Construction Project Manager – Data Centers (Onsite – Charlotte, NC)

EDC•Salisbury, NC

12d•Onsite

About The Position

Edged is seeking a Construction Project Manager to support development and delivery of a major greenfield data center campus in Salisbury, North Carolina, within the Charlotte market. The role owns major construction activities from planning and preconstruction through execution, commissioning, and turnover. The Project Manager works with internal development, engineering, construction, commissioning, and operations teams and manages general contractors, trade partners, utilities, schedules, budgets, and project risks. This is a full-time, onsite role requiring regular presence at the project site. The position offers base salary, an annual bonus, and eligibility for company equity. Relocation support is available for qualified candidates. The role may involve travel to data center sites as required. Edged describes itself as a fast-growing global network of carbon-neutral, zero-water data centers focused on energy efficiency, with projects under construction and in development. The role is suited to a hands-on construction leader who can lead complex projects, develop strong project teams, and establish processes and standards for delivering large-scale mission-critical infrastructure.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction or Project Management, Business Administration, Transportation, or a related field.
Minimum of seven years of related experience on complex projects valued above $250 million.
Five or more years of experience with electrical, mechanical, controls, security monitoring, fire safety, networking/fiber, utilities, preconstruction, execution, and project closeout.
Demonstrated responsibility for successful cost and schedule management on major projects.
Experience directly related to the design or construction of large data center facilities, either colocation or client-owned and operated.
Vendor and contractor/subcontractor negotiation and management experience related to construction and program execution.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Experience with fast-track design/build projects and/or multiple significant upgrade projects.
Ability to coordinate within multidisciplinary internal teams.
Expert-level proficiency managing and analyzing complex cost- and resource-loaded schedules in Primavera P6, including verifiable experience with schedule risk analysis (such as Monte Carlo), time impact analysis, critical path analysis, and resource leveling.

Nice To Haves

Experience on complex projects in the mission-critical or digital infrastructure space is preferred.

Responsibilities

Manage and oversee construction activities for new builds, owning program scope, timeline, and budget.
Reduce costs and shorten schedules while maintaining quality.
Review constructability of electrical and mechanical systems and building designs for new data centers and optimization of existing data centers.
Create program scopes and equipment requirements; assist with requests for proposals, general contractor awards, and capital requests.
Support overall program quality, including commissioning, integrated systems testing, and oversight of program execution.
Manage the Request for Information process during construction and coordinate construction administration with engineers.
Record and report key metrics to team members and management.
Manage multiple programs concurrently, including new data center construction and capital improvement programs for existing data centers.
Provide leadership within internal and external teams supporting the data center.
Travel to data center sites as required for construction management, constructability reviews, startup testing, and commissioning.
Provide technical leadership and continuously improve schedule, cost, risk, and change management functions.
Coordinate with the Regional Senior Program Manager to ensure program cash flow trends in line with budget and baseline expectations.
Coordinate with program managers to prepare and issue potential owner changes and analyze their impact on the base program.
Coordinate the monthly billing process.
Develop, manage, and analyze complex cost- and resource-loaded schedules in Primavera P6, including schedule risk analysis, time impact analysis, critical path analysis, resource leveling, and other qualitative and quantitative schedule evaluations.
Work with Edged Program Managers to keep Autodesk data up to date and produce periodic reports for management review and budget tracking.