Onsite Data Center Electrical Construction Lead

Clayton Services; Texas; On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with match

PTO

Job summary

Clayton Services is seeking an Onsite Electrical Data Center Manager to lead electrical and low-voltage field work on large-scale projects. You will oversee on-site teams, RFIs, submittals, scheduling, and safety to ensure quality and schedule adherence.

Ideal candidates will have 10+ years in electrical construction leadership, data center experience, and strong coordination across multiple trades to deliver turnkey project milestones on time.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of electrical construction management or field leadership experience preferred.
• Experience as Electrical Project Manager, Site Manager, Construction Manager, Superintendent, or similar role.
• Data center or mission-critical construction experience strongly preferred.
• Experience managing low-voltage electrical, controls, instrumentation, or related scopes.
• Experience managing large electrical field teams and subcontractors preferred.
• Experience tracking Client, labor productivity, schedules, and project performance.
• Experience supporting testing, commissioning, turnover, and project closeout.
• Electrical field background strongly preferred.
• Experience on large, complex, schedule-driven construction projects is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead onsite electrical and low-voltage construction activities from mobilization through project completion.
• Coordinate field supervision, craft personnel, subcontractors, vendors, and other project resources.
• Review construction drawings, specifications, scopes of work, cable schedules, equipment schedules, and project requirements.
• Develop and maintain short-term installation plans, Client forecasts, material requirements, and project schedules.
• Monitor field progress, labor hours, productivity, production goals, and overall percent complete.
• Identify labor or productivity issues and implement corrective action to maintain project performance.
• Coordinate electrical installation activities with general contractors, owners, engineers, commissioning teams, vendors, and other trades.
• Manage RFIs, submittals, drawing revisions, field changes, scope clarifications, and change-order documentation.
• Identify out-of-scope work and ensure additional work is properly documented.
• Coordinate procurement, delivery, and material readiness for electrical and controls installations.
• Ensure field installations meet drawings, specifications, electrical codes, project standards, and quality requirements.
• Oversee cable installation, termination, testing, labeling, controls verification, startup, and commissioning activities.
• Manage punch-list completion, turnover documentation, and project closeout.
• Provide regular updates regarding Client, productivity, schedule, materials, project risks, and forecasted completion.
• Maintain strong safety and quality standards throughout project execution.

Skills

Electrical construction

Low-voltage systems

Field leadership

Read drawings

Coordination

RFIs & submittals

QA/QC

Safety

Stakeholders

Communication

Scheduling

Budgeting

Construction pace

Job description

Clayton Services is seeking an Onsite Electrical Data Center Manager to lead electrical and low-voltage field work on large-scale projects. You will oversee on-site teams, RFIs, submittals, scheduling, and safety to ensure quality and schedule adherence.

Ideal candidates will have 10+ years in electrical construction leadership, data center experience, and strong coordination across multiple trades to deliver turnkey project milestones on time.