Falcon Green
Senior Project Manager - Data centre
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About the Role
A leading construction company is looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager to join a major data centre development in Middlesbrough. This is a newly created position supporting the delivery of a large-scale development, offering an excellent opportunity to work on a high-profile, technically complex project within the rapidly growing data centre sector.
Key Responsibilities
As Senior Project Manager, you will take a key role in the delivery of the project's major substructure package, working across enabling works, groundworks, piling and reinforced concrete construction.
- Providing technical and project leadership throughout the delivery of the works.
- Acting as a technical authority, challenging engineering proposals and identifying technical risks.
- Reviewing and interrogating civil, structural, geotechnical, drainage, remediation and temporary works designs.
- Assessing design assumptions, construction methodologies, sequencing and constructability.
- Managing contractor-led design packages through construction.
- Working closely with site teams to develop and validate construction methodologies and sequencing.
- Managing multidisciplinary engineering consultants, designers and subcontractors.
- Coordinating with the client, consultants, contractors, utilities providers and other key stakeholders.
- Identifying and resolving technical issues on site to maintain programme.
- Supporting delivery of enabling works, earthworks, remediation, drainage, piling, foundations and reinforced concrete substructures.
- Managing technical change and assessing its impact on programme, cost and buildability.
- Identifying and mitigating construction, engineering, environmental and planning risks.
- Supporting commercial discussions and negotiations arising from design development and technical change.
- Ensuring works are delivered safely, efficiently and in accordance with project requirements.
- Working within a fast-track construction environment and supporting phased project delivery.
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Requirements
You will ideally have:
- A degree in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Construction Engineering or a related discipline.
- 10+ years' experience delivering and/or designing major infrastructure, industrial, energy, mission-critical or data centre projects.
- Recent data centre experience within the last 5 years is essential.
- Previous experience in engineering, design management, project engineering or senior site engineering positions.
- Strong knowledge of enabling works, earthworks, remediation, drainage, piling, temporary works and reinforced concrete substructures.
- Experience working under Design & Build contracts with contractor-led design responsibility.
- Experience delivering large-scale industrial developments or data centre projects.
- Familiarity with JCT Design & Build contracts.
- Experience managing technical change and supporting commercial negotiations.
- Strong understanding of construction sequencing, programme and buildability.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
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