Project Director (Data Center Construction)
The opportunity
As a Project Director (Data Center) 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. For us lasting trusted relationships are everything, both with our teams and our clients.
In this role you will:
- Oversee the development and implementation of key strategic projects for the region, developing expert business strategies and execution plans in line with objectives and presenting to the executive team as required
- Expertly manage client projects and project teams, ensuring all deliverables are achieved in line with schedule and budget requirements
- Provide governance and support execution in developing an integrated project delivery model for the APAC region
- Champion excellence of project planning and delivery in region
- Lead collaboration with global teams
- Review capital funding requests and project stage gates to ensure compliance with standards and that cost and schedule efficiencies are being realised
- Conduct regional project reviews and provide guidance, advice and input to project reviews
- Lead regional meetings, identify common issues or risks and support requests for escalation
- Drive consistency and communication of lessons learnt and best practice across APAC with a focus on safety, schedule, cost, quality, sustainability
- Support community engagement activities across projects and regions
We would love to hear from you if you:
- Are an experienced project manager with increasing levels of responsibility in the development and delivery of complex capital projects and programs over 10+ years
- Have experience in data centre construction, hi-tech complex projects or hi-tech manufacturing including understanding of MEP, health and safety, commissioning, completion and handover
- Have a degree or comparable experience in Project Management, Engineering or construction related discipline
- Are able to influence cross-discipline teams and effectively use data and analytics for project planning
- Have business management experience in construction sector including P&L responsibility, strategy and operational management experience
- Are an excellent communication both verbally and in writing
- Thrive on building strong relationships with your team and clients through a shared purpose and sense of openness and fun
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
