Senior Project Manager - Data Center Construction
About The Position
Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to join its 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. The Senior Project Manager works closely with project teams, contractors, and client stakeholders to guide projects from preconstruction through closeout and help ensure successful delivery. Data center or mission-critical project experience is strongly preferred. The role includes managing project stakeholders and suppliers, monitoring schedules, milestones, costs, design standards, and project information, and providing technical support and construction guidance. It also involves client relationship management, strategic advice to project teams, capturing project learnings, and identifying process improvements. SOX control responsibilities may apply where relevant. Turner & Townsend describes its purpose as transforming performance for a green, inclusive, and productive world. Its stated values include loving a challenge, working stronger together, and bringing out the best in everyone. The company promotes a healthy, productive, and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance and is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in construction management, civil engineering, or another applicable bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience.
- Minimum 5–7 years of relevant project management experience.
- Strong organizational and management skills, including 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.
- Analyze, track, and manage critical milestone activities to avoid schedule slips.
- Verify that effective project governance, processes, and systems are used.
- Ensure best practices are applied across projects.
- Produce formal project status reports and other reports as required.
- Monitor multiple construction projects to ensure approved design standards are applied correctly.
- Manage supplier interfaces through monthly trackers and weekly reviews.
- Manage the flow of project information 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.
- Respond rapidly to field RFIs.
- Provide expertise in cost control, value engineering, and constructability guidance as required.
- Independently review status reports, drawing submittals, timelines, and costs from architects, contractors, and suppliers.
- Assist in developing excellent client relationships to maximize new opportunities.
- Advise project teams on approaches that can achieve client and business objectives.
- Capture key information and learnings generated from each project.
- Identify ways to improve internal systems and processes.
- Adhere to applicable SOX control responsibilities.
Benefits
- Healthy, productive, and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
