Director, MEP Fitout for Mission-Critical Data Centers

Socket.dev; Haskell (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid relocation packages

Per diem and travel support

Mobilization assistance

Additional incentives

Job summary

World Wide Professional Solutions seeks a Director, MEP Fitout Construction to lead mechanical, electrical, fire protection, life safety, and controls delivery on a large scale data center project in Haskell, Texas. The role requires senior Owner’s Representative leadership with multi-prime coordination and accountability for safety, quality, schedule, cost, and risk.

The successful candidate will manage trade contractors, drive lean construction practices, and report progress to executives

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive construction leadership experience.
• Experience delivering large scale data centers or other mission critical facilities.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior leadership for mechanical and electrical fitout construction across a large scale data center project.
• Represent the Owner in direct engagement with mechanical, electrical, fire protection, controls, security, and other specialty trade contractors.
• Manage trade contractor performance under a multi prime execution strategy with direct accountability for safety, quality, schedule, cost, productivity, coordination, and risk.
• Establish and reinforce a strong site safety culture with clear expectations, accountability, and visible leadership.
• Drive predictable schedule execution across complex MEP installation, testing, turnover, and commissioning activities.
• Oversee construction of major mechanical systems, electrical systems, fire protection systems, life safety systems, security systems, instrumentation, and controls.
• Lead coordination across mechanical, electrical, plumbing, controls, fire protection, security, structural, architectural, and commissioning teams.
• Ensure effective interface management between core and shell construction, MEP fitout, utility infrastructure, equipment installation, and commissioning activities.
• Lead contractor planning, sequencing, coordination, issue resolution, corrective action, and recovery planning.
• Maintain high expectations for installation quality and ensure work is delivered in accordance with project requirements, design documents, specifications, and Owner standards.
• Monitor trade contractor cost performance, changes, schedule impacts, productivity, and project risks.
• Identify emerging execution risks and lead mitigation efforts before they affect safety, quality, cost, schedule, or critical project milestones.
• Support system turnover, testing, commissioning readiness, startup, and final project delivery.
• Provide clear executive level reporting regarding construction progress, contractor performance, milestones, risk, and areas requiring escalation.
• Build strong working relationships across the Owner, WWPS, trade contractors, design partners, commissioning teams, and project stakeholders.
• Champion collaborative execution and Lean Construction practices that improve coordination, predictability, and overall project performance.

Job description

World Wide Professional Solutions seeks a Director, MEP Fitout Construction to lead mechanical, electrical, fire protection, life safety, and controls delivery on a large scale data center project in Haskell, Texas. The role requires senior Owner’s Representative leadership with multi-prime coordination and accountability for safety, quality, schedule, cost, and risk.

The successful candidate will manage trade contractors, drive lean construction practices, and report progress to executives