MEP Unit Director

Thor; United States; On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Per diem for housing and utilities

ESOP

401(k)

Performance-based bonus

Job summary

Thor is seeking an MEP Unit Manager to lead the mechanical and electrical function within its mission-critical data center group. The ideal candidate has a track record delivering completed data center facilities and can manage on-site teams and coordination with trades.

Expect on-site work at diverse locations (Dallas, Atlanta, Lexington) with 50% travel, ESOP and a performance-based bonus; the firm emphasizes design-before-construction, cross-discipline collaboration, and long-term client

Qualifications

• MEP project leadership experience in data centers.
• Proven track record delivering buildings end-to-end.
• OSHA 30, PMP, PE, Procore or Bluebeam are a plus but not required.
• Experience coordinating with trades and subs on complex sites.

Responsibilities

• Lead MEP delivery across mechanical and electrical scopes on data center projects.
• Ensure power, infrastructure and systems requirements are defined before construction.
• Collaborate with trade partners, subs and on-site teams to meet schedule and safety goals.
• Manage on-site travel and rotation as part of project assignments.

Skills

MEP leadership

Data center experience

Construction management

Team leadership

Tools

Procore

Bluebeam

Job description

MEP Unit Manager - Mission Critical Data Center Construction

Dallas, TX, Atlanta, GA, or Lexington., KY

A general contractor focused on mission critical markets is hiring an MEP Unit Manager to lead the mechanical and electrical function within its data center group. This has been one of the firm's longest-standing open searches - not because the role is niche, but because they've held out for the right person rather than settle for a near-miss. If the fit is right, it moves fast and I'm looking for that right personality and cultural-fit to take the step up into this role.

What sets this GC apart?

Most contractors hand MEP a finished drawing set and ask them to make it work. Here, power and infrastructure planning happen before the first foundation is poured - engineering, architecture, automation and specialty equipment manufacturing are all in-house, so the MEP voice is in the room during design, not reacting to it afterward.

Promotion is built on readiness, not tenure. There's no minimum project value or years-served requirement to move up - as an example, more junior PMs here have been handed $300M projects because they were capable of running them, not because it was their turn. If you've felt capped by a seniority ladder elsewhere, that's the opposite of how this business operates.

It's also employee-owned (ESOP), and the client relationships are built to be long-term rather than transactional - the same philosophy applies internally, where quality of life is weighted alongside safety rather than traded against it under schedule pressure.

The role

You'd be repsonsible for MEP delivery across mechanical and electrical scope on data center projects, inside a business built to resolve power, infrastructure and systems requirements before construction even starts.

Who they're looking for

Trade-partner and subcontractor MEP backgrounds are genuinely welcomed here, not just tolerated - people have moved across from that side of the industry into this seat before. What matters most is consistency: they want someone who has started and finished buildings, not moved through four jobs in five years.

Data center experience is valued but not a hard gate - adjacent high-complexity sectors (pharma, large commercial, healthcare, aviation) translate well if the data center reps aren't there yet.

Certifications like OSHA 30, PMP, PE, Procore or Bluebeam are a plus but not a requirement -

OSHA 30 is delivered in-house after you start.

Travel and rotation

Expect to be on site minimum 50% of the time, on either a Monday-to-Friday rhythm or a three-weeks-on-one-in-office rotation. Per diem covers temporary housing and utilities on longer assignments, and all project travel is reimbursed on top of that. Teams are kept regional to their home office wherever possible, rather than shipped cross-country.

Company context

• 2GW+ delivered for data center customers, 50+ completed facilities
• No. 15 Top Contractor (ENR)

Package

Compensation is competitive and set by role and location - worth being explicit about your base vs. total comp expectations early, since flexibility sits more in the total structure than in base salary.

There's a project-specific bonus tied to performance at this level, plus ESOP and 401(k).