Data Center Tenant Fit-Out Project Manager

KALCON; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with 4% match

PTO 15 days

8 paid holidays

Certification/license reimbursement

Job summary

KALCON is seeking an experienced Tenant Fit-Out Project Manager to serve as an Owner’s Representative for new data center facilities. You will oversee white space build-out, MEP distribution, equipment installation, system tie-ins, testing, commissioning, and readiness for operations.

You will coordinate with the base build team, general contractor, trade partners, and commissioning agents to ensure alignment with design intent and milestones while maintaining safety and quality standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management or Engineering required.
• Experience in data center, semiconductor, lab, or other critical facility construction preferred.
• Experience supporting tenant fit‑out or MEP infrastructure delivery within data centers or mission‑critical environments.
• Strong understanding of MEP systems, commissioning, turnover requirements, and quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Owner’s Representative PM for Tenant Fit‑Out phase of a data center, overseeing execution and turnover.
• Provide direct oversight of white space build‑out, power/mechanical distribution, equipment installation, and system integration.
• Coordinate with owner/developer, GC, base build team, tenant delivery teams, designers, and commissioning agents.
• Monitor contractor performance against schedule, quality, safety, and sequencing without directing means/methods.
• Review submittals, RFIs, design clarifications, and field change requests for tenant fit‑out scopes.
• Track tenant-level milestones and ensure alignment with campus master schedule and commissioning plan.
• Identify risks and coordinate mitigations with project controls leadership.
• Participate in progress and commissioning readiness meetings, documenting actions and resolutions.
• Elevate constructability, access, sequencing, shutdown, and tie‑in risks with recommended paths forward.
• Support testing, commissioning, punch lists, and turnover readiness for tenant systems.
• Review progress reporting and pay‑applications related to tenant fit‑out scopes.

Skills

Client relations

People management

Analytical skills

Written and oral communication

Schedule management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management or Engineering

Tools

MS Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Project

Job description

KALCON is seeking an experienced Tenant Fit-Out Project Manager to serve as an Owner’s Representative for new data center facilities. You will oversee white space build-out, MEP distribution, equipment installation, system tie-ins, testing, commissioning, and readiness for operations.

You will coordinate with the base build team, general contractor, trade partners, and commissioning agents to ensure alignment with design intent and milestones while maintaining safety and quality standards.