Land Development Project Manager

Brown and Caldwell is a full-service environmental engineering and construction services firm, and they are seeking a Land Development Project Manager to oversee the delivery and pre-positioning of data center real estate for cloud infrastructure. The role involves coordinating with various teams to ensure efficient development processes and successful project execution.

Responsibilities:

• Land development and permitting strategy development and execution; stakeholder engagement; utility connection/construction/development agreements, integrated project planning; contract and budget management; liaison with authorities having jurisdiction (AHJs); tracking and completing deliverables in accordance with development schedule
• The Land Development Manager is part of a team of land use, planning and development experts but works across the greater organization to drive an effective, fast, and efficient development process to eliminate gaps between teams and ensure delivery of datacenter build projects
• They will be responsible for driving appropriate cross-team delivery in review, due diligence, design, and entitlement/permitting phases of projects to allow for the construction and delivery of our critical infrastructure
• This will entail establishing the appropriate delivery teams and possessing the commercial and practical experience to take on development challenges across numerous projects and drive effective development practices to achieve business targets

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related field
• 5 years minimum direct experience in Land Development or consulting work in Land Development
• 5 years minimum experience in project management, working on projects engaging directly with municipalities, AHJ's and utility districts to drive appropriate resolutions to development
• 5 years minimum direct working experience with the core Microsoft products (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, SharePoint)
• 5 years of combined working experience in the land development, design, permitting and construction industries
• Have specific knowledge of land use planning and development to include due diligence processes and contracting, A/E design processes, zoning, permitting, utility delivery, full entitlement, etc
• Have project management and stakeholder engagement experience
• Have general knowledge and experience with a broad variety of construction means and methods
• Be fluent in business English
• Work comfortably with ambiguity in a fast-paced environment
• Be a self-starter, process-minded, and collaborative
• Candidate must possess strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to lead cross-functional team in strategy development and execution for large-scale development projects
• Direct data center development experience
• Experience in working through zoning, land use and permitting in multiple markets