Data Centre Project Manager - Netherlands

Contract: Datacentre Project Manager
Start Date: ASAP (on completion of background checks)
Duration: 6 months
Location: Amsterdam (Hybrid - 1-2 days per week in office for meetings). Possible some EU Travel when required during deployments
Rate: $600 - $640 USD a day - B2B assignment. Travel expensed
Reference: 20840

Looking for an experienced IT Data Centre Project Manager Based and living in the Netherlands with EU Passport to deliver projects covering the following:

• Data center new builds, expansions, and retrofits
• IT infrastructure deployments (Servers, storage, network, virtualization, monitoring etc)
• ICT/POP rooms, Power, cooling, racks, cabling, and structured cabling systems and physical security solutions
• DR, BCP, and data center migration initiatives
• Technical Design reviews, Bills of materials, implementation plans, testing and commissioning
• Coordinate IT system readiness with physical infrastructure availability.
• Ensure designs meet scalability, resiliency, availability, and performance requirements.
• Deliver projects within live operational data centres as well as new-builds and expansion environments.

Project Planning & Governance

Assist in leading end-to-end project management for IT infrastructure and data center construction projects.

• Assist in developing detailed project plans, schedules, budgets, risk registrs, and communication plans.
• Establish project governance, milestones, KPIs, and reporting structures.
• Ensure adherence to PMO standards, change management processes, and documentation requirements.

Data Center & IT Infrastructure Delivery

• Data centre new builds, expansions, and retrofits
• IT infrastructure deployments (Servers, storage, network, virtualization)
• Power, cooling, racks, cabling, and structured cabling systems
• DR, BCP, and data centre migration initiatives
• Coordinate IT system readiness with physical infrastructure availability.
• Ensure designs meet scalability, resiliency, availability, and performance requirements.

Key Skills & Competencies

• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills
• Excellent communication and executive presentation abilities
• Risk management and problem-solving mindset
• Ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously
• Familiarity with construction schedules, commissioning, and critical path analysis
• They will submit BOM's/Quotes on HW but not manage Budget or PO's.

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