Construction Manager (Owners Representative) - Data Center Construction

KALCON • Philadelphia, PA

5d • $150,000 - $225,000

About The Position

The Construction Manager (Owners Representative) coordinates, manages, and reports on construction activities for mission-critical facilities, providing project controls, schedule oversight, financial tracking, and technical coordination across multiple stakeholders. The position requires strong communication, technology, and reporting skills.

The role leads on-site oversight across civil, structural, architectural, and MEP work on a data center campus. It covers schedule and cost review, vendor and equipment coordination, commissioning, quality, permitting, documentation, facility operations coordination, and project closeout. The Construction Manager provides regular progress, forecast, and risk reporting to ownership and supports timely issue resolution among contractors, vendors, senior management, and operations teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• 5–10 years of commercial or industrial construction or mission-critical project experience, such as data centers, semiconductor facilities, or laboratories.
• Strong proficiency with MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and presentation skills.
• Ability to proactively identify issues and drive solutions across multiple stakeholders and teams.

Nice To Haves

• PMP, CCM, or PE license.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily on-site construction oversight for civil, structural, architectural, and MEP activities across multiple buildings on a data center campus.
• Review and validate the general contractor’s construction schedule, monthly forecasts, CPM updates, and detailed look-ahead plans.
• Participate in or lead weekly schedule coordination meetings with the general contractor, subcontractors, commissioning teams, and direct vendors.
• Manage the OFCI equipment lifecycle, including scheduling, logistics planning, delivery oversight, inspection, and installation tracking.
• Coordinate commissioning schedules and align them with construction progress and equipment readiness.
• Manage owner-directed vendor schedules, including IT, roofing consultant, geotechnical services, and third-party inspectors.
• Oversee customer fit-out scheduling and align it with base-build turnover and tenant infrastructure requirements.
• Support GMP buyout review through scope validation, cost analysis, and recommendations to ownership.
• Review and analyze value-engineering proposals to maintain performance and reliability of mission-critical systems.
• Review and approve change orders, assessing cost impact, scope accuracy, and documentation quality.
• Validate monthly pay applications against work in place, contract values, and schedule progress.
• Provide proactive recommendations for cost avoidance and risk reduction throughout construction.
• Conduct daily site walks to verify quality, installation accuracy, workmanship, and compliance with specifications.
• Coordinate facility operations activities, including MOPs, utility shutdowns, notifications, and operational impacts.
• Track weekly progress and provide owner leadership with accurate reporting, forecasts, and risk analysis.
• Manage OFCI equipment receiving and verification, and hand it off when ready for installation.
• Lead or support weekly OAC meetings, track action items, and maintain accurate meeting documentation.
• Process and manage project documentation, including change orders, pay applications, RFIs, submittals, and logs.
• Oversee project closeout, including financial reconciliation, punchlist management, O&M turnover, training, and handoff to operations.
• Coordinate post-design construction administration, including design clarifications, updates, and integration of customer fit-out packages.
• Evaluate design changes for cost, schedule, constructability, and operational impact.
• Manage permitting efforts, coordinate with authorities having jurisdiction, and oversee inspections and certificate-of-occupancy processes.
• Maintain communication with senior management, contractor leadership, vendors, and operations teams to support transparency and timely issue resolution.
• Use modern project management tools and technology for documentation, tracking, field coordination, and reporting.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Accident insurance
• Long-term disability
• 401(k) retirement plan with a 4% KALCON match when an employee contributes at least 5%
• 15 days of paid time off
• 8 paid national holidays
• Reimbursement for professional licenses and certifications

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level