Turner & Townsend is seeking an Electrical Project Manager – Data Center Construction with Field Experience to support a high-profile data center construction project. This individual will be responsible for overseeing the General Contractor’s construction activities, with a strong focus on reporting on schedule status back to the project owner. The ideal candidate will bring deep technical expertise from working in the field, strong leadership, and a background in large-scale data center/mission critical works or electrical contracting environments.
Role Responsibilities:
- Effectively manage and collaborate with project stakeholders.
- Effective communication across our internal team to ensure efficiency and a consistent delivery to the client.
- Can analyze, track, and effectively manage critical milestone activities to avoid schedule slip.
- 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 being 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 submittals, 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.
Program Responsibilities:
- Oversee all phases of electrical construction, from preconstruction through L5 commissioning.
- Oversee design coordination, procurement, installation, and closeout of all mission critical systems, with an emphasis on electrical support.
- Ensure alignment with project goals, client expectations, and quality standards.
- Foster a collaborative, high-performing team environment.
- Maintain clear communication with clients, contractors, and internal stakeholders.
- Oversee and report on works status in the field against the General Contractor’s schedule and report on this daily and as required by the owner
- Review and provide feedback against the GC contract schedule to mitigate and expose opportunities to avoid any impacts to the critical path.
- Provide subject matter expertise in electrical systems, including substations, transformers, and power distribution.
- Ensure compliance with design specifications, codes, and industry standards on field walks as part of QA/QC responsibilities
- Identify project risks and report feedback on mitigation strategies to the General Contractor and owner
- Ensure all electrical work meets quality and safety standards.
- Manage method of procedure (MOP) review, feedback and execution.
- Maintain/contribute to the site progress photo log and weekly reporting
- Assist in managing the closeout of all CX issues identified in the field with project stakeholders