Electrical Project Manager - Data Center Construction

Turner & Townsend are seeking an experienced Electrical Project Manager to join our team in support of the Data Center Construction team. The ideal individual will have prior experience supporting large-scale construction projects.


Responsibilities:  

• Effectively manage, coordinate, and collaborate with project stakeholders. 
• Effective communication across our internal team to ensure efficiency and a consistent delivery to the client.  
• Analyze, track, and effectively manage critical milestone activities (such as switchgear delivery, factory testing, and system energization) to avoid schedule slip. 
• Verify that effective project governance, rigorous QA/QC processes, pre-commissioning checklists, and specialized systems are utilized. 
• Ensure application of industry best practices, testing standards (such as NETA or IEEE), and safety protocols on all electrical 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 electrical design standards, single-line diagrams, and local/national electrical codes are being applied correctly. 
• Manage the interface and delivery timelines between all equipment suppliers (e.g., transformers, UPS systems, switchgear) through monthly trackers and weekly technical reviews. 
• Manage the flow of project information between the project team through regular meetings and written communications.  
• Forecast, track, and update key project milestones, critical path items, and testing phases. 
• Manage and monitor local design teams in accordance with commission criteria.  
• Provide technical support to owners, architects, general contractors and regional stakeholders.  
• Review of submittals and RFIs 
• 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, pre-functional checklists, and QA/QC procedures. 
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.