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# Director Construction Management - Data Center

- **Company:** Turner & Townsend
- **Location:** Wide Ruins, AZ, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $250,000.0 - $300,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Data Centers, Decision Support Systems, Value Engineering
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/28_25304_96844aeed9089b47a4b1510a528f85c1

## About the Role

* 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.

## 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.