Data Center Project Manager *

About the role

HDR is seeking a Data Center Project Manager to join one of the largest, fastest-growing, and comprehensive TMT (Tech, Media and Telecom) practices in the industry. Opportunities are available in preferred locations across the US and UK.

Primary Responsibilities

• Manage and deliver data center and mission-critical projects from upfront planning and pre-design activities through detail design, construction support, and commissioning.
• Develop and secure work from a robust global client base and expand HDR’s reputation within these markets.
• Manage multi-disciplinary design teams from project conception to completion.
• Mentor and manage a team to promote career growth, client satisfaction, and act as a safety net for each other.
• Coordinate workload through the entire project development to complete documents on schedule.
• Mission Critical staff recruiting and retention.
• Promote HDR through regular client interface.
• Collaborate on development strategies, new business prospects, technical services, quality, and production methods and standards to achieve the established goals and objectives of the business group, region, and company.
• Ensure product deliverables meet quality standards.
• Control project quality, schedule, scope, and budget.
• Create vital proposal content including scope, schedule, and budget.
• Aid in HDR’s interview and interview preparation/presentations.
• Perform other duties as needed.

Additional Duties

• Mentor/Manage: Help grow a team that works together to create a collaborative environment that promotes career growth, the production of high-quality construction documents, client satisfaction, and acts as a safety net for each other.
• Coordinate the work of multidiscipline design teams.
• Mentor, organize, and facilitate the growth of staff.
• Coordinate workload through the entire project development to complete documents on schedule.
• Mission Critical staff recruiting and retention.
• Promote HDR through regular client interface.
• Collaborate on development strategies, new business prospects, technical services, quality, and production methods and standards, to achieve the established goals and objectives of the business group, region and company.
• Technical: Ensure product deliverables meet quality standards.
• Marketing: Establish client relations, and participate in marketing, design, and production meetings. Assist Marketing and Business Development groups in developing fee proposals and scope of work documents. Promote HDR through regular client interface.

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years leadership experience in the areas of site programming, project planning, design, construction and/or commissioning.
• Previous Data Center/Mission Critical experience in an architectural/engineering, or engineering consulting firm is desired.
• Strong desire to stay current with the trends of the fast-paced industry of mission critical.
• The ability to interact with various design teams, excellent organizational, project management and communication (both written and verbal) skills.
• Working knowledge of the following standards: Uptime Topology standards, ASHRAE TC 9.9, and the ISO standards regarding PUE, CUE, and WUE.
• Working knowledge of Newforma Project Center and/or ProjectWise Document Management Software.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills.
• Strongly motivated and showing professional initiative.
• Focused on client outcomes.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related field.
• 7 years related experience.
• A minimum of 2 years project management experience.
• The ability to interact with various design teams, excellent organizational, project management and communication (both written and verbal) skills.
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must.