Senior Project Manager

Eden International is recruiting for a client that develops hyperscale data centers and digital infrastructure. The Senior Project Manager will represent the owner, leading project strategy, budgets, schedules, teams, construction, commissioning, and closeout.

Responsibilities:

• Bring on consultant teams for site due diligence
• Assess sites against design requirements, flagging feasibility, risks and constraints
• Run consultant RFPs, interviews and final recommendations
• Build and own the master budget, master schedule, project directory and communication plan
• Keep the risk log live and lead regular reviews
• Lead permitting and entitlements with local authorities
• Run Construction Manager selection and support contract negotiations
• Oversee procurement and subcontractor appointments, holding them to quality standards
• Lead design coordination so the design matches project goals
• Track and close out design review comments
• Spot design risks, constructability issues and cost impacts early
• Propose value engineering to protect budget and schedule
• Track milestones and act early on anything that threatens the date
• Produce regular project reports to owner and customer standards
• Follow up on actions and stakeholder decisions
• Lead General Contractor negotiations with clear risk allocation
• Oversee BIM coordination, site inspections and construction meetings
• Walk sites regularly to check quality and adherence to plans
• Drive RFIs, submittals and field issues to resolution
• Coordinate equipment delivery, installation and integration
• Track budgets in real time so decisions are made on current numbers
• Review and approve invoices, claims and change orders
• Manage long lead equipment from order through commissioning
• Coordinate owner direct purchases such as IT, AV and FF&E
• Manage insurance compliance, accruals, forecasts and project accounting
• Lead all commissioning activity, from startup and testing to issue resolution
• Attend every CX meeting and track open issues to close
• Sign off substantial and final completion
• Drive the punch list to completion
• Secure final inspections and the Certificate of Occupancy
• Hand over complete closeout documentation to operations
• Close out all accounting and reporting

Requirements:

• 10+ years in data center or mission critical construction
• A track record of leading full project lifecycles and cross functional teams
• Strong working knowledge of architectural, structural and MEP systems
• Clear communication and the confidence to lead
• Drive, ownership and an entrepreneurial approach
• A degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture or similar