Traveling Senior Electrical Project Manager - MSG - Data Centers

Turner Construction Company; Oklahoma City (OK); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner Construction Company is seeking a full‑time traveling project leader to support an Advanced Technology project, including Data Center, Pharmaceutical, Industrial/Manufacturing, and EV/Battery/Renewables market segments. The role leads, directs, and coordinates the overall management of multiple projects.

Reports to: Project Executive, Deputy Operations Manager, or Operations Manager. Responsibilities include building a high‑performance team, managing budgets, schedules, QA/QC, safety, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with 10+ years of construction management experience
• Strong reading of contract documents, drawings, specs and schedules
• Proven leadership and interpersonal skills, with ability to manage multi-project teams

Responsibilities

• Develop a high‑performance team through supervision, training, coaching, and mentoring.
• Understand and administer Turner’s contract and subcontract agreements.
• Foster and enhance owner, architect, subcontractor, and vendor relations.
• Establish, update, and communicate the Master Project Schedule and manage its implementation.
• Manage budget and financial reporting and ensure adherence to the project budget.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Contract docs

Reading plans

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Microsoft Project

BIM

MS Office

Job description

Job Summary

Division: Critical Facilities-Data Centers
Project Location(s): Austin, TX 73301 USA
Job Type: Regular
Job Classification: Experienced
Compensation: Salaried Exempt
Job Family: Construction

Position: Full‑time traveling assignment supporting an Advanced Technology project, including Data Center, Pharmaceutical, Industrial/Manufacturing, and EV/Battery/Renewables market segments. The role leads, directs, and coordinates the overall management of multiple projects. Reports to: Project Executive, Deputy Operations Manager, or Operations Manager.

Responsibilities

• Develop a high‑performance team through supervision, training, coaching, and mentoring. Ensure regular feedback, including timely completion of employee performance appraisals.
• Understand and administer Turner’s contract and subcontract agreements.
• Foster and enhance owner, architect, subcontractor, and vendor relations.
• Establish, update, and communicate the Master Project Schedule and manage its implementation.
• May work with Preconstruction team in development of the project.
• Manage budget and financial reporting, interpret and analyze reports to ensure adherence to the project budget.
• Manage the Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) Program.
• Manage and oversee field operation and engineering processes and procedures.
• Drive competencies to the team on requirements for insurance, labor relations, and employee relations.
• Drive enforcement of safety protocols by the project staff.
• Work with Accounting to initiate Pay Application process and follow up to ensure payment is received in a timely manner.
• Keep management informed on progress of the project and budget through regularly scheduled Operation Review Meetings (ORMs).
• Support and drive utilization of various Turner initiatives and technologies.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree plus a minimum of ten years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience. Thorough knowledge of construction cost, scheduling, estimating, purchasing, and engineering principles and techniques, as well as accounting principles. Demonstrated written and verbal communication abilities; proficiency with computer applications including Microsoft Office Suite. Ability to read, understand, and interpret contract documents, drawings, specifications, scopes of work, and project schedule. Ability to implement leading‑edge technologies such as Building Information Models (BIM) and Lean to benefit the project. Demonstrated leadership and interpersonal skills.

Physical Demands

Performance of the required duties will require physical ability to climb permanent and temporary stairs, use construction personnel hoists, climb ladders, and negotiate work areas under construction. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Performing this job requires use of hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls, sit, talk and hear, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works on‑site at the construction work site where the employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts; high precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions; and risk of electrical shock. The noise in these work environments is usually moderate to very loud.

Other Information

May perform other duties as assigned.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Turner is an Equal Opportunity Employer – race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.