Project Manager
Project Manager
Salary negotiable
Project Manager opportunity in Frankfurt, Germany, supporting critical data centre infrastructure. Join a leading contractor delivering complex engineering projects for world-leading corporations.
Key Highlights
- Manage projects delivering critical infrastructure upgrades for major data centres.
- Lead project teams ensuring adherence to strict safety and quality standards.
- Oversee contract budgets and report on project status to internal and client stakeholders.
- Gain experience managing diverse projects of varying size and complexity.
Project Manager — Role Overview
This contract Project Manager role is crucial for ensuring the safe, timely, and on-budget delivery of projects. The successful candidate will manage various projects across multiple sites, ensuring adherence to health and safety requirements and project plans.
Project Manager — Responsibilities
You will be responsible for:
- Ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time, and within budget.
- Preparing weekly and monthly progress reports, tracking project status, schedule performance, and costs.
- Maintaining a register of all projects and ensuring the status is always known.
- Delivering projects in line with health and safety requirements.
- Ensuring subcontractors are vetted and approved before use.
- Ensuring all work is performed in accordance with electrical safety rules.
- Guiding and assisting the project team, aligning expectations with project requirements.
- Carrying out routine inspections to confirm work is performed in line with the agreed scope and schedule.
- Ensuring schedules and milestones are in place, and subcontractor invoicing aligns with the schedule.
- Monitoring subcontractor resourcing to maintain the delivery schedule.
- Managing contract budgets and reporting on monthly status.
- Serving as the point of contact during significant events or technical escalations.
- Ensuring contractually agreed SLAs and KPIs are met.
- Implementing the project audit plan and driving closure of audit findings.
- Planning procurement and ensuring engineering meets deadlines.
- Reviewing the quality of output and fostering continuous improvement.
Project Manager — Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate will possess:
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in a similar Project Management position.
- Professional project management qualifications or a trade qualification.
- Detailed understanding and experience of electrical and mechanical systems used in a data centre environment, including Transformers, Generators, Fuel Systems, Switchgear, UPS Systems, Battery Banks, ATS/STS Units, PDU Units, Air Handling Units, Chilled Water Systems, Fire Alarm Systems, and Fire Suppression Systems (pre-action sprinklers).
- Understanding of associated safety code requirements.
- Experience in Health & Safety Risk Assessments and Control Measures.
- Experience in vendor management.
- Experience in Project Management principles & delivering DC project upgrade works.
- Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
- Excellent motivational and influencing skills, with high levels of personal integrity.
- Ability to communicate technical and business problems in a non-technical manner.
- Ability to work well under pressure and within a strict deadline environment.
- Willingness to travel and work abroad.
Rewards & Package
Tier-1 contractor rates reflecting the specialist nature of this role. Full international assignment support including accommodation arrangements, flight allowances, and visa sponsorship as required.
Comprehensive benefits package: company healthcare plan, pension scheme with employer contributions, and access to extensive training and professional development programmes. Full package details confirmed at offer stage.
About the Company
Our client is a major EPC contractor specializing in data centres, life sciences facilities, and fire protection systems across Europe.
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Frequently Asked Questions About This Project Manager Role
What does a Project Manager do in data centre construction?
A Project Manager in data centre construction is responsible for delivering specialist work on Tier III and Tier IV facilities. Day-to-day tasks vary by project phase but typically involve coordination with MEP teams, quality assurance, and ensuring build standards meet client specifications.
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