Construction Managers, La Porte, Indiana - Data Center

World Wide Professional Solutions•La Porte, IN

3d•Onsite

About The Position

WORLD WIDE PROFESSIONAL SOLUTIONS is seeking two highly skilled and motivated Construction Managers to support the construction of a large-scale data center facility in La Porte, Indiana. These are full-time positions with World Wide Professional Solutions, offering comprehensive benefits starting on Day One. The roles are for a Civil Lead and a Vertical Construction Lead, both requiring direct onsite oversight of construction execution, focusing on safety, schedule performance, quality, contractor accountability, and field coordination. The Construction Managers will act as Owner's representatives, ensuring general contractors and trade partners meet project requirements, schedule milestones, and quality standards.

Requirements

At least 10 years of progressive experience managing large scale commercial, industrial, mission critical, advanced manufacturing, or data center construction projects.
Significant experience managing site development, earthwork, underground utilities, stormwater, roads, paving, site concrete, and related civil construction scopes (for Civil Lead).
Significant experience managing structural, architectural, core and shell, building envelope, interior, and building systems construction (for Vertical Construction Lead).
Demonstrated experience with field supervision, schedule management, quality control, contractor coordination, and issue resolution.
Ability to read and interpret construction drawings, specifications, schedules, submittmitts, and technical documentation.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office and construction management platforms such as Primavera P6, Procore, or similar systems.
Strong communication, leadership, analytical, and problem solving skills.
Comfortable working onsite in a fast-paced construction environment.

Nice To Haves

A bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Architecture, or a related field.
Data center or mission critical construction experience.
Working knowledge of lean construction and continuous improvement practices.

Responsibilities

Oversee site development, civil infrastructure, and horizontal construction activities (Civil Lead).
Oversee building construction, core and shell execution, and vertical trade coordination (Vertical Construction Lead).
Lead field execution for clearing, grading, mass excavation, erosion control, site preparation, foundations, structural concrete, structural steel, precast systems, building envelope, roofing, interiors, and building fit out.
Oversee stormwater systems, sanitary systems, domestic water, fire water, underground utilities, duct banks, roads, paving, and site concrete.
Coordinate civil interfaces with foundations, building construction, utility providers, and electrical and mechanical infrastructure.
Coordinate vertical construction interfaces with civil infrastructure, central utility systems, equipment installations, and commissioning activities.
Monitor earthwork quantities, soil conditions, compaction requirements, excavation activities, and material placement.
Monitor building progress by area, elevation, system, and construction zone.
Coordinate soils, concrete, and civil material testing with third party testing agencies.
Review civil and building drawings, specifications, RFIs, submittmits, shop drawings, and contractor work plans.
Verify that civil and vertical contractors maintain proper work sequencing, manpower, equipment, and material availability.
Coordinate inspections, permitting requirements, and utility connections with local authorities and service providers.
Identify civil scope conflicts, underground utility risks, access constraints, and weather related schedule impacts.
Identify constructability issues, access constraints, trade stacking conflicts, and incomplete predecessor activities.
Serve as the primary onsite field leader for the assigned scope while representing the Owner’s interests.
Maintain a visible field presence and conduct daily site walks to identify safety concerns, coordination issues, quality deficiencies, and schedule risks.
Drive a behavioral based safety culture and collaborate with contractors to maintain high safety standards.
Coordinate daily and weekly progress meetings with general contractors, trade partners, project management, design teams, and commissioning personnel.
Establish clear contractor accountability for planned activities, manpower commitments, milestone dates, and issue resolution.
Communicate and escalate significant field issues to project management and executive leadership.
Monitor construction progress against the general contractor’s integrated Primavera P6 schedule.
Validate that daily field activities support critical path milestones and required turnover dates.
Track field productivity metrics such as labor units, installed quantities, concrete placement, excavation volumes, linear footage, and completed work areas.
Lead or participate in three week look ahead planning sessions.
Identify manpower, material, equipment, access, design, and predecessor constraints.
Develop recovery plans with contractors when progress falls behind schedule.
Review contractor schedule updates, milestone reporting, and progress claims for accuracy.
Conduct routine inspections to verify compliance with contract documents, approved drawings, specifications, and project quality requirements.
Manage first in place reviews for major installations and establish acceptable quality benchmarks.
Support the development and implementation of testing and inspection programs.
Coordinate required inspections with contractors, testing agencies, design teams, and local authorities.
Identify and document nonconformance issues.
Drive corrective actions through completion and field verification.
Confirm that work is complete and acceptable before allowing follow on activities to proceed.
Continuously evaluate field activities for risks to safety, schedule, quality, cost, access, or system turnover.
Develop mitigation strategies in coordination with project leadership and contractors.
Track RFIs, submittmitts, design clarifications, field issues, and open decisions that could affect construction progress.
Support the review of contractor change orders and verify that schedule and cost impacts are documented.
Escalate unresolved issues before they affect critical construction milestones.
Partner with Project Management, Design, Engineering, Quality, Safety, and Commissioning teams.
Coordinate interfaces between general contractors, subcontractors, vendors, and multiple trades.
Work with local authorities and utility providers to support permitting, inspections, and site service requirements.
Coordinate Owner furnished equipment deliveries, installation readiness, access requirements, and commissioning integration.
Maintain alignment between construction execution, design intent, operational requirements, and turnover priorities.
Prepare daily field reports summarizing completed work, manpower, safety observations, quality issues, schedule concerns, and key decisions.
Provide weekly updates detailing productivity, milestone status, top risks, contractor performance, and recovery actions.
Maintain accurate records of meetings, field photographs, inspections, progress metrics, and issue resolution.
Provide data driven field updates for executive and project leadership reporting.
Collaborate with the Commissioning Agent to support startup, testing, functional verification, and integrated systems commissioning.
Monitor turnover sequencing to achieve required building, mechanical, electrical, and system completion dates.
Coordinate contractor support for equipment startup and commissioning activities.
Drive punch list completion through clear ownership, tracking, and field verification.
Oversee closeout documentation, including as built drawings, operations and maintenance manuals, warranties, inspection records, and turnover packages.