Associate Director - Data Centers
Turner & Townsend
Overview
As Associate Director in our Data Centre team, you will lead large-scale ground-up data centre projects across Europe, from inception to commissioning. You’ll shape project objectives, governance, and delivery, guiding cross-functional teams for top-tier clients. You’ll drive performance through KPIs, risk and change control, and proactive client interfacing. This role offers impact in a growth-focused firm with an entrepreneurial culture and a focus on delivering client outcomes at scale.
Responsibilities- Advise at strategic project conception to align with client objectives
- Set success criteria covering time, cost, technical and performance targets
- Plan and manage quality, safety, health and environment measures
- Establish project governance, processes and systems
- Produce detailed project plans and manage procurement of resources
- Lead cross-functional project team facilitation
- Monitor performance using KPIs and drive improvements
- Oversee change control, finances, and information flow to the client
- Generate formal progress reports and maintain client/consultant interfaces
- Interface with client and other consultants at all project stages
- Construction consultancy experience (preferred)
- Professionally qualified in construction, project management, engineering or architecture
- Chartered status or on path to achieving it
- Strong understanding of full project life cycle from conception to post-project review
- Excellent knowledge of main project management concepts, tools and techniques
- Design, management or construction experience in general construction (residential, office, fit-outs, health & education)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong communication skills
- Leadership of cross-functional teams
- Strategic thinking and stakeholder engagement
- Project management concepts, tools and techniques
- Performance management and KPI use
- Change control process
Reference: WJ-747_30234034