Sr Construction Manager

Insight Global; La Porte (IN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a Senior Construction Manager to lead field activities on data center projects. You will coordinate the General Contractor and vendor partners, track safety performance, and oversee schedule, cost, and quality to ensure compliance with design documents.

You will report to the DCD PM, supervise on-site work five days a week, and drive risk mitigation, reporting, and execution to deliver projects on time and within budget.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of construction project management experience.
• Experience with data center builds from scratch (hyperscale).
• Experience with greenfield through full construction and fit-outs.
• Experience with General Contractors and third parties management.
• Knowledge of construction contracts and compliance with drawings/schedule/contract.

Responsibilities

• Oversee construction projects from conception to completion.
• Ensure safety is the top priority on-site.
• Manage schedule, costs, and quality to meet project goals.
• Coordinate GC and vendor partners and monitor progress.
• Prepare status reports and risk mitigations.

Skills

Construction project management

Site safety

Data center builds

Contract management

Leadership

Risk management

Education

OSHA 30

Job description

Job Description

The Senior Construction Manager will take lead in assisting the Program Management team to help administer and coordinate the General Contractor and Vendor Partner day-to-day activities in the field including managing and coordinate the flow of information, control costs, process change orders, help manage and control the overall construction progress, monitor the safety programs, and verify that the completed work is constructed to a quality level consistent with the requirements of the construction documents.

The Construction Manager works directly for the DCD PM supporting the strategic and tactical delivery of the data center projects.

Responsibilities

• Assure Safety is the #1 focus for the entire project by advocating, motivating and coaching
• Assure Schedule predictability
• Assure Cost reliability
• Assure the successful deployment of Microsoft's Mission and Vision for the project.
• Oversee and direct construction projects from conception to completion
• Review and administer the project in-depth to schedule deliverables and estimate costs
• Assist in overseeing all onsite and offsite construction to monitor compliance with building and safety regulations
• Assist in coordinating and directing General Contractor and vendor partners
• Assure the GC is successfully meeting contractual conditions of performance
• Review the work progress on daily basis
• Prepare internal and external reports pertaining to job status
• Plan ahead to prevent problems and resolve any emerging ones
• Analyze, manage and mitigate risks
• Ensure quality construction standards and the use of proper construction techniques
• Own "Execution"
• Consolidate work tasks and communicate "status"
• Core focus is on "coordination"
• Spends time on "Project Delivery"
• Strives for optimizing cost, speed, and quality
• Creates the "schedule"
• Success is based on project success
• Help Establish Requirements: Help create requirements for the project so that the GC not only fulfills the project scope, but fulfill the actual need for the project
• Keep the project organized: Help maintain and improve the project folder structure for documents and assets making sure that everything created or provided for a project is in the best order possible.
• Create a Timeline: Routinely listout all tasks and plot them in a timeline and calendar and determine where things might go wrong and what you'll do about it if that happens.
• Track Budgets: Ensure that the project is not in danger of costing more than expected by coordinating with the cost team weekly.
• Track Quality: Ensures that the project quality governance is maintained.
• Motivate The Team: Know your team and ensure that they have what they need to be successful.
• Attend all project related meetings and maintain a project journal with detailed notes
• Daily communication and updates with Microsoft Principal Program Manger
• Required to be on project site 5 days a week.
• Critical thinker that can make thoughtful recommendations
• Innovative and curious to resolve or improve
• Positive influencer that drives success
• Establish checklists to see things through
• Mitigates risk / resolves problems

Skills and Requirements

• +10 years of Construction Project Management experience with a focus on site safety
• Experience with Data Center builds from scratch - hyperscale and hyper speed
• Experience with greenfield through full construction, as well as fitting out existing buildings
• Experience working with and managing general contractors & 3rd parties
• Able to manage construction contracts- knows the contracts inside and out and can ensure project is sticking to them
• Ensure all is happening per the drawings/schedule/contract, and on time – can review drawings and even make recommendations
• Safety focused, detail oriented, able to get in the weeds, team player, independent
• OSHA 30

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