Head of Projects – Critical Facilities

Head of Projects

FM Projects / Contracts Manager / Account Manager / Project Manager

Mons, Belgium

£75,000 – £85,000

With the vision of providing best in class datacentre facilities our client, a uniquely placed real estate firm are searching for someone to sit as Head of Projects to have overall responsibility for a large-scale Campus in Belgium working for a Hyperscale Data Centre developer. Their business model stands out from the crowd, squarely positioned in the hyper-scale datacentre market they partner with some of the leading firms, providing fully outsourced facilities from site planning & acquisition through datacentre design & construction and on-going ownership and operation of the asset. With a fully integrated supply chain they on track to develop 8-10 facilities across Europe within the next 6-8 years, with their technical team playing a leading role in the development of their facilities.

As the successful Head of Projects, you will work closely with one of the world’s leading social media and internet technology firms and be responsible for manging, maintaining and developing the relationship with the client and your team, whilst working with the maintenance team who ensure the live data centre can continue to run without any issues. As a Head of Projects, you will need to ensure that your team is successful in every aspect of delivering the varied pipeline of works for our client in their live Data Centre Environment.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Ensure that a positive and pro-active approach to the management of Health & Safety is in place on Campus
• Complete all upstream reporting internally and externally
• Ensure that project scopes have been understood and that all relevant client stakeholders have been engaged
• Responsibility for campus level budget control and commercial performance.
• Be a strong and supportive leader invested in developing a team of future leaders
• Identify and manage all risk items associated with the operation of your team and projects
• You will support your team and assist them with solving problems and overcoming project challenges

What do you need:

• Construction or Engineering related qualification required
• Good digital and personal communication skills essential
• Project Management Qualification beneficial
• Relevant Professional Body membership beneficial
• Experience working in a Data Centre or live facility environment beneficial