Data Center Construction Manager

Oracle Corporation; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Oracle Corporation is seeking a Construction Project Manager to oversee data center builds with colocation providers, ensuring timelines, budgets, and design specifications while coordinating with multiple partners. This role includes managing schedules and budgets, supporting documentation and commissioning, and implementing quality control to maintain industry standards.

Regular site walks and risk mitigation are core.

Responsibilities

• Assists in managing data center construction with colocation providers, ensuring timelines, budgets, and quality.
• Supports creating and maintaining project schedules with providers to meet milestones.
• Helps develop and manage project budgets for efficient delivery.
• Maintains design reviews, commissioning docs, and problem-solving papers to standards.
• Implements quality control to meet design specs and industry standards.
• Coordinates tenant fit-out projects within established procedures.
• Conducts regular site walks to verify schedule, coordination, and quality.
• Supports startup and commissioning to confirm systems are operational.
• Evaluates risk profiles and suggests corrective actions.
• Acts as primary liaison with colocation providers, maintaining key relationships.
• Assists in contract selection, negotiation, and management with external vendors.
• Oversees installation of power, cooling, networking, and cabling systems.

Job description

Assists in managing the construction of data centers by colocation providers, ensuring adherence to timelines, budgets, and quality standards. Supports the creation, review, and maintenance of documentation, including design review, commissioning, and problem-solving papers. Implements quality control processes to ensure all construction activities meet design specifications and industry standards. Conducts regular site walks and assists in the startup and commissioning phases of major data center projects. Identifies gaps in risk identification and mitigation and recommends standard corrective actions. Serves as the primary point of contact between the company and colocation providers. Assists in the selection, negotiation, and management of contracts with external vendors, contractors, and suppliers, ensuring contract compliance and performance and construction activities align with the approved design plans and specifications. Assists in overseeing the installation of power, cooling, networking, and structured cabling systems.

Internal Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Construction Project Management-Project Planning and Execution:

• -Assists in managing the construction of data centers by colocation providers, ensuring adherence to timelines, budgets, and quality standards.
• -Supports in developing and maintaining project schedules, working closely with colocation providers to ensure timely delivery of milestones.
• -Assists in creating and managing project budgets, ensuring efficient use of resources and cost-effective project delivery.
• -Supports the creation, review, and maintenance of documentation, including design review, commissioning, and problem-solving papers, ensuring standards are upheld, documents are managed effectively, and materials are suitable for their intended purpose.

Construction Project Management-Project Integration and Quality Assurance:

• -Implements and oversees quality control processes to ensure all construction activities meet design specifications and industry standards.
• -Assists in the coordination and integration of tenant fit out projects by following established procedures and providing support during design, construction, and commissioning phases.
• -Conducts regular site walks to ensure schedule, coordination, and quality throughout the life of the project.
• -Assists in the startup and commissioning phases of major data center projects, ensuring that all systems are operational and meet design specifications.

Risk and Problem Management:

• -Evaluates the risk profiles associated with timely project delivery.
• -Identifies gaps in risk identification and mitigation and recommends standard corrective actions.
• -Implements mitigation strategies for major construction project risks to ensure project success.

Stakeholder and Vendor Management:

• -Serves as the primary point of contact between the company and colocation providers, facilitating clear and effective communication.
• -Develops and maintains key relationships to effectively support internal and external stakeholders.
• -Assists in the selection, negotiation, and management of contracts with external vendors, contractors, and suppliers, ensuring contract compliance and performance.

Design Coordination and Improvement:

• -Collaborates with design teams to ensure that construction activities align with the approved design plans and specifications.
• -Provides ongoing colocation provider evaluation input for continuous improvement.
• -Assists in overseeing the installation of power, cooling, networking, and structured cabling systems.

Core Responsibilities

Planning & Execution:

• -Independently manages work, monitoring timelines and deliverables to ensure projects or initiatives stay on track and meet requirements. Proactively prioritizes work and adapts to resource or timeline shifts, suggesting adjustments to maintain project efficiency.

Collaboration & Partnership:

• -Collaborates across teams to align on expectations and achieve shared objectives. Builds and maintains a comprehensive understanding of business, stakeholder, and/or customer needs to build and support effective partnerships. Actively listens to diverse perspectives and asks questions to ensure understanding of others.

Problem Solving:

• -Independently identifies and addresses standard and non-standard issues in accordance with standard practices, escalating more complex issues as appropriate. Analyzes data and/or information from multiple sources to troubleshoot standard and non-standard errors. Contributes to knowledge sharing and best practices.

Continuous Learning:

• -Embraces continuous learning by actively seeking to build knowledge and new skills and/or tools, and staying current with industry trends and best practices. Seeks out and leverages feedback and training to improve skills. Contributes to a culture of continuous learning and knowledge sharing with team members.

Continuous Improvement:

• -Develops ideas and recommends updates to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of processes, protocols, and workflows within a team. Seeks input from team members on alternative approaches and methods for improving work.

External Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Construction Project Management-Project Planning and Execution:

• -Assists in managing the construction of data centers by colocation providers, ensuring adherence to timelines, budgets, and quality standards.
• -Supports in developing and maintaining project schedules, working closely with colocation providers to ensure timely delivery of milestones.
• -Assists in creating and managing project budgets, ensuring efficient use of resources and cost-effective project delivery.
• -Supports the creation, review, and maintenance of documentation, including design review, commissioning, and problem-solving papers, ensuring standards are upheld, documents are managed effectively, and materials are suitable for their intended purpose.

Construction Project Management-Project Integration and Quality Assurance:

• -Implements and oversees quality control processes to ensure all construction activities meet design specifications and industry standards.
• -Assists in the coordination and integration of tenant fit out projects by following established procedures and providing support during design, construction, and commissioning phases.
• -Conducts regular site walks to ensure schedule, coordination, and quality throughout the life of the project.
• -Assists in the startup and commissioning phases of major data center projects, ensuring that all systems are operational and meet design specifications.

Risk and Problem Management:

• -Evaluates the risk profiles associated with timely project delivery.
• -Identifies gaps in risk identification and mitigation and recommends standard corrective actions.
• -Implements mitigation strategies for major construction project risks to ensure project success.

Stakeholder and Vendor Management:

• -Serves as the primary point of contact between the company and colocation providers, facilitating clear and effective communication.
• -Develops and maintains key relationships to effectively support internal and external stakeholders.
• -Assists in the selection, negotiation, and management of contracts with external vendors, contractors, and suppliers, ensuring contract compliance and performance.

Design Coordination and Improvement:

• -Collaborates with design teams to ensure that construction activities align with the approved design plans and specifications.
• -Provides ongoing colocation provider evaluation input for continuous improvement.
• -Assists in overseeing the installation of power, cooling, networking, and structured cabling systems.

Core Responsibilities

Planning & Execution:

• -Independently manages work, monitoring timelines and deliverables to ensure projects or initiatives stay on track and meet requirements. Proactively prioritizes work and adapts to resource or timeline shifts, suggesting adjustments to maintain project efficiency.

Collaboration & Partnership:

• -Collaborates across teams to align on expectations and achieve shared objectives. Builds and maintains a comprehensive understanding of business, stakeholder, and/or customer needs to build and support effective partnerships. Actively listens to diverse perspectives and asks questions to ensure understanding of others.

Problem Solving:

• -Independently identifies and addresses standard and non-standard issues in accordance with standard practices, escalating more complex issues as appropriate. Analyzes data and/or information from multiple sources to troubleshoot standard and non-standard errors. Contributes to knowledge sharing and best practices.

Continuous Learning:

• -Embraces continuous learning by actively seeking to build knowledge and new skills and/or tools, and staying current with industry trends and best practices. Seeks out and leverages feedback and training to improve skills. Contributes to a culture of continuous learning and knowledge sharing with team members.

Continuous Improvement:

• -Develops ideas and recommends updates to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of processes, protocols, and workflows within a team. Seeks input from team members on alternative approaches and methods for improving work.