Project Manager / Senior Project Manager (ICT, Integration, Data Centre Construction)

Overview

As a Senior Project Manager / Project Manager (ICT, Integration, Data Centre Construction & Fitout) at Linesight, you will work with highly experienced, culturally diverse, and passionate teams nurturing a strong social dynamic and a shared sense of achievement. You will gain vast industry experience that will open doors for you, extend your skillset and expand your perspective. We will empower, support, and enable you to take real responsibility in your role so that you can take charge of your career progression with us. You will be mentored and supported by industry leaders and given the tools to grow. You will also be involved in and contribute to our business strategy as we continue to evolve. For us lasting trusted relationships are everything, both with our teams and our clients.

The Opportunity

In this role you will:

• Manage data centre developers and colocation (Colo) providers through Early Facility Access (EFA), Integrated Systems Testing (IST) and Ready for Service (RFS) milestones.
• Lead the planning, coordination and delivery of IT infrastructure integration across large-scale data centre projects.
• Manage interfaces between base building construction, electrical and mechanical services, network infrastructure and IT deployment.
• Coordinate with client rack and server deployment teams to support installation, testing, commissioning and operational readiness.
• Manage client requirements for fibre, telecommunications cabling, containment and network infrastructure.
• Oversee safe and high-quality rack deployment, equipment start-up, testing and fault resolution in accordance with client standards.
• Monitor site readiness, construction progress and critical programme dependencies to achieve key delivery milestones.
• Coordinate IT infrastructure design, technical submissions, installation requirements and interfaces between contractors and vendors.
• Identify and manage project risks, programme delays, technical interfaces and dependencies across delivery partners.
• Ensure contractors maintain high standards of safety, quality and compliance throughout construction and deployment.
• Coordinate inspections, readiness assessments, commissioning activities and punch list close-out to support client acceptance.
• Lead stakeholder coordination meetings and provide regular reporting on progress, milestones, risks and outstanding actions.
• Manage handover planning, documentation and project close-out to ensure timely client acceptance and operational readiness.
• Collaborate with clients, contractors and specialist vendors to deliver operational capacity safely, on time and within budget.

We would love to hear from you if you:

• Hold a relevant qualification in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Trade, Construction Management, Project Management or a related discipline, with supervisory or project delivery experience.
• Have 2–3 years' experience delivering data centre, colocation or mission-critical infrastructure projects, or a strong technical background in electrical, telecommunications or IT infrastructure with an interest in transitioning into the data centre sector.
• Have experience with electrical and low-voltage systems, including telecommunications, fibre networks, security, BMS and supporting infrastructure.
• Have experience coordinating contractors, specialist vendors and project stakeholders through construction, commissioning and handover.
• Understand IT infrastructure deployment, including rack and server installation, structured cabling, fibre networks and equipment commissioning, or have transferable technical experience.
• Are familiar with key data centre delivery milestones, including EFA, IST, RFS and operational handover, or demonstrate the ability to develop this knowledge.
• Can interpret technical drawings, construction programmes and commissioning documentation while managing technical interfaces and project dependencies.
• Have strong project management, stakeholder coordination, reporting and problem-solving skills.
• Understand construction safety, quality assurance and client operational requirements.
• Thrive in a dynamic environment where you can manage competing priorities and deadlines.
• Enjoy building strong relationships with clients and project teams through collaboration, open communication and a shared sense of purpose.
• Have previous data centre experience is highly regarded but not essential. Candidates with relevant electrical, telecommunications, IT infrastructure or technical project delivery experience who are looking to transition into the growing data centre sector are encouraged to apply.

All interviews are conducted either in person or virtually with video required.

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About us

Linesight is a highly successful global project and cost management consultancy that keeps clients coming back. And for that we have our people to thank. You see we’re not like the others. We’re different. Unique. It’s our fresh thinking and focus on what matters that has led to our evolving. We are on a journey working in some of the most exciting innovative sectors with some of the world’s most prestigious companies delivering major projects that deliver a more sustainable built environment. We have an open culture and a flat structure where you can expect to be treated with genuine care, respect, and empathy. With Linesight, you can truly discover the power of team!

Diversity, inclusion and accessibility

Linesight is committed to transparent, equal opportunity employment practices. We are building a diverse and inclusive organisation, accessible to all, based on having a safe culture which enables all our people to be their true selves. We are a people business, and we understand that the more inclusive we are, the happier our people and better our work will be. We will ensure that individuals with disability are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or recruitment process and are accommodated in the workplace. If you require assistance or accommodation of any kind, please mention this in your application, we would love to hear from you!