Campus Construction Executive - Helios Campus Leader

Galaxy; Affton (MO); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid/Flexible Working Arrangements

3% 401(k) company contribution

Company-paid health and protective ben

Generous paid Parental Leave

Competitive base salary with bonus

Job summary

Galaxy invites a seasoned construction executive to lead campus-scale delivery at the Helios campus in Afton, TX. You will direct a multi-disciplinary team of senior construction managers and own the standards for safety, schedule, cost, and quality across all phases, from preconstruction through turnover to operations.

The role requires 12+ years delivering large-scale, mission critical projects and a proven ability to manage multiple leaders, GMP and OFCI equipment, and complex site logistics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or equivalent experience.
• 12+ years of experience delivering large-scale mission-critical projects with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role.
• Demonstrated success leading multi-phase or campus-scale developments.
• Deep understanding of construction delivery models (including GMP), risk management, and contractor oversight.
• Technical fluency across MEP, commissioning, civil, and structural systems.
• Proven track record managing OFCI equipment integration and commissioning.
• Strong command of cost control, change management, and schedule analysis.
• Full-time, on-site presence at Helios (Afton, TX)

Responsibilities

• Lead and Develop the Campus Construction Team: Directly manage the on-site construction team on active and future phases at Helios, which will include project management, QA/QC, commissioning, MEP, and CSA leaders, as well as field construction managers.
• Own Campus-Level Delivery: Provide integrated oversight of construction across all phases, resolving cross-phase conflicts in resources, laydown, site logistics, access, utilities, and sequencing.
• Manage Schedule and Progress: Own the campus master schedule view. Monitor progress against baseline, identify critical-path threats early, and direct recovery and mitigation plans before they affect milestones.
• Drive Safety Culture: Set and enforce Galaxy's safety standards across the campus. Partner with Galaxy EHS and contractor safety leadership to sustain a zero-incident environment, and hold the team accountable for leading indicators as well as outcomes.
• Oversee Contractors and Trade Partners: Manage executive-level relationships with general contractors and key trade partners. Ensure alignment on milestones, quality, safety, staffing, and commercial performance.
• Control Cost and Change: Provide leadership oversight of pay applications, change orders, forecasts, and budget tracking for each phase. Ensure disciplined change management and accurate cost reporting to leadership.
• Manage OFCI Integration: Work closely with Pre-Construction and OFCI procurement and logistics teams to ensure UPS, generators, chillers, switchgear, and other owner-furnished equipment arrive, are set, and are installed without impacting the construction schedule.
• Lead Commissioning and Turnover: Partner with on-site commissioning manager, 3rd party Cx agent, and operations teams to ensure systematic testing, closeout, and clean turnover of each phase to operations.
• Ensure Quality: Establish and enforce Galaxy's QA/QC standards across the campus. Escalate and resolve systemic quality issues.
• Advance Lean and Prefabrication: Drive Galaxy's modularization, prefabrication, and lean delivery initiatives, and capture lessons learned so each phase is more repeatable than the last.
• Manage Regulatory and Community Relationships: Work with local authorities, inspectors, utilities, and consultants to ensure compliance with codes and permit requirements.
• Report to Leadership: Provide frequent status updates to the Co-Heads of Data Center Construction, and communicate campus status, risks, and forecasts clearly to Galaxy executive leadership and internal stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership

Cost control

Schedule analysis

Team management

Vendor/contract oversight

Education

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or equivalent experience

Tools

Procore

Primavera P6

Bluebeam

SharePoint

Job description

Galaxy invites a seasoned construction executive to lead campus-scale delivery at the Helios campus in Afton, TX. You will direct a multi-disciplinary team of senior construction managers and own the standards for safety, schedule, cost, and quality across all phases, from preconstruction through turnover to operations.

The role requires 12+ years delivering large-scale, mission critical projects and a proven ability to manage multiple leaders, GMP and OFCI equipment, and complex site logistics.