Data Center Project Manager, Consultant

WSP•Houston, TX

About The Position

WSP is seeking a Project Manager for its Data Center Center of Excellence, which focuses exclusively on data centers and supports leading AI and cloud infrastructure companies. The Project Manager leads multidisciplinary engineering teams from project initiation through completion with minimal oversight, including coordinating with clients, managing expectations, preparing proposals and change orders, developing budgets, invoicing, and project closeout. The role leads medium to large projects, potentially managing multiple projects concurrently. It includes project planning and scheduling, client and stakeholder communications, performance and financial reporting, risk and change management, business development support, team leadership and mentoring, project administration, quality control, workload tracking, and management of client and subconsultant invoicing.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree.
At least 3 years of experience in project and/or program management and experience on large engineering and/or construction projects.
Experience leading multidisciplinary teams of project professionals and 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.
Ability to work effectively with people from different disciplines and with varying levels of technical experience.
Clear, concise, and tactful communication with senior management, clients, peers, and staff.
Strategic and conceptual 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.
Authorization to work in the United States.

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 engineers, designers, and other staff through project completion.
Lead teams in successfully completing medium to large projects while managing multiple projects concurrently.
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 regarding requirements, deliverables, and schedules.
Track, analyze, and report actual performance against plans; prepare client and internal cost and schedule reports and address change management matters promptly and professionally.
Prepare monthly project financial forecasts, maintain project budgets, and monitor key performance indicators.
Analyze project management and delivery risks, establish contingency plans, and identify trigger events and responsibility for mitigation.
Lead and manage business development initiatives, including Requests for Qualifications and Requests for Proposals; develop scopes of work and fee estimates for management approval.
Mentor, assist, encourage, and motivate team members.
Provide general administrative and technical leadership for projects; maintain project records and monitor correspondence.
Schedule and facilitate project meetings needed to coordinate work.
Administer subconsultant agreements as assigned.
Implement and manage the kW Quality Control Plan for each project.
Track and report workload management throughout projects.
Manage client and subconsultant invoicing.
Manage proposals, change orders, budgets, invoicing, and project closeout.