Turner & Townsend
Data Centres
ProjectDirector,DataCentres
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“Project Director, Data Centres at Turner & Townsend. Skills: Project delivery, Client relationships, Team leadership. Lead data centre and mission-critical construction programs delivery. Provide strategic oversight across multiple projects”
What You'll Achieve.
Ensuring alignment with client objectives; Ensuring alignment with commercial targets; Ensuring alignment with schedules; Ensuring alignment with delivery milestones
Industry & Context.
Drive issue resolution; Risk mitigation; Decision-making
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
12+ years of relevant experience within construction, mission-critical, data centre, or large-scale infrastructure project environments, Experience leading complex construction programs including project delivery, scheduling, budgeting, risk management, and stakeholder coordination, Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary teams, manage client relationships, and oversee multiple concurrent projects within fast-paced delivery environments, Commercial, financial, and reporting acumen, including experience supporting executive-level project governance and decision-making
Nice to Have
PMP or similar professional certification
What You'll Do.
Lead data centre and mission-critical construction programs delivery
Provide strategic oversight across multiple projects
Lead multidisciplinary project teams
Oversee project governance
Support commissioning
operational readiness
Build and maintain client relationships
Drive issue resolution
Mentor and support project management teams
Contribute to business development activities
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Lead multidisciplinary project teams including consultants, contractors, vendors, and client stakeholders; Promote collaboration, accountability, and delivery excellence
Communication Scope
Excellent communication skills
Process & Methodology
Project delivery, Scheduling, Budgeting, Risk management, Stakeholder coordination, Project governance, Change management, Quality assurance
Full Job Description
Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success. Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions. We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world. Who are you? Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Project Director to join our growing Data Centres team, leading the delivery of complex mission-critical construction projects and programs. The ideal candidate will bring strong leadership, client management, and project delivery experience within large-scale construction environments. Key Responsibilities: * Lead the delivery of complex data centre and mission-critical construction programs from pre-construction through commissioning and closeout. * Provide strategic oversight across multiple projects, ensuring alignment with client objectives, commercial targets, schedules, and delivery milestones. * Lead multidisciplinary project teams including consultants, contractors, vendors, and client stakeholders across all phases of project delivery. * Oversee project governance, reporting, budgeting, risk management, change management, and quality assurance processes. * Support the successful execution of commissioning, operational readiness, turnover, and equipment integration activities
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