Project Director - Data Centre Construction

Overview

As a Project Director (Data Centre Construction) at Linesight, you will lead highly experienced, culturally diverse, and passionate teams nurturing a strong social dynamic and a shared sense of achievement. You will build on your vast industry experience which 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:​

• Lead the delivery of data centre construction projects across various stages, contributing to planning, coordination, execution, and completion activities as required.
• Expertly manage client projects and project teams, ensuring all deliverables are achieved in line with schedule and budget requirements.
• Manage schedules, budgets, risks, procurement needs, and overall resource coordination appropriate to the project phase.
• Lead a high standard of governance and reporting, managing programme, risk, change, commercial performance, executive reporting and decision-making.
• Participate in meetings with clients, consultants, contractors, and authorities to maintain alignment, resolve issues early, and help ensure scope, quality, and safety objectives are met.
• Act as a central communication point for the client and project stakeholders, providing clear updates and supporting effective, timely decision‑making.
• Build strong working relationships across engineering, design, procurement, construction, validation, and regulatory teams to support smooth project progression.
• Review capital funding requests and project stage gates to ensure compliance with standards and that cost and schedule efficiencies are being realised.
• Ensure compliance with local regulations, safety standards, sector‑specific requirements, and commissioning expectations.
• Visible site leader to monitor progress, safety practices, and overall project performance.
• Coordinate snagging, issue resolution, and close‑out activities depending on the stage of involvement.
• Prepare or drive the delivery of reports, dashboards, risk logs, and change trackers to support visibility and informed decision‑making.
• Apply project procedures and participate in continuous improvement initiatives across the team.

We would love to hear from you if you:​

• Have ​15+ years’ relevant industry experience, with at least 5 years in senior Project Director / Programme Director-level roles on major complex projects. Ideally 5+ years of Data Center / mission-critical experience. 
• Are experienced in delivering large-scale/hyperscale or mission-critical projects through design, procurement, construction, commissioning and handover.
• Have GCC/Middle East experience, with a good understanding of regional delivery, authority, contractor and consultant environments.
• Have proven experience leading a large multidisciplinary PMC team, including project management, commercial, construction, MEP, planning and commissioning functions.
• Are experienced working with Tier 1 international developers, consultants and contractors, ideally within highly structured project governance environments.
• Possess strong international client-facing experience – comfortable operating with senior stakeholders across multiple countries, cultures and time zones.
• Have a strong technical and delivery understanding of Data Centers, particularly MEP-intensive delivery, commissioning, integration and operational-readiness requirements.
• Can demonstrat the ability to drive consultants and contractors, challenge performance constructively and maintain accountability against programme, cost, quality and safety objectives.
• Are an excellent communicator and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to communicate clearly and concisely at both project and executive level.
• Demonstrate an international and collaborative leadership style – able to lead diverse teams and work effectively within the client's global standards, processes and culture.
• Are xommercially astute, with a strong understanding of contracts, change management, procurement strategy and project controls.
• Are comfortable operating in a fast-paced, demanding client environment, with the ability to prioritise, make decisions and escalate issues appropriately.

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

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!