Pre-Construction Senior Project Manager - Data Centres
The opportunity
As a Pre-Construction Senior Project Manager at Linesight, you will work with highly experienced, culturally diverse, and passionate teams nurturing a strong social dynamic and a shared sense of achievement. You will gain vast industry experience that will open doors for you, extend your skillset and expand your perspective. We will empower, support, and enable you to take real responsibility in your role so that you can take charge of your career progression with us. You will be mentored and supported by industry leaders and given the tools to grow. You will also be involved in and contribute to our business strategy as we continue to evolve. For us lasting trusted relationships are everything, both with our teams and our clients.
In this role you will:
- Outline the core vision, functional requirements, SMART goals, and primary deliverables of the project
- Detail land surveys, geotechnical / soil testing, utility mapping, and structural assessments to identify site constraints early
- Cover architectural and engineering design development, Building Information Modeling (BIM), code compliance checks, and value engineering to optimize cost and quality
- Specifiy milestone estimates (e.g., at 30%, 60%, or 90% design sets), quantity takeoffs, cashflow projections, and contingency or allowance planning
- Establish the pre-construction timeline, master project roadmap, Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), and critical path milestones
- List required zoning reviews, environmental impact assessments, building permits, and local authority approvals
- Detail the creation of tender documents, Request for Proposals (RFPs), subcontractor pre-qualification, bid leveling, and early long-lead material procurement
- Define risk registers, safety reviews and stakeholder reporting protocols.
We would love to hear from you if you:
- Have Data Centre / mission-critical / complex construction experience
- Have strong experience from RIBA 0–4
- Have client-side or consultancy Project Manager experience
- Have tender management and contractor appointment
- Have risk, change and stakeholder management
- Have an understanding of construction methodology and constructability
- Have experience taking projects from concept through to construction readiness
- Are a Chartered Building Surveyor / Design Manager / equivalent (desirable)
- Have design development, building regulations, planning experience (desirable)
- Have procurement experience (desirable)
- Have international / EMEA project experience (desirable)
- Experience with complex utilities, power or infrastructure interfaces (desirable).
All interviews are conducted either in person or virtually with video required.
At Linesight, we believe that our success is tied to the success of our employees, and we are committed to creating a workplace that is fair, equitable, and inclusive for everyone. We understand that creating an environment where all employees have an equal opportunity to thrive requires a concerted effort across every stage of their time with us, from hiring and onboarding to promotion, career growth, and development.
As part of this commitment, we have implemented a range of policies and initiatives to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I). This starts with our attraction pipeline and accessible job descriptions, designed to attract a broad range of candidates, and continuing throughout the employee life cycle with DE&I checks built in at every stage. Fairness, consistency, and transparency are the core principles for all our hiring, salary increase, and promotion decisions with built-in gender pay gap checks. Employee and family-friendly policies also enhance inclusion and equity in our teams.
About Project Management
Our teams of program and project managers deliver success globally through strategic planning and stringent controls. Whether you have extensive experience or are at the early stages of your career in program or project management, we offer the opportunity to work on some of the most innovative buildings and facilities with world-leading clients. Play a central role in these projects as part of our dynamic team. We recognise the value that each team member can bring to the table, and we offer a range of supports, learning pathways and structured career planning cycles to ensure that every individual has the best opportunity to excel and further develop, regardless of the stage of your career you join us at.
Life at Linesight
