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  1. France
Paris
  1. Contract
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  1. Data Centres
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Campus Construction Director - Data Centre Projects - Paris

Are you a Campus Construction Director looking for your next contract assignment? Our client, one of the top 4 hyperscale data centre providers across the globe, needs the expertise of a Campus Construction Director for their current European projects.

With a global footprint over 5 continents and 60 countries, this is an exciting opportunity to join a truly international organisation responsible for providing some of the world’s most recognisable scalable data centres. This forward-thinking data centre provider has plans to double the number of facilities in the EMEA region by 2025.

This is an opportunity for you to work client-side with an ambitious organisation in the data centre market.


What you will do:
  • Be accountable for strategic planning and execution of Data Centre construction, fit-out, and infrastructure projects, at the respective site(s)
  • Develop and foster a strong sense of ownership within the project delivery team and GDC peer stakeholders to drive and maintain industry best practice standards across the campus
  • Manage the coordination between multiple General Contractors, OFCI vendors, Operations, utility providers, 3rd party works and the public where necessary
  • Drive close stakeholder alignment with the Commercial, Operations and Commissioning Teams, creating a positive and transparent working environment
  • Collaborate with peers in Design and Engineering to ensure regulatory and permitting requirements are clearly defined, planned, and executed
  • Clearly outline, define and execute construction methodologies from inception to handover on site, continuously seeking and implementing opportunities to learn and improve the end-to-end delivery
  • Hold effective project reviews during or post-delivery to ensure lessons learned are captured and addressed
  • Collaborate with your peers across EMEA to continually assess, align on and improve the delivery methodology
What we are looking for:
  • Have several years’ experience in a site-based management role within a mission critical construction industry, overseeing multiple concurrent capex projects
  • Have extensive experience in the planning and delivery of large capex projects, varying delivery methods (Management Contracting, Traditional, D&B) and forms of contract (i.e. FIDIC, JCT)
  • Demonstrate Data Centre and/or mission critical construction experience
  • Possess excellent planning and organisational skills, with the ability to navigate complex and high-pressure environments
  • Proficient in the use of project and commercial management tools and processes
  • Proficient in construction contract management
  • Clear understanding of construction design stages and deliverables
  • Client-side experience is preferable
  • Have experience in presenting to senior leadership both internally and within the Clients Teams
  • Have experience in managing and developing direct and vendor teams
  • Excellent project management experience and skillset, with the ability to operate within a multi-cultural environment
  • Business fluent in English, in consideration to the respective site, local language is required at a certain level

If this role is of interest to you, please apply now! 

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