Data Center Construction Foreman: MEP & Cabling Lead

Jobtailor; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Lambda on-site lead for data center projects drives field coordination across MEP contractors, low-voltage, and network teams. You will run daily huddles, set priorities, and manage fit-outs, rack installs, and containment, ensuring safety and on-time delivery.

You will oversee documentation, punch lists, RFIs, and progress lookaheads, while coordinating with multiple internal teams for GPU-ready deployments and final handoff.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• 5+ years of construction field experience, including 2+ years in foreman, lead, or superintendent capacity.
• Direct experience with data center white space fit-out, critical facility construction, or comparable work.
• Knowledge of electrical, mechanical, low voltage systems, including power distribution, cooling, containment, and cabling.
• Ability to read and interpret drawings, specifications, submittals, and installation instructions; produce redlines.
• OSHA 30 certification required or obtained within 90 days of hire.
• Familiarity with commissioning processes, pre-functional checklists, and punch list closeout.
• Comfort with Procore, Smartsheet, MS Project, and Monday.com; mobile photo documentation.
• Able to lift and work at height in active construction environments; willing to travel ~75%.
• Completed trade apprenticeship, journeyman license, technical certification, or associate degree preferred.
• NFPA 70E familiarity preferred; First Aid and CPR certification a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead on-site for assigned data center projects.
• Direct daily activity across MEP contractors, low-voltage and network installers, rack and integration crews, and OEM field teams.
• Run daily huddles, set priorities, and coordinate crew scopes, sequences, and constraints.
• Oversee white-space fit-outs, rack and cabinet setting, containment, busway and distribution, and cable management.
• Enforce site safety requirements, permits, LOTO procedures, hot-work permits, and PPE compliance.
• Conduct safety walks and lead incident and near-miss reporting.
• Perform inspections, torque and termination checks, labeling verification, and punch-list closeout.
• Coordinate trade access, outage and switching windows, vendor access, badging, tools, materials, and site-rule compliance.
• Receive, inspect, stage, secure, and track owner-furnished equipment.
• Own the three-week field lookahead and track progress, manpower, materials, and constraints.
• Produce daily field reports, maintain redlines, RFI and field-observation logs, and document as-built notes.
• Resolve field conflicts, generate RFIs, and elevate cost, schedule, or safety impacts.
• Support commissioning, integrated systems testing, final acceptance, and handoff to Data Center Operations.
• Coordinate with Network Engineering, Data Center Operations, HPC, Supply Chain, and Technical Project Management for GPU-ready deployments.

Skills

Leadership

Coordination

Problem-Solving

Communication

Team Management

Education

Trade apprenticeship

Journeyman license

Technical certification

Associate degree

Tools

Procore

Smartsheet

MS Project

Monday.com

Job description

Lambda on-site lead for data center projects drives field coordination across MEP contractors, low-voltage, and network teams. You will run daily huddles, set priorities, and manage fit-outs, rack installs, and containment, ensuring safety and on-time delivery.

You will oversee documentation, punch lists, RFIs, and progress lookaheads, while coordinating with multiple internal teams for GPU-ready deployments and final handoff.