Director of Construction Data Centers

Pkaza•Ashburn, VA

19h•Onsite

About The Position

This opportunity is with a leading provider of mission-critical data center solutions as a Managed Services Provider as an Owner's Rep for Construction Services. This firm provides a complete life cycle of solutions that are custom-fit to the requirements of their client's mission-critical facilities. They retrofit and help build mission-critical facilities for data center facilities nationwide for Enterprise, Colocation and Hyperscale Companies. 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 Construction Project Director / PX to support critical facility construction projects. The Construction Director will be responsible for all aspects of managing and oversight of data center construction projects, upgrades and retrofits in a production environment and act on the Owner's behalf. This will include providing leadership to the Project Managers on the team, the contractors / vendors associated with the delivery of company projects. The candidate will have overall responsibility for the delivery of assigned projects on budget on time and assurance that the project scope and quality meet Company Design Standards and the objectives set for the project. The successful candidate will have to be exceptionally organized and be great with back office work (change orders, budgets, paperwork driven, etc.).

Requirements

Solid Project management construction experience; experience managing teams of Construction Professionals, including PMs and Superintendents
Experience managing Data Center Construction Projects with Budgets between $5MM to $500MM+
Background in Critical Facilities Design, Architecture, Engineering and Construction Services
Experience managing Data Center Construction Projects as an Owner or as a General Contractor / GC / Trade
Previous experience managing a diverse team of high level construction project managers on multi-million dollar projects
Minimum of 8-15+ years relevant experience in the Data Center Construction Industry
data center / critical facilities MEP construction experience
Client Facing /Client relationship / Client Management skills
Must be familiar with the design process of building systems for data center and mission critical projects
Solid Construction Project Management experience
Effective Communicator – emails, phone and face to face
Ability to work independently
Solid Admin skills: such as email, internet, and Microsoft products (e.g., Word, Excel, Office, Outlook, PowerPoint, MS Project, etc.)

Nice To Haves

PMP Certification a plus
Previous experience in the Military / Military Veterans from all branches a huge plus!
Experience with Electrical / Mechanical: Navy nukes - EMN, ETN, MMNs, Seabees, Army - Power Generation, Air Force – Power Production, Generator Techs, Maritime, Coast Guard, Army National Guard, etc.

Responsibilities

Maintain liaison with various contractors and vendors in order to manage the day to day activities that impact the delivery of company’s critical facilities construction projects
Overseeing a team of project managers that manage individual projects such as greenfields, brownfields, upgrades, or retrofits within the overall project portfolio and provide guidance and direction to the team
Manage multiple projects simultaneously.
Assist the Senior Project Manager in negotiating contracts with vendors as necessary.
Responsible for creating and managing project schedules
Put together Project plans – size up, costs, budget, scheduling, timeline, manage change orders, etc
Assists with reporting and RFPs to Contractors
Deliver Built to Suit projects with a heavy emphasis on value-engineering
Drive Company Standards uniformly as it regards to Project Delivery by all project participants on all projects
Manage financial aspects of contracts (progress billing, rental equipment, income / expenses) to protect the company’s interest and simultaneously maintain good relationship with the client
Represent the company in project meetings
Act as key Liaison with managers of all company departments
Maintain all logs required to track the progress of the project