Senior Project Manager - Data Center Construction

Turner & Townsend • Fort Worth, TX

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to join our Data Center team in Fort Worth, Texas. This is a full-time, site-based role supporting the delivery of large-scale mission critical construction projects. Working closely with project teams, contractors, and client stakeholders, you will guide projects from preconstruction through closeout and play a key role in their successful delivery. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record managing large-scale construction projects, with data center or mission critical experience strongly preferred.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in construction management, civil engineering, or applicable bachelor's degree and/or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 5-7 years of relevant project management experience.
• Data center or mission critical project experience preferred.
• Strong organizational and management skills – the ability to work effectively and collaboratively with the broader team.
• Effective presentation skills.
• Proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Procore, and construction project management tools.
• Excellent communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Data center or mission critical project experience

Responsibilities

• Manage stakeholders including architects, engineers, and supply chains to deliver compliant projects.
• Can analyze, track, and effectively manage critical milestone activities to avoid schedule slips.
• Verify that effective project governance, processes and systems are utilized
• Ensure application of best practice on all projects.
• Production of formal project status reports and other reports as required.
• Monitor the progress of multiple construction projects simultaneously to ensure that the approved design standards are applied correctly.
• Manage the interface between all suppliers through monthly trackers and weekly reviews.
• Manage the flow of project information between the project team through regular meetings and written communications.
• Forecast and update key project milestones.
• Manage and monitor local design teams in accordance with commission criteria.
• Provide technical support to owners, architects, general contractors and regional stakeholders.
• Rapid response to RFIs from the field.
• Provide expertise for cost control, value engineering, and constructability guidance where required.
• Independent review of status reports, drawing submittmits, timelines and costs from architects, contractors and suppliers.
• Client management – assist in developing excellent working relationships with Clients, with a view towards maximizing new opportunities.
• Strategic Thinking - provides advice to project teams on approaches that can be adopted to successfully achieve both clients’ objectives and business objectives.
• Knowledge management – ensure that key information and learnings generated from each project is captured.
• Process improvement – Identify ways to improve internal systems and processes
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Benefits

• We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.
• We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

What This Job Offers

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