Construction Project Manager IV
About The Position
The Construction Project Manager IV is responsible for managing the onsite construction, commissioning, and turnover of Data Center projects. This role involves supporting the Lead CM with contractor, designer, and vendor management, and taking ownership of the construction scope, including retrofits of existing data halls and build-outs of new spaces within the leased portfolio across North America. The position provides project coordination between Contractors, Consultants and Cross Functional Partners, and fosters strong relationships with these stakeholders. The role also focuses on identifying opportunities for efficiency through innovation, process, and accountability, and assisting with project planning, scoping, and schedule creation. Additionally, the Construction Project Manager IV will manage the cost change process, negotiate pricing, manage schedule risks, and conduct WIP walks for invoicing and progress tracking. They will also assist with developing capital project budgets, provide ROM construction cost estimates, manage monthly CapEx forecasting, and provide analysis based on project status reports. The role includes managing MOPs for retrofit/remedy work in live data centers and facilitating interaction between Contractor, Meta, and 3rd party QA/QC teams. Project Closeout is a key responsibility, and the individual will escalate key issues to the Construction Manager. A continuous improvement, partnership, and teamwork attitude is expected, along with supporting and leading an industry-leading safety culture. Approximately 50% travel to support project sites across North America is required.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or equivalent degree and/or minimum of 7-10 years professional experience in any combination of construction, operations, maintenance, and project planning
- 7 - 10 years experience directly related to the design or construction of data centers/critical infrastructure
- General knowledge of electrical, mechanical and connectivity systems
- Ability to manage multiple projects at a time in different phases
- Mission Critical, infrastructure, and/or Data Center Construction Experience
- Experience in commissioning of retrofit and new data center build outs
- Knowledge of CPM scheduling practices and familiarity with Primavera P6 software
- Functional in MS Office products (e.g. Word, Excel, and PowerPoint etc.)
- Construction, mep
- onsite role
Responsibilities
- Managing the onsite construction, commissioning, and turnover of Data Center projects
- Supporting the Lead CM as needed including contractor, designer, and vendor management
- Ownership of the construction scope, including retrofits of existing data halls and build outs of new spaces within the leased portfolio across North America
- Providing project coordination between Contractors, Consultants and Cross Functional Partners
- Provide construction leadership at the site by developing and maintaining strong relationships with our cross functional partners, consultants, vendors and contractors
- Identify, define, and gain cross functional alignment around opportunities to drive efficiency through innovation, process, and accountability
- Provide project planning and scoping by working with cross functional partners and internal customers to identify, sequence and package work scopes for execution
- Aid in the creation and maintenance of project schedules with support from Project Controls and Scheduling
- Manage the cost change process and negotiate best pricing in partnership with cross functional / matrixed team members in cost and schedule
- Manage the schedule and associated risks to ensure reliable and predictable turnover dates
- Reporting upward on opportunities, risks, and mitigations to ensure predictable delivery of capacity
- Responsible for monthly WIP walks to validate work in place for invoicing and regular site walks amongst Contractors, consultants and cross functional partners to track progress and confirm handover conditions are met
- Manage relationships with the contractor, and designer
- Assist with developing capital project budgets and provide ROM construction cost estimates
- Manage monthly CapEx forecasting for all project related costs
- Provide analysis and action plan based on weekly project status report (financial, schedule, Q/C)
- Manage Method of Procedures (MOPs) for any retrofit/remedy work in live data center
- Facilitates interaction between Contractor, Meta and 3rd party QA/QC teams
- Responsible for Project Closeout
- Escalates key issues quickly to Construction Manager
- Promote and model an attitude of continuous improvement, partnership, and teamwork in behaviors and communications
- Support and lead an industry leading safety culture and program
Benefits
- Medical, dental & vision
- Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
- 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
- Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
- Short and long-term disability
- Health Spending Account (HSA)
- Transportation benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
