Project Director - Data Centres

As aProject Director - Data Centres at Linesight, you will lead 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. You will be mentored and supported by industry leaders and given the tools to grow. You will also be involved in and contribute to our business strategy as we continue to evolve. For us lasting trusted relationships are everything, both with our teams and our clients.

In this role you will:

• Coordinate multiple data centre campus development projects from Due Diligence and Master Planning through to execution, delivery & CA
• Develop Project Execution Plans that are aligned with client requirements and including communication plans and key events
• Ensure client satisfaction at every stage of the project, ensuring that key actions are taken to resolve issues as required
• Be an advocate for elevating our project management capabilities through standardization and automation across Linesight Data Centre projects
• Coach, mentor and train the wider team on continuous improvement techniques and standard methods for reporting results
• Be accountable for robust project governance and ensure that risks are reviewed on an ongoing basis and mitigating measures implemented where required
• Assist in the preparation of RFP & SOW documentation for the key project stakeholders
• Drive the development and management of Program Level reporting on project statuses relating to Schedule, Budget, Safety and Project Risk
• Drive Company Standards uniformly as it regards to Project & Program Delivery by all project participants on all projects
• Support bidding on new service requests, attending and leading engaging presentations to prospective new clients
• Assist with the recruitment process to deliver commissions and grow the business in line with the regional plan

We would love to hear from you if you:

• Have grown your experience in data centre construction/project management +20 years with increasing levels of leadership and people management
• Have a degree or comparable experience in Construction Management, Quantity Surveying or another construction related discipline
• Have experience in Hyperscale Data Center or large scale industrial/mission critical experience
• Are PMP and LEED AP qualified or on the path to completing it. We can help!
• Have a passion for building your global team and developing and encouraging your employees through mentoring, coaching, and training on new techniques
• Thrive on building strong relationships with your team and clients through a shared purpose and sense of openness and fun

Since 1974, we’ve been providing a construction consultancy service that keeps clients coming back. And for that we have our people to thank. It takes a special kind of togetherness to create our thriving, authentic culture. We overcome challenges together, delivering better projects and leveraging innovation. We see the potential in our people and we empower them. We’re a business on a journey – an agile business that is proud to be different.

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.

Our approach to DE&I

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.