Senior Development Project Engineer (Data Center Construction)

About the role

The Senior Development Project Engineer (Data Center Construction) plays a crucial role in the design, preconstruction, and construction phases of various projects. This position involves interacting regularly with Facilities, Contractors, Designers, Engineers, Commissioning Agents, Vendors, and Data Center Operations & Corporate real estate staff.

Responsibilities

• Aid Development leadership and Project Manager with day-to-day activities and responsibilities
• Assist with multiple projects on a campus(es) and maintain updated budgets, schedules, and status reports for each
• Prepare updates on development program & project status for executive level reviews
• Collaborate with QTS stakeholders, design, and construction teams to develop master development programs for sites, including comprehensive campus designs and capital budgets
• Handle entitlement and permitting needs for each assigned site project(s)
• Manage scopes of work for design, construction, commissioning services, and participate in procurement and project cost estimates
• Coordinate submittals with site stakeholders
• Monitor project budget / cost-to-date against overall project budget, review project schedules, and ensure on-time completion
• Negotiate change order requests from contractors and manage teams to meet deadlines
• Create and maintain site construction security procedures in collaboration with the site security team
• Build and maintain relationships to enhance QTS’s leadership in creating the World’s Most Valuable Data Center Real Estate
• Aid in due diligence efforts on as-needed basis by participating in real estate efforts on potential or new land banks and properties, including evaluating opportunities to design & build new data centers
• Establish and monitor entitlement and permit processes for individual projects as needed
• Support internal development team in enhancing project management processes and protocols

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Construction Management field or equivalent professional experience
• Five or more years of professional experience in commercial construction practices and procedures, including management of Lump Sum, Construction Management @ Risk, and Design Build project delivery methods from conceptual development through procurement to close out
• Experience with Microsoft Office suite, specifically PowerPoint for use in communicating program updates to executive level, and Excel to create and maintain site program & individual project budgets
• US Citizenship required due to federal customer contracts

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to interface with all levels of the organization
• Capable, proven team player that operates well within internal and external team environments
• Able to solve problems at a tactical and functional level
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously

Skills and Abilities

• Prior experience in mission critical data center facilities
• Knowledge and experience with management of MEP trades

Benefits

• Roth and Traditional 401(k) matching contributions with immediate vesting
• Generous PTO, Paid Volunteer Days Plus Floating Holidays
• Stock Purchase Plan (SPP)
• 11 paid Holidays Annually/Holiday compensation when worked
• Pet and Legal Insurance
• Q-Rest Sabbatical Program
• Q-Anniversary Service Award Program
• Parental Leave for primary and secondary caregivers
• Military Benefits Package
• QTS Charitable Matching Gift Program
• QTS Scholarship for Employee Dependents
• QTS Crisis Fund
• Tuition Reimbursement Program