Project Director - Data Centre

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.

The role

This role will lead the project, championing the evolving operation of the project office, to ensure all the required support services to enable the effective management of the project are implemented. This role will assure the overall integrity and coherence of the project execution, supporting the client and key stakeholders in their decision-making to ensure that the delivery of the project is optimised.

It is expected that the Project Director will have the gravitas to successfully influence at all levels across both internal and external stakeholders.

The functional leads will report directly to the Project Director.

Key responsibilities

• Accountable for leading, coaching and developing the project team, ensuring that activities support delivery of the client’s strategic objectives and add value to the business.
• Accountable for ensuring that the client discharges its regulatory obligations in relation to the project to ensure that capital investments are delivered demonstrably efficiently and with appropriate consultation.
• Accountable for developing and deploying effective and consistent working practises and standards which support delivery of the project (e.g. Risk, Schedule, Cost, Quality), aligned to Turner & Townsend Best Practice. Provide capability support including training, coaching and independent assurance.
• Accountable for the assurance and scrutiny of the project through the gateway process and ensuring that all investments have robust business cases, and that investments deliver demonstrable capital efficiency.
• Accountable for the baseline integrity and for the provision of relevant, timely and accurate management information to inform effective decision making for an optimised investment.
• Accountable for the effective and efficient deployment of resources across the project.

• Strong Data Centre experience
• Minimum of 20+ years' experience in project management
• Bachelor’s degree in architecture, engineering, construction management or a relevant field
• Recognised Project Management qualifications
• Professionally qualified or equivalent. Preferably strong Portfolio, Programme, Project and Risk Management skills or strategy/business planning strengths to ensure the integrity of the project.
• A strong and inspiring leader, able to create a clear vision for the future, build a strong high performing team, engaging and motivating others to follow and pursue that vision.
• Proven track record of planning and implementing major projects, with experience of delivering in an operational environment with complex stakeholders.
• Experienced in solution development (or design) of complex projects of all types, especially complex construction projects.
• An effective problem solver, with a track record of applying a challenging and analytical approach to complex issues and developing innovative yet pragmatic solutions.

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