Project Manager / Owner's Representative - Data Center New Construction - Abilene, TX

About the company

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. Working with clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy, and natural resources, we transform challenges into opportunities and deliver outcomes that improve people’s lives. Our capabilities include program, 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.

About the role

The Owner Representative Project Manager will lead all aspects of Data Center construction projects in Abilene, TX. This role requires a solid track record of leading vendor compliance to construction agreements, managing overall project budgets, and maintaining schedules for varying sized, sophisticated projects.

Responsibilities

• Work with the general contractor to build and establish the Master Project Schedule, based on the Critical Path and key achievements (P6 cost/resource loaded schedule).
• Create and establish the Master Project Budget, including soft costs, hard costs, bonds, insurance, contingencies, and allowances.
• Support contractor pre-qualification, bid solicitation, bid analysis, and recommendations.
• Support contract negotiation, typically in concert with the Client’s legal counsel, including establishment of all GC “business terms” such as mark-ups, fees, insurance, labor rates, and critical issues.
• Coordinate Design Team activities supporting the Client.
• Supervise and establish if the Architect/Engineer (AE) is completing the full list of City and/or other Authority approvals, permitting, etc.
• Coordinate constructability review of project documents.
• Provide and capture cost estimates working with subs and other vendors for scope gaps/changes.
• Coordinate Value Engineering efforts.
• Produce cash flow projections on a monthly basis.
• Assist the client in identifying, scoping, buying-out, and scheduling all Owner-direct vendors and consultants.
• Lead General Contractor and other directly contracted vendors on the ground.
• Lead Cost/Change Control, including change order review, negotiation, recommendations, and delay analysis.
• Manage and track the budget.
• Monitor, track, and analyze the schedule.
• Handle document control (track and coordinate addenda, bulletins, new drawing sets, clarifications, etc.).
• Ensure QA/QC is being followed and report any issues or gaps.
• Process, track, and report invoices and payment applications.
• Track all key project documents, including submittals, RFIs, change orders, invoices, payments, and lien releases.
• Coordinate and manage all Owner-direct vendors and consultants.
• Lead OAC meetings and other project-related meetings.
• Assist with City and/or other Authority final inspections and occupancy processes.
• Create and supervise the punch list, substantial completion, and final completion processes.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in Architecture, Construction, or Engineering.
• Solid understanding of MEP construction management with a proven track record of leading capital projects.
• 5 or more years of related experience.
• Must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.