Senior Development Project Engineer (Data Center Construction)

QTS Data Centers•Sugar Grove Township, PA

About The Position

The Senior Development Project Engineer is primarily responsible for assisting with design, preconstruction, and construction activities on assigned data center projects. The role works regularly with Facilities, contractors, designers, engineers, commissioning agents, vendors, Data Center Operations, and Corporate Real Estate staff, requiring strong written and oral communication skills. The engineer supports Development leadership and Project Managers with day-to-day project activities across multiple projects and campuses, including budgets, schedules, status reports, program updates, site master development, entitlement and permitting, procurement, cost estimates, construction security, and project closeout. The position also contributes to due diligence for potential or new land and property opportunities and helps improve internal project management processes and protocols.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Construction Management, 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 and closeout.
Experience with Microsoft Office, particularly PowerPoint for executive program updates and Excel for site program and project budgets.
Ability to travel as needed for business.
Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to interface with all organizational levels.
Proven ability to work effectively as a team member in internal and external team environments.
Ability to solve problems at tactical and functional levels.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience in mission-critical data center facilities.
Experience managing MEP trades.

Responsibilities

Assist Development leadership and Project Managers with day-to-day activities and responsibilities.
Support multiple projects across campuses 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, including campus design solutions and capital budgets.
Assist with entitlement and permitting needs for assigned projects.
Assist in developing scopes of work for design, construction, and commissioning services; participate in procurement and project cost estimates.
Evaluate and level 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 cost-to-date against overall project budgets.
Review project schedules and manage teams toward on-time completion.
Review contractor change-order requests and negotiate pricing.
Assist with establishing site construction security procedures with the site security team.
Build and maintain relationships while serving as a liaison with key QTS stakeholders.
Represent QTS interests in OAC meetings.
Develop relationships that support QTS’s position in data center real estate.
Participate in due diligence for potential or new land banks and properties as needed, working with Corporate Real Estate, Connectivity, Power, and Construction stakeholders to evaluate data center design and build opportunities.
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.