Overview
Senior Project Manager – Data Centers Jobs in Dubai, United Arab Emirates at Meinhardt MENA
Title: Senior Project Manager – Data Centers
Company: Meinhardt MENA
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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..
Our Vision, Mission & Values
- 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.
Responsibilities
- 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.
Qualifications & Experience
- 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.
Preferred Attributes
- 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 [email protected] if you meet the above requirements.
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