Vice President of Construction

Adecco Portugal; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 225,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Adecco Portugal seeks a Vice President of Construction with a focus on Data Centers to lead operations in Atlanta, GA. The role requires senior leadership and experience in data-center or mission-critical commercial construction, with relocation assistance available for the right candidate.

Responsibilities include directing data center projects, managing the PM/field teams, and driving profitability and scalable processes to support rapid growth in this market.

Qualifications

• Extensive leadership experience in commercial construction, preferably data center/mission-critical.
• Experience managing large-scale, schedule-sensitive projects with significant budgets.
• Strong understanding of project financials, estimating, scheduling, and cost management.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee data center construction operations, ensuring schedule, budget, quality, and safety objectives.
• Direct project management, field operations, estimating, scheduling, resource planning, and cost controls across multiple projects.
• Manage project financial performance, profitability, labor utilization, and KPIs.
• Build and develop high-performing project management and field leadership teams for data center growth.
• Establish standardized processes and scalable operating practices to support higher project volume.
• Develop and maintain relationships with data center clients, general contractors, subcontractors, vendors, and partners.
• Identify operational improvements to increase efficiency, productivity, and profitability.
• Support business expansion, new-market development, and acquisition integration.

Skills

Data center construction

Leadership

Project management

Cost control

Financial acumen

Job description

Vice President of Construction – Data Center focus

Location: Atlanta, GA

Relocation Assistance Available

The Opportunity

We are seeking a senior construction executive with extensive commercial construction experience and a strong background in data center or mission-critical construction to lead operations and support the growth of a rapidly expanding construction services company.

This is an opportunity for a proven commercial construction leader who understands the complexities of large-scale projects, can build and develop high-performing teams, and can help scale operations in the growing data center market.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee data center construction operations, ensuring projects meet schedule, budget, quality, and safety objectives.
• Direct project management, field operations, estimating, scheduling, resource planning, and cost controls across multiple projects.
• Manage project financial performance, profitability, labor utilization, and operational KPIs.
• Build, recruit, and develop strong project management and field leadership teams to support data center growth.
• Establish standardized processes and scalable operating practices to support increased project volume.
• Develop and maintain relationships with data center clients, general contractors, subcontractors, vendors, and other strategic partners.
• Identify operational improvements and opportunities to increase efficiency, productivity, and profitability.
• Support business expansion, new-market development, and acquisition integration.

Qualifications

• Extensive commercial construction experience is required. Residential construction experience alone will not qualify.
• Significant leadership experience in data center construction, mission-critical facilities, or other large-scale commercial construction environments.
• Demonstrated success managing complex, schedule-sensitive construction projects with substantial budgets and operational demands.
• Experience overseeing multiple projects, teams, and locations while maintaining financial and operational accountability.
• Strong understanding of construction project financials, estimating, scheduling, labor planning, and cost management.
• Experience building teams, scaling construction operations, and implementing consistent processes across projects.
• P&L responsibility of $300 million or more, or comparable operational scope, preferred.
• Experience with acquisitions, integration, or multi-market expansion is advantageous.
• Hands-on, commercially minded leadership style with strong communication, relationship-building, and team-development skills.

Compensation and Relocation

Base salary of $225,000–$250,000, plus bonus. Relocation assistance is available for the right candidate.