Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.
Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.
Our capabilities include programme, 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, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.
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Job DescriptionWe are currently seeking a Project Director (m/f/d) for major Data Centre construction projects in Berlin. In this role, you will act as the key, day to day client interface, ensuring that our client objectives are not only met, but exceeded wherever possible and that projects are delivered to time and cost targets and the appropriate high level of quality, sustainability, and safety standards.
In this role you will lead a multi-disciplinary team and drive performance through design development, permitting and approvals, procurement and ultimately construction.
With a market leading client base and the opportunity to take the lead on strategic commissions and high-profile projects, this is an exciting time to join the business unit and grow a career with Turner & Townsend.
As the Project Director you will oversee, manage and lead a team providing the following services:
- Overall Project Management
- Project Controls
- Preconstruction Activities
- Environmental, Health & Safety Activities
- Construction Management
- Quality Management
- Commercial Management
- Claims Management
- Procurement
- Project Execution Support
- Project Close-out.
- University degree in a construction related field
- Extensive experience delivering major projects and/or programmes, at least 5 years experiences in the Data Centre Sector
- Experience to include Project Director, Construction Director within a PMC, EPCM, Construction Management Environment or as a General Contractor
- Understanding of project management and project controls methodology
- Proactive, meticulous, self-motivated and hands-on team player
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills essential, ability to communicate well with clients and senior management
- Fluent language skills in English are required; fluency in German is a plus
- Willingness to work on site (3-5 days a week)
Our people share our Purpose and Values. Turner & Townsend provides a great place to work, where everyone can make change happen and influence a better world.
We champion our people to succeed in both work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive, and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.
Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
If this sounds like a challenge you’d like to hear more about, please submit an application for our recruitment team to review.
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Skills Required
- University degree in a construction related field
- At least 5 years' experience in the Data Centre sector
- Extensive experience delivering major projects and/or programmes
- Experience as Project Director or Construction Director within PMC, EPCM, Construction Management or as a General Contractor
- Understanding of project management and project controls methodology
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, ability to communicate with clients and senior management
- Fluent English
- Fluency in German
- Proactive, meticulous, self-motivated, hands-on team player
- Willingness to work on site (3-5 days a week)
What We Do
Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes. Together with our clients, we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources.
