Associate Director (m/f/d) - Data Centre Construction
Turner & TownsendCompany Description
Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.
Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.
Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.
We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.
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Job Description
Turner & Townsend are leaders in professional services to the Data Centre sector globally. Due to the continued success and expansion of our Data Centre business in Germany, we are currently recruiting for experienced Associate Director to join our Data Centre team in Frankfurt.
With a market leading client base and the opportunity to take the lead on strategic commissions and high-profile projects, this is an exciting time to join the business unit
Responsibilities:
- Provide strategic consulting for data centre construction projects for our renowned international clients.
- Contribute your extensive expertise already in the concept phase and actively support the overall project set-up.
- Lead the project management of complex building construction projects together with your team, ensuring our high quality and service standards.
- Coordinate and manage all services delivered by internal and external project stakeholders.
- Monitor compliance with project objectives, including timelines, budgets, and defined processes and systems.
- Take responsibility for employee selection, leadership, and development.
- Actively maintain existing client relationships and identify new business opportunities.
- Expand your professional network and position our services in new application areas.
Qualifications
- A completed university degree with an engineering focus.
- A minimum of ten years of professional experience in the areas outlined above, including substantial expertise in industrial construction and data centre projects.
- Demonstrated experience in the management and partial leadership of complex large‑scale projects and programmes.
- Comprehensive knowledge of contemporary leadership practices, complemented by excellent communication, presentation, and facilitation skills, as well as a high degree of determination and interpersonal sensitivity.
- Fluent German and English language skills, both written and spoken.
- Confident command of MS Office applications; additional experience with spreadsheet tools and routine use of project management platforms.
Additional Information
Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.
We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.
Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
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