Data Center Whitespace Head of Projects
Company: CBRE
Location: Abilene
Posted on: May 1, 2025
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Job Description:
Data Center Whitespace Head of Projects
Job ID
214471
Posted
11-Apr-2025
Service line
PJM Segment
Role type
Full-time
Areas of Interest
Data Centers, Digital & Technology/Information Technology
Location(s)
Abilene - Texas - United States of America, Austin - Texas - United
States of America, Dallas - Texas - United States of America,
Houston - Texas - United States of America, Lubbock - Texas -
United States of America, Oklahoma City - Oklahoma - United States
of America, San Antonio - Texas - United States of America
About the Role:
This job is part of the CBRE Data Center Solutions Project
Management function. They are responsible for the management of
projects from initiation through completion.
The Head of Projects is responsible for the delivery and oversight
of Whitespace & Technology Infrastructure projects across all
Business Units within this region. Additionally, the Head of
Projects supports and manages all client relationships, acting as a
trusted advisor and to grow the business relationship and projects
offering within Data Centre Solutions. Foster the relationship with
key clients within our existing MA portfolio and new clients
outside our existing client base.
The Head of Projects will ensure alignment between the account
organization and other departments within DCS to maximize value
creation and ensure excellence in project delivery by providing
direction and oversight to enable business unit and account teams
to positively contribute and comprehensively manage the fulfilment
of our commitment to the client.
What You'll Do:
General Business Responsibilities
Provide formal supervision for employees. Monitor the training and
development of staff. Conduct performance evaluations and coaching.
Oversee the recruiting and hiring of new employees.
--- Coordinate and manage the team's daily activities. Establish
work schedules, assign tasks, and cross-train staff. Set and track
staff and department deadlines. Mentor and coach as needed.
--- Oversee all phases of project management including procurement,
contracting, planning, tracking, and execution.
--- Ensure that contract procurement, negotiation, execution,
administration, and closeout are accurate, timely, and
compliant.
--- Monitor billing, accounts receivable collection, expense
monitoring and control, staffing, and full P&L to EBITDA.
--- Work cross-functionally with other business lines to achieve
the company's strategic business objectives.
--- Identify complex project risks, lead reviews, and develop risk
mitigation and backup plans.
--- Apply a broad knowledge of the business, own discipline, and
how own discipline integrates with others to achieve team and
departmental objectives.
--- Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with
CBRE RISE values. Influence others to adopt a different point of
view while being guided by policies and departmental plans.
--- Identify and solve technical and operational problems of
complexity.
--- Understand and recognize the broader impact across the
department.
--- Improve and change existing methods, processes, and standards
within the job discipline.
Business Development & Marketing
--- Report on all major DC developments in the region ensuring the
senior management team are fully informed of all potential
opportunities in the market.
--- Build relationships with key stakeholders in all major Data
Centers in the region.
--- Provide leadership in identifying and specifying project
opportunities and in delivering contractual commitments.
--- Delivering effective business communication and direct
contribution to management team meetings, briefings, consultation
forums, monthly and ad-hoc reporting and other publications, as
appropriate.
--- Acts as an expert in DCS business, culture and strategy by
proactively contributing to the improvement of the DCS
business.
Management, Planning & Value Creation:
--- To ensure projects are delivered to completion on time and on
budget and to the satisfaction of all parties, expectations to be
exceeded wherever possible.
--- To identify, reduce and manage all project risks (technical,
statutory, health and safety, commercial or otherwise). --- Build
individual relationships with industry manufacturers &
distributors.
--- Ensure compliance with CBRE project management policies and
procedures.
--- Ensure the provision of healthy and safe working conditions and
that both clients and Company health and safety policy and process
are effectively implemented across both CBRE and sub-contractor
activities and are regularly reviewed on every project.
--- Building strong relationships with sub-contractors, in
particular preferred suppliers, to ensure cost-effective solutions
which meet our quality expectations can be delivered to our clients
whilst managing the risk.
--- Establish and execute resource & people strategy.
--- Development of projects in line with financial plans for
revenue and profit delivery.
--- Manage the delivery of projects within agreed budget
requirements with the target to maximize profit through cost
reductions and better buying of sub-contractor services.
--- Ensure appropriate control systems to ensure statutory, policy
and contractual commitments are met. --- Strategic interpreter of
needs and identifier of new value-added services.
--- Working with other Operational managers to ensure the
collaborative development of the project's business with effective
teamwork and the support of colleagues.
--- Ensuring a customer focus within all areas of operational
activities, and that effective relationships are maintained with
key client contacts and the CBRE Data Center Solutions site
teams/managers.
--- Promoting and maintaining the core Values of CBRE and Turner &
Townsend. Customer Relationship Management & Development:
--- Demonstrates credibility and leadership, influencing project
outcomes.
--- Manages Data Center Solutions client relationships at the
project level.
--- Creates alignment between customer need & project delivery.
Leadership:
--- Direct support for the account teams and may have direct
reporting as well as matrix reporting responsibilities.
--- Manages in a diverse environment.
--- May have multi-regional responsibilities.
--- Direct technical support for the entire Americas Project Team,
training and upskilling talent when required. P&L, Contract
Management and Governance:
--- Complete financial reporting and forecast performance of
Americas Whitespace Projects.
--- Responsible for delivery of the project, managing scope and
change management as required.
--- Manage and facilitate contract negotiations and compliance.
--- Maintain all governance standards and requirements.
What You'll Need:
--- Bachelor's Degree preferred with 5 - 8 years of relevant
experience. In lieu of a degree, a combination of experience and
education will be considered. LEED AP, PMP, and CCM designations
preferred.
--- Experience in the areas of staffing, selection, training,
development, coaching, mentoring, measuring, appraising, and
rewarding performance and retention is preferred.
--- Ability to lead the exchange of sensitive, complicated, and
difficult information, convey performance expectations and handle
problems
. --- Leadership skills to motivate the team to achieve broad
operational targets with impacts on own job discipline, multiple
job disciplines, and department.
--- In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples
include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
--- Extensive organizational skills and an advanced inquisitive
mindset.
--- Intermediate math skills. Ability to calculate complicated
figures such as percentages, fractions, and other financial-related
calculations.
--- Experience in Construction Management, Data Center Projects or
relevant M&E or Technology/ICT.
--- Broad understanding of Construction Safety, and jobsite health
and safety. OSHA 30 Preferred.
Equal Employment Opportunity: CBRE has a long-standing commitment
to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified
applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin,
sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age,
citizenship, marital status, disability, veteran status, political
belief, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
Candidate Accommodations: CBRE values the differences of all
current and prospective employees and recognizes how every employee
contributes to our company's success. CBRE provides reasonable
accommodations in job application procedures for individuals with
disabilities. If you require assistance due to a disability in the
application or recruitment process, please submit a request via
email at recruitingaccommodations@cbre.com or via telephone at +1
866 225 3099 (U.S.) and +1 866 388 4346 (Canada).
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