The Project Manager will oversee data center construction projects, coordinating consultants and contractors, managing risks, and ensuring alignment with technical standards and governance.
About Overwatch EMEA
Position Overview
Responsibilities
Programme Delivery & Coordination
Construction Oversight
Risk & Programme Protection
Qualifications
Overwatch EMEA extends Overwatch Mission Critical’s proven delivery model across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. We provide construction professional services, talent acquisition, and delivery leadership for mission-critical infrastructure projects, applying the same operational discipline, reliability, and veteran-led expertise that define our work in the United States.
From greenfield hyperscale development to complex retrofits and live-site expansions, our teams support the safe, efficient delivery of high-performance data center environments. At Overwatch, it’s more than a job - it’s a purpose.
As a Project Manager (Data Centres - Client Side), you will support the delivery of hyperscale data centre development and construction programmes, acting as part of the integrated client delivery team.
Working alongside the Project Director and programme leadership, you will coordinate consultants, Tier 1 contractors, and engineering teams to ensure projects progress in alignment with programme objectives, technical standards, and delivery timelines.
This role requires strong understanding of mission-critical construction environments, MEP infrastructure, and complex multi-stakeholder delivery programmes. You will operate across design coordination, contractor oversight, programme governance, and construction delivery to ensure projects progress safely, predictably, and to the required operational standards.
Programme Delivery & Coordination
Support the delivery of hyperscale data centre projects from development through construction phases.
Coordinate across design, engineering, commercial, and construction teams.
Manage project scope, schedule, and delivery risks in collaboration with programme leadership.
Maintain structured reporting to senior stakeholders on project progress, risk exposure, and delivery performance.
Design & Technical Coordination
Coordinate design development across CSA and MEP disciplines in collaboration with engineering consultants.
Support technical reviews and ensure alignment between design intent and operational requirements.
Interface with MEP engineering teams and specialist contractors to manage technical delivery risks.
Support procurement strategies and contractor onboarding activities.
Monitor contractor performance and construction progress against programme milestones.
Ensure contractor compliance with safety, quality, and programme governance standards.
Support management of contractor interfaces across base build and technical infrastructure packages.
Assist programme leadership in resolving construction delivery issues.
Identify and escalate delivery, schedule, and operational risks.
Track project issues and mitigation strategies across programme activities.
Support project controls and reporting functions to maintain delivery transparency.
Ensure project delivery aligns with programme governance frameworks and operational requirements.
- 8+ years’ experience delivering large-scale construction or infrastructure projects.
- Experience supporting delivery of mission-critical environments such as data centres, semiconductor facilities, pharmaceutical plants, or similar technical infrastructure.
- Strong understanding of MEP systems and critical infrastructure environments.
- Experience working within client-side or consultancy delivery teams.
- Ability to operate within complex multi-stakeholder construction programmes.
- Strong reporting capability to senior stakeholders and programme leadership.
- Familiarity with NEC, FIDIC, or equivalent contract frameworks.
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