Project Lead - Finland - Hyperscale Data Centre
Kirkkonummi, Finland
€140000 p.a.
Project Management
Posted 1 minute ago
Job title: Project Lead – Data Centre Construction
Location: Finland. 3 week rotation
Company: Data Centre Main Contractor delivering hyperscale projects across Europe
Package: €140,000 to €150,000 very strong European package
The Company
This specialist Irish contractor has established itself as one of Europe's most recognised data centre delivery partners, providing full turnkey construction solutions across multiple countries.
With a substantial pipeline of hyperscale and mission critical projects throughout Finland and wider Europe, they continue to invest heavily in experienced construction professionals capable of leading large-scale programme delivery. Their reputation is built on technical excellence, quality delivery, and maintaining the highest safety standards on complex data centre developments.
The Role: Project Lead
This Project Lead position is based on a major data centre development in Finland, overseeing the successful delivery of a large-scale mission critical project from construction through to handover.
Reporting directly to the Project Director, the Project Lead will take full responsibility for programme delivery, commercial performance, subcontractor management, client coordination, and overall project execution. This role requires a strong construction leader with extensive experience managing complex projects, driving programme milestones, and ensuring delivery within budget while maintaining the highest standards of safety and quality.
The successful Project Lead will work closely with commercial teams, design managers, subcontractors, consultants, and client representatives throughout the project lifecycle.
Must Have Requirements
Preferred Experience
Key Responsibilities
You are an experienced Project Lead or Senior Project Manager with a strong background delivering complex construction projects for a main contractor.
You have excellent leadership skills and can manage multiple stakeholders while maintaining focus on programme delivery, cost control, and quality standards. You are commercially aware, highly organised, and capable of making critical project decisions in a fast-moving construction environment.
You thrive in large-scale project settings where technical complexity, programme management, and stakeholder coordination are central to success.
What's On Offer
Salary: €140,000 to €150,000 DOE
Benefits:
Why Apply?
This is an opportunity to take ownership of one of Europe's most significant data centre construction projects while working for a contractor recognised as a leader within the mission critical sector.
The company continues to secure major hyperscale developments across Europe, providing long-term career security, exposure to cutting-edge construction methods, and genuine progression opportunities into senior leadership positions.
For experienced Project Leads seeking a challenging role on complex data centre projects in Finland, opportunities of this scale and visibility rarely become available.
How to Apply
Call Eoghan McKeever on 015314345 or email eoghan@breaghrecruitment.com for a confidential discussion.
Why Breagh Recruitment?
Breagh Recruitment are specialists in recruiting Project Leads, Project Managers, Senior Project Managers, Construction Managers and Project Directors across the data centre, mission critical, pharmaceutical, industrial and large-scale construction sectors throughout Ireland and Europe.
We work closely with leading contractors delivering some of Europe's most technically demanding projects and understand what is required to succeed as a Project Lead in the data centre construction market.
Related roles:
Project Lead, Senior Project Manager, Construction Manager, Project Director, Data Centre Project Manager, Mission Critical Project Manager, Senior Construction Manager.
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Location: Finland. 3 week rotation
Company: Data Centre Main Contractor delivering hyperscale projects across Europe
Package: €140,000 to €150,000 very strong European package
The Company
This specialist Irish contractor has established itself as one of Europe's most recognised data centre delivery partners, providing full turnkey construction solutions across multiple countries.
With a substantial pipeline of hyperscale and mission critical projects throughout Finland and wider Europe, they continue to invest heavily in experienced construction professionals capable of leading large-scale programme delivery. Their reputation is built on technical excellence, quality delivery, and maintaining the highest safety standards on complex data centre developments.
The Role: Project Lead
This Project Lead position is based on a major data centre development in Finland, overseeing the successful delivery of a large-scale mission critical project from construction through to handover.
Reporting directly to the Project Director, the Project Lead will take full responsibility for programme delivery, commercial performance, subcontractor management, client coordination, and overall project execution. This role requires a strong construction leader with extensive experience managing complex projects, driving programme milestones, and ensuring delivery within budget while maintaining the highest standards of safety and quality.
The successful Project Lead will work closely with commercial teams, design managers, subcontractors, consultants, and client representatives throughout the project lifecycle.
Must Have Requirements
- Must have 10 years' experience in a Project Lead, Project Manager, Senior Project Manager or similar construction leadership role
- Proven experience required delivering large-scale construction projects from inception through to handover
- Strong commercial and financial management experience is essential
- Experience managing subcontractors, consultants, and multidisciplinary construction teams
- Data centre, pharmaceutical, industrial, mission critical, or major infrastructure project experience required
Preferred Experience
- Previous data centre construction experience preferred
- Experience working on design and build contracts beneficial
- Strong knowledge of construction procurement and long-lead equipment management
- Experience working on European construction projects advantageous
- Familiarity with project controls and scheduling software preferred
- Construction Management, Engineering, or related degree qualification
- Professional membership with CIOB, PMI, or equivalent
- Experience managing international project teams
- Additional leadership or project management certifications
Key Responsibilities
- Lead overall project delivery, ensuring programme, budget, safety, and quality objectives are achieved
- Manage project costs, forecasting, reporting, and commercial performance throughout delivery
- Coordinate subcontractors, suppliers, consultants, and internal project teams
- Drive critical path activities and proactively manage programme risks
- Chair client meetings and project coordination meetings
- Review construction proposals, tender returns, and subcontractor packages
- Oversee procurement strategies and monitor long-lead equipment schedules
- Support design development and value engineering initiatives
- Review and approve payment applications, invoices, and retention releases
- Monitor project controls and scheduling activities to maintain programme certainty
- Manage project close-out, commissioning support, and final handover documentation
- Maintain the highest standards of health, safety, and quality across all project activities
You are an experienced Project Lead or Senior Project Manager with a strong background delivering complex construction projects for a main contractor.
You have excellent leadership skills and can manage multiple stakeholders while maintaining focus on programme delivery, cost control, and quality standards. You are commercially aware, highly organised, and capable of making critical project decisions in a fast-moving construction environment.
You thrive in large-scale project settings where technical complexity, programme management, and stakeholder coordination are central to success.
What's On Offer
Salary: €140,000 to €150,000 DOE
Benefits:
- Competitive European package
- €250 Net per week expenses
- Accommodation provided
- Flights covered
- Travel allowance
- Pension
- Healthcare
- Annual bonus
- Continuous professional development support
- Long-term European project pipeline
- Career progression into Project Director level roles
Why Apply?
This is an opportunity to take ownership of one of Europe's most significant data centre construction projects while working for a contractor recognised as a leader within the mission critical sector.
The company continues to secure major hyperscale developments across Europe, providing long-term career security, exposure to cutting-edge construction methods, and genuine progression opportunities into senior leadership positions.
For experienced Project Leads seeking a challenging role on complex data centre projects in Finland, opportunities of this scale and visibility rarely become available.
How to Apply
Call Eoghan McKeever on 015314345 or email eoghan@breaghrecruitment.com for a confidential discussion.
Why Breagh Recruitment?
Breagh Recruitment are specialists in recruiting Project Leads, Project Managers, Senior Project Managers, Construction Managers and Project Directors across the data centre, mission critical, pharmaceutical, industrial and large-scale construction sectors throughout Ireland and Europe.
We work closely with leading contractors delivering some of Europe's most technically demanding projects and understand what is required to succeed as a Project Lead in the data centre construction market.
Related roles:
Project Lead, Senior Project Manager, Construction Manager, Project Director, Data Centre Project Manager, Mission Critical Project Manager, Senior Construction Manager.
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