Owner-Side Data Center Construction Lead (Global Sites)

Futura; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Futura is seeking a Construction Manager to own day-to-day site execution for greenfield and brownfield data center builds, coordinating GCs, trades, and vendors to deliver safe, on-schedule facilities with extreme power and cooling density.

You will build and maintain integrated schedules (Primavera P6, MS Project), enforce the safety program, and drive zero-incident culture while taking direct ownership of outcomes on multiple sites.

Qualifications

• Owner-side experience delivering data center construction projects.
• Currently a Construction Manager ready to step up into an intermediate/senior seat with direct ownership of trades, GCs, and vendors.
• Fluency with Primavera P6 or MS Project for integrated scheduling.
• Comfort enforcing safety hard and holding subcontractors accountable.
• Willingness to travel 80-100% to active sites.
• Bonus: construction management qualification; liquid cooling or high-density power builds; multi-site international delivery.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day site execution for greenfield and brownfield GPU data center builds, orchestrating general contractors, trades, and vendors to deliver safe, on-schedule, on-budget facilities at extreme power and cooling density.
• Build, maintain, and execute integrated schedules (Primavera P6, MS Project) across design, procurement, construction, and commissioning.
• Enforce the safety program and drive a zero-incident culture across all subcontractors.
• Coordinate CSA and MEP trades, resolving field conflicts in real time, and verify QA/QC, submittals, RFI, and change-order processes.
• Track and report daily progress, spend, earned value, and resource loading, and issue recovery plans when needed.
• Lead scopes of work for critical-path trades and packages, and manage construction contracts from award through close-out.

Skills

Owner-side experience

Step-up leadership

Travel readiness

Safety enforcement

Education

Construction management qualification

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

Job description

Futura is seeking a Construction Manager to own day-to-day site execution for greenfield and brownfield data center builds, coordinating GCs, trades, and vendors to deliver safe, on-schedule facilities with extreme power and cooling density.

You will build and maintain integrated schedules (Primavera P6, MS Project), enforce the safety program, and drive zero-incident culture while taking direct ownership of outcomes on multiple sites.