VP of Construction - Hybrid Data Center Delivery Leader

5C Group; Springfield (OH); Hybrid; USD 250,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

5C Data Centers is seeking a Vice President, Construction to lead a lean Construction Delivery organization across North America. The role requires building execution standards, coordinating with Planning & Development, Engineering, Procurement, and Operations, and delivering complex, power-driven campuses from site development to turnover.

Qualified candidates have 15+ years of construction leadership within data centers or similarly large capital programs, strong executive-level communication,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or related discipline.
• PMP, CCM, PE or comparable credentials are beneficial but not required.
• 15+ years of progressive construction leadership experience in data centers, mission-critical, industrial, power, or comparable large capital programs.

Responsibilities

• Own safe, on-time construction execution from GC mobilization through substantial completion, commissioning support, turnover, and customer handover.
• Hold GCs accountable for integrated execution, including coordination of owner-furnished, vendor, utility, commissioning, controls, and third-party activities affecting the schedule.
• Drive recovery planning and decisive intervention when safety, schedule, cost, quality, resource, logistics, or interface performance threatens commitments.
• Recruit, lead, coach, and scale a lean Construction Delivery team across multiple high-value projects.
• Establish roles, escalation paths, staffing ratios, and succession plans for field leadership.
• Partner with Pre-Construction, Procurement, Legal, and Commercial teams on GC strategy, contracting, scope clarity, constructability, and risk.
• Ensure field decisions align with schedule, commercial, customer, capital, and turnover milestones.

Skills

Executive-level communication

Commercial judgment

Negotiation

Problem solving

Stakeholder leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or related discipline

Job description

5C Data Centers is seeking a Vice President, Construction to lead a lean Construction Delivery organization across North America. The role requires building execution standards, coordinating with Planning & Development, Engineering, Procurement, and Operations, and delivering complex, power-driven campuses from site development to turnover.

Qualified candidates have 15+ years of construction leadership within data centers or similarly large capital programs, strong executive-level communication,