Data Center Site Selection Director / VP

Pkaza•Dallas, TX

10d•Hybrid

About The Position

Data Center Site Selection - Manager / Director / VP - Dallas, TX This position can also be a regional remote role with travel to Dallas. The Manager role will need to be onsite out of Dallas. This opportunity is working directly with a leading mission-critical data center developer / wholesaler / Colo provider. This company provides turnkey data center solutions custom-fit to the requirements of their client's ever-changing mission-critical facility’s operational needs. They accomplish this by providing reliability of mission-critical facilities for many of the world's largest organizations (Hyperscale and Enterprise Customers). This opportunity provides a career-growth minded role with exciting projects with leading-edge technology and innovation as well as competitive salaries and benefits. We are looking for a Data Center Site Selection Director / Vice President to support critical facility construction projects. In this role, you will manage the site selection process for our client, a prominent data center company to include: greenfield, brownfield, retrofit or expansion of existing facilities, and M&A opportunities. You and your team will focus on the preliminary vetting of sites through to the planning and development stage, with an emphasis on creation of initial budgets, all required project approvals, preliminary design, and schedules to get each project to a shovel ready state.

Requirements

5-12 years of experience in performing Cost Estimates, Reviewing Contractor's Price and Cost Proposals for major engineering and construction projects
Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management or equivalent
Experience in Site Selection / Land Acquisition process a must
Excellent communication skills to present information to executive team, operations, engineering and finance
In-depth knowledge of data center infrastructure and design is highly preferred; complex commercial development experience is required
MS Office Skills to include: Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Visio
Experience with Construction Design / Estimation Software (Timberline, Bluebeam, Procore, P6)
Travel required to new and existing markets is expected to be 50% and may increase over time

Responsibilities

Prepare and review the scope specified within the proposal to ensure it includes appropriate scope
Experience with vetting of sites to include brownfield, greenfield, facility expansion / retrofit as well as M&A opportunities
Handle site acquisition process to include zoning, power utilities, municipality concerns and other pertaining regulations.
Review the labor rates to ensure accordance to the contract specifications and check labor productivity to ensure hours allotted are appropriate to minimize working restrictions, overtime, etc.
Prepare and review the material pricing and validate against other pricing references, acquire material quotes when possible
Prepare and review pre-purchased material or equipment and/or equipment rental rates against fair and reasonable pricing references
Review contractor mark-ups to ensure that the correct mark-ups are being used and that any mark-up caps are not exceeded
Assist in sales strategy for proposals
Interface with Project Managers regarding project requirements
Will participate in the negotiation meeting with subcontractors
Develop cost estimates from the engineering drawings; proactively identify deficiencies and/or questions; and actively assist the project team toward the answers
Prepare and review material take-offs from contract documents and drawings
Prepare conceptual and cost study estimates from preliminary sketches
Accumulate, evaluate and document historical cost data for the development of future estimates
Manage site selection and land acquisition process