Senior Project Manager Data Centers

Job Description

Company Overview

Meinhardt is one of the world's most respected engineering consultancies, with a proven track record of delivering innovative, buildable, and sustainable solutions across buildings, infrastructure, and mission-critical facilities. With over 6,000 professionals across 61 offices worldwide, Meinhardt partners with leading developers, governments, and private clients to shape cities and communities..

• Vision: Be the world's preferred urban & infrastructure solutions provider.
• Mission: Deliver commercially successful, highly buildable, sustainable solutions exceeding clients expectations.
• Values: Accountability, Collaboration, Diversity, Entrepreneurship, Integrity, Innovation, Ownership, Respect, Sustainability.

Position Overview

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Project Manager – Data Centers to lead the delivery of mission-critical projects across the Middle East region. The role involves managing multidisciplinary design teams, coordinating stakeholders, and ensuring successful project delivery from concept through commissioning.

• Lead the delivery of hyperscale, colocation, enterprise, and mission-critical data center projects from concept through construction support and commissioning.
• Act as the primary point of contact for clients throughout the project lifecycle.
• Manage multidisciplinary teams including architecture, structural, mechanical, electrical, ELV, fire, and specialist consultants.
• Develop and maintain project execution plans, schedules, resource plans, and delivery strategies.
• Ensure projects are delivered in accordance with scope, budget, program, quality requirements, and client expectations.
• Lead design coordination meetings, technical workshops, progress reviews, and client presentations.
• Monitor project commercial performance including fee management, scope control, variation management, and contract administration.
• Identify and manage project risks, technical challenges, and stakeholder expectations.
• Coordinate with authorities, operators, contractors, vendors, and specialist consultants.
• Support business development activities, proposal preparation, and client relationship management.
• Mentor project teams and support the development of junior project managers and discipline leads.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, or a related discipline.
• Master's degree is preferred.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in engineering consultancy, design management, or project delivery.
• Proven experience delivering large-scale data center projects within a consultancy environment.
• Strong understanding of mission-critical infrastructure including power, cooling, telecommunications, security, and resilience requirements.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary design teams and stakeholders.
• Strong commercial, contractual, and project management skills.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and client-facing skills.

• Experience delivering hyperscale data center campuses.
• Strong understanding of Uptime Institute Tier Standards, TIA-942, ASHRAE, and mission-critical design principles.
• Experience working with major international data center operators, cloud providers, and developers.
• Experience delivering projects throughout the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and wider GCC region.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and stakeholders simultaneously while maintaining high standards of quality and client satisfaction.

Please submit /forward your CV to [Confidential Information] if you meet the above requirements.

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