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

Edged•Salisbury, NC

11d•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. It works closely with internal development, engineering, construction, commissioning, and operations teams while managing general contractors, trade partners, utilities, schedules, budgets, and project risks. The position is an onsite role requiring regular presence at the project site. It is a full-time opportunity with base salary, annual bonus, company equity eligibility, and a long-term pipeline of project work. Relocation support is available for qualified candidates. The Construction Project Manager will provide program oversight for new builds and capital improvements, manage scope, schedule, budget, quality, and risk, and contribute to establishing processes and standards for large-scale mission-critical infrastructure. The role includes travel to data center sites as required.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction or Project Management, Business Administration, Transportation, or a related field.
At least 7 years of related experience on complex projects valued above $250 million.
At least 5 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/operated.
Experience negotiating with and managing vendors, contractors, and subcontractors in 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 across multidisciplinary internal teams.
Expert-level hands-on proficiency in ground-up development, management, and analysis of complex cost- and resource-loaded schedules in Primavera P6, including verifiable schedule risk analysis (such as Monte Carlo), time impact analysis, critical path analysis, resource leveling, and related qualitative and quantitative schedule evaluations.

Responsibilities

Manage construction programs and activities for new builds, owning program scope, timeline, and budget while driving cost reductions and schedule improvements without compromising quality.
Review the constructability of electrical and mechanical systems and building designs for new data centers and existing data center optimizations.
Create program scopes and equipment requirements; assist with requests for proposals, general contractor awards, and capital requests.
Support total program quality, including commissioning, integrated systems testing, and oversight of program execution.
Issue and manage construction Requests for Information and coordinate construction administration with engineers.
Record and report key metrics to team members and management.
Concurrently manage multiple programs, including new data center construction and capital improvement programs at existing data centers.
Provide leadership within the group and across internal and external teams supporting data centers.
Travel to data center sites as required for construction management, constructability reviews, startup testing, and full 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 align with budget and baseline expectations.
Coordinate with program managers to prepare and issue potential owner changes and analyze their impacts 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 qualitative and quantitative schedule evaluations.
Work with Edged Program Managers to keep Autodesk data current and produce periodic reports for management review and budget tracking.