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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Director Construction Management - Data Center - **Company:** Turner & Townsend - **Location:** United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $250,000.0 - $300,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Data Centers, Decision Support Systems, Value Engineering - **Published:** May 31, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=a8de21966627e5fc ## About the Role Do you have experience in Engineering project budget management?, * Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or related discipline. * Graduate degree preferred. * 12+ years of construction, project, or program management experience. * 2+ years leading large-scale programs within a professional services or consulting environment. * Demonstrated experience delivering mission-critical or data center construction programs. * Proven leadership across integrated project delivery teams. * Experience negotiating and managing multi-million-dollar construction contracts. * Track record delivering complex programs on budget, on schedule, and in compliance with safety and quality standards. * Strong executive-level communication, stakeholder, and client-management skills. * Willingness to be site-engaged, as required by program needs., do not require accessibility assistance or an accommodation. Messages left for other purposes, such as following up on an application or non-disability related technical issues, will not receive a response. ## Description * Serve as the primary client relationship executive for data center construction programs. * Lead strategic discussions related to delivery models, phasing strategies, risk tolerance, and operational constraints. * Act as the senior escalation point for construction, schedule, cost, quality, safety, and commercial risks. * Provide executive-level reporting, forecasting, and decision support to client leadership. * Ensure owner-representation staffing models align with program scale and delivery complexity. * Provide governance across multiple data center projects or campuses within a single program. * Oversee development and execution of the Program Management Plan (PMP) aligned to mission-critical delivery requirements. * Ensure integration of civil, structural, architectural, MEP, electrical, and commissioning scopes into a cohesive master schedule. * Oversee the review and validation of contractor schedules, ensuring alignment with contractual milestones and turnover requirements. * Establish standardized approaches for constructability reviews, site logistics, and phasing strategies. * Oversee preconstruction planning including constructability, modularization strategies, long-lead procurement, and risk mitigation. * Lead Value Engineering and cost-reduction strategies without compromising uptime, redundancy, or resiliency. * Provide oversight of design development to ensure alignment with data center standards, power and cooling strategies, and scalability requirements. * Lead risk identification for cost, schedule, and supply-chain constraints typical of mission-critical environments. * Provide executive oversight of construction execution with emphasis on safety, quality, system integrity, and schedule certainty. * Ensure strong HSE leadership, reinforcing a zero-incident culture across all sites. * Oversee commissioning planning, sequencing, and execution in coordination with GC, OEMs, commissioning agents, and operations teams. * Ensure readiness for beneficial use, phased turnover, and operational handover. * Review and support resolution strategies for change orders, claims, and commercial disputes. * Lead and mentor construction and project management professionals across the program. * Monitor Turner & Townsend team performance to ensure high-quality client delivery and efficiency. * Collaborate closely with cost, scheduling, commercial, and procurement leadership to deliver integrated outcomes. * SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable. ## Related Videos - [Hiring Technical Leaders: Promote from Within or Go External?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100167-hiring-technical-leaders-promote-from-within-or-go-external) - [Augmented Intelligence for transport planning: Human in the Loop Modelling](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/72-augmented-intelligence-for-transport-planning-human-in-the-loop-modelling) - [Your next 10x engineer isn't in your city. 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