Project Director – Data Center Construction

Turner & Townsend

. Support the Client’s Project Management and Engineering teams in successful project delivery by ensuring full compliance with the program’s Quality and Commissioning requirements.

Posted 5/6/2026full-timeRemote • Louisiana • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PMP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Support the Client’s Project Management and Engineering teams in successful project delivery by ensuring full compliance with the program’s Quality and Commissioning requirements.
Coordinate Cx activities across all stakeholders, including the General Contractor, vendors, and the Client, while providing leadership and management of the Commissioning Agent and quality teams.
Monitor Cx progress and the completion of activities, initiating escalation where required, and report to Client senior management on the state of readiness for key critical project milestones such as Early Floor Access and Facility Ready etc.
Identify, document, report, and escalate any commissioning deviations from program delivery standards, and promptly inform the Client team to enable timely corrective action.
Provide Cx performance reporting against each critical project milestone, as well as overall progress across all phases of the program.
Facilitate commissioning Kick off Meeting, Daily & weekly, with CxA, General Contractors, subcontractors and vendors to ensure alignment on project commissioning processes.
Localize the client Cx Schedule & provide a list of commissionable assets and activities at local and at global scope.
Establish and coordinate both offsite and onsite commissioning activities, and attend inspections and testing as required.
Establish, communicate and coordinate the Operational training requirements and ensure that these are reflected in the schedule.
Establish the Quality & Commissioning Framework for L1-L4 activity tracking.
Establish and communicate the update process.
Monitor the CxA team’s resource planning and deployment to ensure effective coverage of commissioning activities, and support the General Contractor, DC operations, QA inspectors with commissioning-related schedule queries.

Requirements

What you’ll need

12+ years of experience in construction quality management and commissioning, preferably in mission-critical or data center projects.
Proven ability to lead QA/QC programs and commissioning activities for complex MEP systems.
Strong knowledge of integrated systems testing, performance validation, and handover processes.
Familiarity with commissioning platforms (e.g., Cx Alloy) and QA documentation tools.
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related field (advanced degree preferred).
Professional certifications such as CxA, PMP, or PE are highly desirable.
Expertise in relevant codes and standards (TIA-942, NFPA, NEC, IBC) and regulatory compliance.
Excellent leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills; ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
401(k) matching
Flexible work hours
Paid time off
Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

construction quality managementcommissioningQA/QC programsintegrated systems testingperformance validationMEP systemscommissioning activitiesresource planningactivity trackingcorrective action

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationproblem-solvingmanagement of multiple prioritiescoordinationreportingescalationfacilitationlocalizationtraining

Certifications

CxAPMPPE