Project Construction Manager

TEKsystems•Cheyenne, WY

20d•$60 - $95•Onsite

About The Position

The Project Construction Manager will be responsible for managing the onsite construction, commissioning, and turnover of Data Center projects. This role involves supporting the Lead CM, managing contractors, designers, and vendors, and taking ownership of the construction scope for retrofits and new build-outs within the leased portfolio across North America. The position requires providing project coordination, construction leadership, and identifying opportunities for efficiency through innovation and process improvement. The role also involves project planning, schedule creation and maintenance, cost change management, risk management, and reporting on project status.

Requirements

Background in Construction (ideally, DC experience)
Experience managing scheduling and budgets
Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or equivalent degree and/or minimum of 7-10 years professional experience in any combination of construction, operations, maintenance, and project planning.
7 - 10 years experience directly related to the design or construction of data centers/critical infrastructure.
General knowledge of electrical, mechanical and connectivity systems.
Ability to manage multiple projects at a time in different phases.
Mission Critical, infrastructure, and/or Data Center Construction Experience .
Experience in commissioning of retrofit and new data center build outs.
Knowledge of CPM scheduling practices and familiarity with Primavera P6 software.
Functional in MS Office products (e.g. Word, Excel, and PowerPoint etc.).
construction management
quality management
Turnover
Warranty Management
General Contractor
Quality Manager exposure
Owners Rep
Process Improvement Mindset

Nice To Haves

Secondary Skills - Nice to Have Quality experience Turnover experience Warranty management Data center experience Owner-rep experience GC coordination

Responsibilities

Responsible for managing the onsite construction, commissioning, and turnover of Data Center projects
Support the Lead CM as needed including contractor, designer, and vendor management.
Ownership of the construction scope, including retrofits of existing data halls and build outs of new spaces within the leased portfolio across North America.
Provides project coordination between Contractors, Consultants and Cross Functional Partners.
Provide construction leadership at the site by developing and maintaining strong relationships with our cross functional partners, consultants, vendors and contractors.
Identify, define, and gain cross functional alignment around opportunities to drive efficiency through innovation, process, and accountability.
Provide project planning and scoping by working with cross functional partners and internal customers to identify, sequence and package work scopes for execution.
Aid in the creation and maintenance of project schedules with support from Project Controls and Scheduling.
Manage the cost change process and negotiate best pricing in partnership with cross functional / matrixed team members in cost and schedule.
Manage the schedule and associated risks to ensure reliable and predictable turnover dates. Reporting upward on opportunities, risks, and mitigations to ensure predictable delivery of capacity.
Responsible for monthly WIP walks to validate work in place for invoicing and regular site walks amongst Contractors, consultants and cross functional partners to track progress and confirm handover conditions are met.
Manage relationships with the contractor, and designer.
Assist with developing capital project budgets and provide ROM construction cost estimates.
Manage monthly CapEx forecasting for all project related costs.
Provide analysis and action plan based on weekly project status report (financial, schedule, Q/C).
Manage Method of Procedures (MOPs) for any retrofit/remedy work in live data center.
Facilitates interaction between Contractor, Meta and 3rd party QA/QC teams.
Responsible for Project Closeout.
Escalates key issues quickly to Construction Manager.
Promote and model an attitude of continuous improvement, partnership, and teamwork in behaviors and communications.
Support and lead an industry leading safety culture and program.