Data Centre Program Construction Manager

Accenture; City of Hume; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking an on-site Construction Manager to oversee major delivery milestones, with a focus on integrating customer fit-out, MEP systems and commissioning. You will coordinate across Customer, Developer and GC teams, ensuring safety, quality and timely turnover.

Ideal candidates bring 8+ years in large construction programs, a relevant degree and deep knowledge of WHS standards in Australia. White Card required; energy and commissioning readiness are key priorities.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of major construction management experience.
• Construction management, engineering or equivalent relevant qualification.
• Leadership experience representing customer/owner in large construction contexts.
• Experience delivering hyperscale or large-scale data centre facilities.
• Knowledge of Australian WHS legislation and construction-site safety management, including high-risk construction work, SWMS, electrical safety, permit-to-work, isolation/LOTO and energisation.
• White Card required; Cert IV WHS or equivalent desirable.

Responsibilities

• Monitor customer master schedule and readiness for milestones (EFA, FA, RFS).
• Maintain a rolling 6–12 week look-ahead and identify constraints on critical paths.
• Coordinate actions with Customer, Developer, GC, MEP teams and escalate where needed.
• Manage milestone entry/exit criteria and evidence for milestone acceptance.
• Verify progress through site inspections and review test records, certifications and completions documentation.
• Act as on-site Customer contact with developers, GC and construction teams.
• Coordinate interfaces between customer, developer, GC, MEP and commissioning teams.
• Oversee sequencing where customer fit-out overlaps with final construction and commissioning.
• Monitor energisation readiness and commissioning activities.
• Maintain CRAID log and ensure ownership, due dates and closure paths.
• Provide transparent site status reporting to Customer leadership and participate in progress reviews.

Skills

Construction management

Leadership experience

WHS knowledge

Electrical safety

Permit-to-work

Energisation readiness

Education

Construction management or engineering degree

Job description

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world's leading businesses, governments and other organisations build their digital core, optimise operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services. We deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We combine our strength in technology with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. We are committed to creating positive change and delivering value for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities.

Role purpose

The Construction Manager (CM) is the Customer's senior on‑site construction representative, providing independent oversight of construction delivery, milestone readiness and the integration of Developer/GC works with Customer fit‑out, MEP systems, commissioning and technology deployment. The CM maintains an integrated view of physical progress, constraints, quality, safety, energisation, commissioning and turnover readiness, with particular focus on achieving contractual/customer milestones. The CM coordinates and escalates issues across the Customer, Developer, GC, MEP contractors, commissioning teams and Customer delivery teams but does not assume the Developer/GC's contractual responsibility for design, construction methodology, supervision, quality or commissioning execution.

Responsibilities Construction and milestone readiness

• Monitor the customer master schedule and readiness for customer milestones such as Early Floor Access (EFA), Floor Access (FA) and Ready for Service (RFS)
• Maintain a rolling 6-12 week look‑ahead, identifying constraints and dependencies on critical or near critical path
• Coordination and escalation of remedial actions with the responsible delivery parties
• Manage milestone entry/exit criteria and evidence requirements for milestone acceptance
• Validate reported construction and commissioning progress through regular site inspections

Interface management, commissioning and completions

• Act of the Customer's primary on‑site point of contact with the developer, GC and construction teams
• Support and coordinate interfaces between customer, developer, GC, MEP and commissioning teams
• Coordinate task sequencing where customer fit‑out overlaps with final construction and commissioning
• Coordinate construction completion with commissioning sequence and system turnover requirements.
• Monitor construction readiness for energisation and commissioning activities
• Monitor ITP completion, NCRs, defects and punch‑list closure affecting milestone readiness
• Verify test records, certifications, as‑built information and completions documentation
• Coordinate interfaces between construction, commissioning, customer fit‑out and technology deployment
• Support progressive turnover from construction areas to controlled/commissioning/operational environments

Risk and issues management

• Maintain the site CRAID log (change, risk, action, issue and decisions)
• Ensuring every item has a clear owner, due date and path to closure
• Distinguish between customer‑owned, Developer‑owned and GC‑owned actions
• Daily and weekly reviews of critical and overdue items

Customer reporting

• Provide transparent site status and milestone‑readiness reporting to Customer leadership
• Represent the Customer's interests in site meetings and progress reviews
• Maintain independent visibility of QA/QC and commissioning information

Background and experience

• 8 years+ major construction management experience
• Construction management, engineering or equivalent relevant qualification
• Leadership experience representing customer/owner in major construction context
• Experience delivering hyperscale or large‑scale data centre facilities
• Knowledge of Australian WHS legislation and construction‑site safety management, including high‑risk construction work, SWMS, electrical safety, permit‑to‑work, isolation/LOTO and energisation
• White Card required; Cert IV WHS or equivalent desirable

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world's leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimise their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services-creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world's leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360 value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360 value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

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