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Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end construction management for large-scale, mission-critical data center projects, including civil, structural, mechanical, and electrical scopes
- Develop and maintain integrated project schedules, cost forecasts, and risk registers using construction analytics platforms and project controls methodologies
- Establish and enforce quality assurance and quality control programs across general contractors, subcontractors, and specialty vendors on data center construction sites
- Analyze construction performance data — including earned value, schedule variance, and productivity metrics — to identify trends, surface risks, and drive corrective actions
- Partner with design, engineering, and commissioning teams to resolve field conflicts, manage RFIs and submittals, and ensure constructability of data center systems
- Oversee contractor and subcontractor performance, including scope compliance, safety program adherence, and milestone accountability
- Drive cross-functional alignment between real estate, design, procurement, and operations teams to support data center program delivery at scale
- Define and implement construction reporting frameworks and dashboards that provide leadership with accurate, timely visibility into project health across the data center portfolio
- Lead lessons-learned processes and contribute to the development of construction standards, playbooks, and best practices for future data center builds
- Manage change order processes, contract compliance reviews, and owner-contractor dispute resolution to protect project scope and budget integrity
Minimum Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in construction management for large-scale, mission-critical facilities such as data centers, industrial plants, or advanced manufacturing facilities
- Experience applying project controls and construction analytics methodologies, including schedule analysis, cost tracking, earned value management, and risk quantification
- Experience managing general contractors and subcontractors across civil, structural, mechanical, and electrical scopes on complex construction programs
- Experience leading cross-functional project teams and driving alignment across design, engineering, procurement, and commissioning stakeholders
- Experience with construction contract administration, including RFI management, submittal review, change order negotiation, and claims avoidance
Preferred Qualifications
- Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
- Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
- Experience delivering hyperscale or colocation data center construction projects exceeding 50MW critical IT load
- Familiarity with data center mechanical and electrical systems, including chilled water plants, UPS infrastructure, switchgear, and generator systems
- Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
- Proficiency with construction analytics and project controls platforms such as Primavera P6, Procore, or Power BI for portfolio-level reporting
- Professional credentials such as CCM, PMP, or PE licensure in a relevant engineering discipline
$178,000/year to $245,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits
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