurement, commissioning and construction teams.
• Track and escalate program-level issues to prevent downstream delays.
• Chair meetings, manage meeting agenda creation and distribution, and issuance of meeting minutes.
• Track actions across the group and internal due dates.
• Template creation utilizing technical subject matter details including layouts and design specifications.
• Decipher 'must-have' from 'nice-to-have' program initiatives.
• Management of the client buy-out strategy.
• Establish KPIs and track performance.
• Provide executive-level reporting on program efforts.
• Standardize build approaches across sites to improve schedule predictability and quality.
• Implement lessons learned from prior builds to optimize future program delivery.

Benefits

• The salary range for this full-time role is $100K-$125K per year.
• Promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree