Construction Project Manager

Spectraforce; Manassas (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Spectraforce is seeking a Construction Manager to lead onsite Data Center fitouts in leased properties across North America. You will own the construction scope, coordinate contractors and vendors, manage schedules and budgets, and ensure clean handovers.

Candidates should have 7–10 years in data center/construction, CPM scheduling (Primavera P6), and a CM/engineering degree. Expect 50% travel across North America.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
• 7–10 years of professional experience in construction, operations, maintenance, and project planning.
• Experience in data centers/critical infrastructure and leased facilities preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead onsite construction, commissioning, and turnover of Data Center fitout projects in leased properties.
• Support the Lead CM with contractor, designer, and vendor management.
• Own construction scope across North America and drive schedules and budgets.
• Coordinate with Contractors, Landlords, Consultants and cross-functional partners.
• Develop and maintain relationships to drive efficiency and ensure safe, on-time delivery.
• Create and maintain project schedules and ROM budgets; manage CapEx forecasting.
• Prepare and review MOPs for retrofit/remedy work; monitor progress via weekly status reports.
• Escalate issues to keep turnover dates reliable and predictable.

Skills

Project management

CPM scheduling

Primavera P6

Data center construction

Budgeting

MS Office

Electrical & mechanical knowledge

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in CM/engineering

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Office

Job description

Responsible for managing the onsite construction, commissioning, and turnover of Data Center Fitout projects in leased properties.

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, Landlords, Consultants and Cross Functional Partners.

Provide construction leadership at the site by developing and maintaining strong relationships with our cross functional partners, consultants, vendors, landlords 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, Landlord, 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, Client 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.

Approximately 50% travel to support project sites across North America.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 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 leased 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.).

Additional Requirements:

• Needs to be able to travel as needed.
• Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously ranging from 600k to $100M.
• Past experience working in leased facilities is preferred but not mandatory.
• 50% Travel to sites across North America as needed.