Senior Data Center Construction Lead

Cumming Group; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 116,000 - 162,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k)

401(k) Matching

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

Short and long-term disability

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Cumming Group in Fort Worth, TX is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead data center construction and fit-out efforts on a major new-build project. You will coordinate design, procurement, commissioning, and turnover to ensure scope, schedule, budget, and operational readiness requirements are met.

As the primary customer interface, you will drive mitigation of risks, manage long-lead procurement, and coordinate cross-functional teams to deliver on time and within budget while maintaining

Qualifications

• 6+ years of construction project management experience, including mission-critical or data center projects.
• Experience managing projects through design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and closeout.
• Knowledge of data center electrical, mechanical, and critical infrastructure systems.
• Experience managing contractors, consultants, budgets, schedules, and stakeholder relationships.
• Data center experience highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead customer-specific construction and fit-out scope within large-scale data center projects.
• Coordinate customer requirements with design, engineering, construction, procurement, commissioning, and operations teams.
• Manage scope, budget, schedule, procurement, risk, and change management through turnover.
• Review customer requirements and impacts to architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, controls, security, and life-safety systems.
• Lead design coordination and technical reviews with customers, consultants, contractors, and internal teams.
• Develop scopes of work, bid packages, cost estimates, and procurement plans.
• Manage change orders, commercial impacts, and cost recovery related to customer-driven changes.
• Track long-lead equipment and materials and drive procurement to protect project milestones.
• Coordinate field execution with General Contractors, trade partners, vendors, commissioning teams, and customer representatives.
• Monitor progress, critical-path activities, and project risks; drive mitigation and recovery plans as needed.
• Serve as a primary customer interface throughout construction, commissioning, and turnover.
• Lead punch list, closeout, documentation, and operational readiness activities.
• Provide regular reporting on cost, schedule, procurement, risk, and key customer commitments.

Skills

Data center project management

Customer-facing communication

Leadership

Budget & cost control

Schedule management

Stakeholder management

Education

BS in Construction, Engineering, or related field

Job description

Cumming Group in Fort Worth, TX is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead data center construction and fit-out efforts on a major new-build project. You will coordinate design, procurement, commissioning, and turnover to ensure scope, schedule, budget, and operational readiness requirements are met.

As the primary customer interface, you will drive mitigation of risks, manage long-lead procurement, and coordinate cross-functional teams to deliver on time and within budget while maintaining