Project Controls & Pre-Construction Delivery Director
DataVolt
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Description
Company Description
DataVolt is a global leader in sustainable and innovative data center solutions. We provide businesses across the world with the infrastructure they need to connect, collaborate, and grow in the data-driven landscape of today. Our solutions focus on security, reliability, scalability, and sustainability, empowering our clients to truly achieve digital transformation. We have strategically positioned operations in Riyadh, Dubai, California, Mumbai and Tashkent and are committed to shaping a sustainable digital future through groundbreaking innovation.
Responsibilities:
You will lead the planning, governance, and delivery readiness of large-scale capital projects from concept through construction execution. You will be responsible for establishing robust project controls frameworks, driving pre-construction planning excellence, and ensuring projects are delivered on schedule, and aligned with business objectives.
- Lead end-to-end pre-construction planning activities for large-scale capital projects, ensuring projects are fully defined, resourced, and ready for execution.
- Establish and maintain enterprise-level project controls standards, systems, tools, and processes across the project portfolio.
- Own project timeline development and execution tracking from concept through project completion.
- Develop and implement integrated project delivery strategies, including delivery scope, schedule, risk, and resource plans.
- Establish project execution plans, monitor stage-gate processes, readiness assessments, and governance frameworks.
- Partner with Development, Design & Engineering, and Construction teams to review constructability, phasing, packaging, and execution strategies.
- Oversee development and management of integrated master schedules covering design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover activities.
- Lead project cost planning, forecasting, change management, earned value management, and performance reporting.
- Monitor critical path activities and proactively identify schedule risks, delays, and mitigation measures.
- Lead recovery planning and acceleration strategies to maintain project delivery commitments.
- Conduct schedule health assessments and delivery readiness reviews across ongoing and future projects.
- Ensure integration of contractor, consultant, vendor, and client schedules into a unified project execution framework.
- Act as senior point of contact for project controls and pre-construction delivery matters.
- Lead and mentor teams of planners, schedulers, project controls managers, and delivery professionals.
Experience & Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, Project Management or a related technical discipline.
- 15+ years of experience in project controls, project management, construction management, or capital project delivery.
- Minimum 8+ years of leadership experience managing project controls and pre-construction functions for large-scale projects.
- Demonstrated experience in planning and delivering complex infrastructure, data centers, pharmaceutical, or mission-critical projects.
- Strong expertise in project scheduling, risk management, and project governance.
- Experience managing multi-disciplinary teams, consultants, contractors, and stakeholder groups.
- Proficiency with project controls and scheduling tools such as Primavera P6, MS Project, Power BI, or equivalent systems.
- Experience leading projects for multi-billion-dollar capital programs.
- Advanced knowledge of EPC/EPCM, Design-Build, and Integrated Delivery models.
About this role
DataVolt is seeking an experienced leader to oversee project controls and pre-construction delivery for its large-scale data center capital projects across multiple global locations. This role sits at the intersection of planning rigor and execution strategy, requiring someone to establish enterprise-wide controls frameworks, develop integrated master schedules, and shepherd projects from concept through construction completion. You'll own the governance structures, stage-gate processes, and readiness assessments that keep complex infrastructure projects aligned with timelines and business objectives, while partnering closely with development, design, engineering, and construction teams to ensure constructability and phasing strategies are sound.
The position demands 15+ years in project controls or capital project delivery, with at least 8 years leading controls and pre-construction functions on large, complex projects—ideally in infrastructure, data centers, or mission-critical facilities. You'll need strong command of scheduling tools like Primavera P6 or MS Project, expertise in risk management and project governance, and experience navigating EPC, EPCM, and integrated delivery models. A bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, architecture, or project management is required.
This is a contract role based in Mumbai, working in-office. You'll lead and mentor teams of planners, schedulers, and project controls managers, serving as the senior point of contact for delivery matters across the portfolio. The role suits someone with a track record managing multi-billion-dollar programs and coordinating across multiple disciplines and stakeholder groups.
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