Project Manager - Data Centres

About the role

WSP in the Middle East is looking for a Project Manager for Data Centres in Dubai. The role sits in a multidisciplinary design consultancy and delivers complex Data Centre projects across the region. It leads integrated design teams covering architecture, building engineering, specialist disciplines, infrastructure, utilities and master planning, and is client-facing.

Key responsibilities

• Manage Data Centre projects from initiation to completion, leading multidisciplinary teams and coordinating subconsultants and subject matter experts.
• Act as key point of contact for clients, keeping them informed and working relationships effective.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, budgets and resource plans; monitor progress against objectives and deliverables.
• Identify, manage and mitigate risks and issues, and support design assurance and technical governance.
• Ensure compliance with regulations, standards and health and safety requirements, and help secure approvals, permits and stakeholder agreements.
• Review deliverables for quality, prepare project reports, and support commercial management including cost control, change management and contract administration.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, Project Management or a related discipline.
• Minimum 7 years of project management experience within a design practice.
• Experience managing Data Centre projects through multiple phases, and coordinating multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders.
• Strong client-facing experience, preferably in a consultancy, engineering or project delivery environment.
• Excellent communication, leadership and stakeholder management skills.
• Professional certifications such as PMP or PRINCE2 are advantageous.