Turner & Townsend
Project Director - Data Center
- Permanent
- Khobar, Saudi Arabia
- Experience 20yrs+
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Job expiry date: 22/06/2025
Job overview
Date posted
08/05/2025
Location
Khobar, Saudi Arabia
Salary
SAR 60,000 - 100,000 per month
Experience
20yrs+
Seniority
Director
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
22/06/2025
Job description
Turner & Townsend is seeking a Project Director to oversee the end-to-end delivery of complex, high-risk data center projects in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia. The role involves managing large-scale site-wide construction programs, ensuring timely delivery within budget while meeting the highest quality and safety standards. The ideal candidate will bring 20+ years of experience in engineering and project management of mission-critical infrastructure and will lead multidisciplinary teams, coordinate global vendor relationships, and contribute to the strategic delivery of advanced data center facilities.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Manage technical projects in a rapidly changing industry of data centers at multiple scales
- Deliver data center facility from start to commissioning and understand the nuances and risks that will need to be managed
- Manage a large, site-wide data center construction and delivery organization, managing scopes related to construction projects or capital improvement projects
- Manage and coordinate the needs of multiple partner teams, while managing changes and maintaining a focus on keeping the project on schedule, budget, quality, and safety
- Establish and maintain various delivery models and global relationships with multiple vendors
Experience & skills
- Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- 20 years of experience in program management
- Experience with technical teams, project management, engineering, and construction of data centers / mission critical / high risk facilities
- Experience with data center equipment/environments (e.g., civil/structural, electrical switchgear, generators, chillers, security monitoring)
- Ability to communicate in English fluently to support vendor and contractor management in this region
- Arabic is an added advantage
- Master's degree in Architectural, Electrical, Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, Construction Management, or related technical field (preferred)
- Certification in Construction Manager or PMP (preferred)
- Experience in requirements gathering, resource organization, task prioritization, and scheduling and achieving objectives within set goals
- Experience managing vendor relationships and understanding of standard practices in design and construction industry
- Knowledge of fast track design build processes
