Data Center Construction Project Manager

Apple•Maiden, NC

15h•Onsite

About The Position

The Global Design and Construction team is a collaborative, program-wide organization responsible for delivering mission-critical data center construction projects. You'll be working with fellow project managers, engineers, and program leaders, to contribute to a broad portfolio of new data center construction and major capital upgrades. As the Data Center Construction Project Manager, you will handle all aspects of development for some of the most innovative and energy efficient data centers in the world! This position will support a portfolio within our US based data center campuses. The role requires close coordination with project partners from various teams including Real Estate, Legal, Design, EH&S (Environment Health and Safety), Energy, Construction, Network and Operations to bring our projects to fruition. You will lead multiple projects including equipment upgrades and modifications within live data center production environments in parallel with new construction efforts.

Requirements

Excellent planning, analytical, organization and problem solving skills.
Ability to gracefully adjust to meet changing circumstances such as reassignment of project priority, implementation of design improvements/upgrades, and customer needs.
Proficient and effective verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to establish and maintain close working relationships with management, colleagues, team members, internal and external partners/vendors.
8+ years demonstrated ability as a data center (mission-critical, critical facilities, Hyperscale, Semiconductor or similar) construction project manager.
Degree in Construction Management, Engineering or related field, or equivalent job-related experience.
Background experience in data center/commercial/industrial construction to include MEP- mechanical, electrical, process piping, plumbing building systems, tenant improvement, site work and ground up construction.
Skilled in reading design and construction drawings for all fields.
Experience with utility infrastructure, including construction and coordination of local utilities to site.

Responsibilities

Handle all aspects of development for data center construction projects.
Lead multiple projects including equipment upgrades and modifications within live data center production environments in parallel with new construction efforts.
Provide useful input on design and constructability.
Professionally represent Apple’s interest at all meetings with consultants, General Contractors GCs, and suppliers.
Meet with internal strategic engineering groups, operations and business units to determine detailed project requirements.
Drive both internal and external partners to meet deadlines as the need arises per the project delivery schedule.
Build and maintain project budgets including securing internal approvals for capital funding.
Lead and support architects, engineers, and other specialty consultants from initial programming to construction completion.
Lead General Contractors (GCs) to include competitive bidding and negotiation.
Review and comment on contracts and terms and conditions as it pertains to costing and deliverables for a project or scope.
Review all proposals and change order requests from the consultants, General Contractor, suppliers, and subcontractors.
Prepare and present comparative cost analysis.
Management and oversight of commissioning agents with experience in reviewing sequence of operations and test scripts.