OFCI Project Manager (m/f/d) - Data Centres

Company 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.

Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com

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 an experienced OFCI (Owner Furnished Contractor Installed) Project Manager (m/f/d) to join our Data Centre team in Frankfurt.

In this role you will oversee vendor interfaces, schedules, quality, and on‑site installation in line with project requirements.

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 and grow a career with Turner & Townsend.

Responsibilities:

• Manage OFCI vendors to ensure on‑time delivery, installation, and compliance with specifications.
• Review vendor technical submissions and support change and risk management.
• Structure the complex work interfaces with ease and showing effective ways of working and managing activities and stakeholders across the critical project management categories of: Scope, Time, Cost and Quality.
• Align vendor equipment schedules with the overall project programme.
• Performing in depth contract and scope of work reviews with gap analysis, ensuring all contractual scope is covered between the vendors and site contractors teams.
• Collaborate closely with stakeholders across various client departments and contractors.
• Provide regular progress updates to stakeholders, ensuring transparent communication and fostering trust throughout the project lifecycle.
• Manage OFE schedules, tracking milestones and timelines to guide project execution effectively.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in engineering or a related field
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in data center commissioning, operations or facility management
• Experiences with typical equipment involved in data center construction such as generators, MV/LV switchgear, UPS, BAS, EPMS, AHUs
• QA/QC manufacturing and vendor management experience
• Proficient in MS Office; document management application experience is a plus
• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• Excellent negotiation, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Good command of written and spoken English, German language skills are highly preferred
• Availability for on-site work

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.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/

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