Senior Design Execution Project Manager
About the Role
We are looking for a Senior Design Execution Project Manager to run the design activities related to Hyperscale Data Center construction and other projects for a large technology client. Serves as the client's agent, consultant, advisor, and authorized owner's representative through all design phases and all design fields until hand-off to the client's construction team. Most duties and responsibilities are associated with managing, coordinating, and administrating the client's design consultants used in the design efforts. This position is responsible for taking the program-level Plan of Record and localizing the design.
This is a remote position with travel to project sites in and around Atlanta, Charleston, and Raleigh. Travel is expected to project sites about 30% of the time.
Responsibilities
- Facilitate planning and kickoff workshops with internal and external stakeholders
- Facilitate design reviews in partnership with external partners
- Facilitate large-scale workshops as necessary
- Author scopes of work for contracts and gain buy-in from internal stakeholders
- Issue and administer contracts
- Define and track deliverables from various parties
- Track cost, schedule, progress, and scope
- Provide health reporting on cost, schedule, scope, and progress
- Build optimal design teams from matrixed internal stakeholders and the strategic procurement of external partners
- Change management for project scope and design contracts
- Facilitate technical decisions in line with project needs
- Coordinate design activities with procurement and construction
- Provide clear and open communication with all internal stakeholders and external partners
- Ensure the issuance of engineering information to the right party, at the right time, in the right format
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in construction management, engineering, architecture, or a related field
- Professional licensure (PE, NCARB, RA) is strongly preferred or significant professional experience (+10 years) may substitute
- Prior experience with data center design and/or construction preferred
- Strong understanding of construction principles and practices
- Experience in the preparation of project plans and specifications
- Experience drafting scopes of work
- Experience with government regulations
- Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously
- Working understanding of AutoCAD is necessary for drawing reviews and mark-ups
Schedule
Remote position with approximately 30% travel to project sites in and around Atlanta, Charleston, and Raleigh.