Owner's Rep: Preconstruction Lead for Data Centers

World Wide Professional Solutions; Indiana (PA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Per diem

Travel assistance

Relocation support

Job summary

World Wide Professional Solutions in Indiana seeks a Preconstruction Manager to lead preconstruction for a large-scale hyperscale data center project in St. Joseph County.

You will represent the owner, set cost and schedule strategy, coordinate with design teams, GC partners, and vendors, and manage constructability reviews.

This full-time, on-site role offers long-term project visibility with opportunities to influence cost, schedule, procurement, and overall strategy.

Qualifications

• Seven or more years of preconstruction, estimating, commercial management, or construction management experience.
• Experience supporting data centers, mission critical facilities, or technically complex capital projects.
• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, architecture, or a related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Lead preconstruction activities from early planning through construction mobilization.
• Represent the owner during design development, budgeting, procurement, and contractor selection.
• Manage conceptual estimates, detailed cost plans, bid packages, and budget reconciliation.
• Review contractor and subcontractor pricing for scope coverage, accuracy, market competitiveness, and risk.
• Coordinate constructability reviews with design, engineering, construction, commissioning, and operations teams.
• Support design decisions by evaluating cost, schedule, procurement, and construction impacts.
• Develop procurement strategies for long lead equipment, critical infrastructure, and major trade packages.
• Lead value engineering efforts while protecting system performance, reliability, schedule, and operational requirements.
• Identify scope gaps, design conflicts, commercial risks, and potential schedule constraints.
• Support the development of master schedules, milestone plans, phasing strategies, and site logistics plans.
• Participate in contractor interviews, bid evaluations, commercial negotiations, and award recommendations.
• Track design progress, estimate changes, procurement status, and preconstruction deliverables.
• Prepare clear reports and recommendations for ownership and senior project leadership.
• Support the transition from preconstruction into field execution.

Skills

Preconstruction experience

Cost estimation

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, architecture, or related discipline

Job description

World Wide Professional Solutions in Indiana seeks a Preconstruction Manager to lead preconstruction for a large-scale hyperscale data center project in St. Joseph County.

You will represent the owner, set cost and schedule strategy, coordinate with design teams, GC partners, and vendors, and manage constructability reviews.

This full-time, on-site role offers long-term project visibility with opportunities to influence cost, schedule, procurement, and overall strategy.