Owner-Side Data Center Controls Lead – EVMS & P6

Socket.dev; Amarillo (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Fermi America is seeking an experienced Owner's senior project-controls representative to oversee integrated cost and schedule control for data center facilities. This role focuses on reviewing, challenging, and validating contractor cost/schedule deliverables and ensuring contractual compliance.

You will be the primary controls interface with general contractors, MEP trades, equipment vendors, and commissioning agents to drive speed, repeatability, and MEP intensity in data center delivery.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of progressive project controls experience in data center or mission-critical facilities.
• Expertise in cost forecasting and Earned Value Management.
• Advanced Primavera P6 and Unifier proficiency; strong change/invoice validation.

Responsibilities

• Review and validate contractor schedules to align WBS/CBS with construction sequence.
• Validate monthly cost reports: commitments, accruals, actuals, and forecasts.
• Apply Earned Value Management to assess contractor performance and advise leadership.
• Coordinate long-lead equipment tracking and its impact on the critical path.
• Manage owner-side change process: review trends, change orders, and claims.
• Perform Primavera P6 analyses to verify progress and support commissioning sequencing.
• Ensure contractors meet contract requirements and report deliverables.
• Coordinate with owner team, GC, MEP trades, and vendors to keep the schedule fast-tracking.
• Prepare and present controls deliverables for leadership.
• Produce timely project-controls data for informed decisions.

Skills

Cost engineering

Earned Value Management

Primavera P6

Excel

Contract management

Data center delivery

Schedule validation

Change management

Tools

Primavera P6

Oracle Unifier

Job description

Fermi America is seeking an experienced Owner's senior project-controls representative to oversee integrated cost and schedule control for data center facilities. This role focuses on reviewing, challenging, and validating contractor cost/schedule deliverables and ensuring contractual compliance.

You will be the primary controls interface with general contractors, MEP trades, equipment vendors, and commissioning agents to drive speed, repeatability, and MEP intensity in data center delivery.