Data Center Project Executive: Mission-Critical Construction

Management Performance Associates; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Management Performance Associates seeks a Project Executive for Data Center/Mission Critical projects in Atlanta, GA, with travel required. As a General Contractor, you will lead large-scale data center construction from concept through turnover, overseeing all phases and ensuring alignment with financial, technical, and safety goals.

Strong MEP, commissioning, and leadership are essential. You will drive cost control, manage risks, coordinate vendors, and apply advanced PM tools to deliver

Qualifications

• 10+ years of construction management experience.
• 5+ years in data center or mission-critical environments.
• Proven success managing multi-million-dollar projects with complex MEP and commissioning.
• Familiar with prefabrication, modular assembly, IST, and IST concepts.
• PMP/CCM certification is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead full lifecycle of data center construction projects from preconstruction to commissioning.
• Serve as primary client interface, ensuring clear communication and satisfaction.
• Review and approve contracts, scopes of work, budgets, and schedules; mitigate risks.
• Drive cost control and forecasting to meet margin targets.
• Oversee QA programs to ensure compliance with specs and standards.
• Manage risk and change control across scope, schedule, and cost.
• Enforce safety protocols across all job sites per OSHA and company standards.
• Optimize workforce planning, subcontractor coordination and self-perform labor.
• Lead vendor management including prequalification and procurement.
• Apply data center knowledge—power, cooling, redundancy, commissioning—to guide decisions.
• Implement Lean, BIM, Procore, and related PM tools for consistency.

Skills

Leadership

Negotiation

Communication

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management or related field

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Procore

Primavera P6

MS Project

Job description

Management Performance Associates seeks a Project Executive for Data Center/Mission Critical projects in Atlanta, GA, with travel required. As a General Contractor, you will lead large-scale data center construction from concept through turnover, overseeing all phases and ensuring alignment with financial, technical, and safety goals.

Strong MEP, commissioning, and leadership are essential. You will drive cost control, manage risks, coordinate vendors, and apply advanced PM tools to deliver