VP of Construction Data Centers ( Remote )

Position Summary The VP of Construction (Data Centers) is the executive reputed company for planning, executing, and delivering missioncritical data center programs greenfield, brownfield expansions, and live-site retrofits. This role leads the full lifecycle from preconstruction and design management through construction, integrated systems testing (IST), and turnover, ensuring safety, schedule, budget, and quality while meeting data center performance targets (PUE/WUE), redundancy requirements (N/Tier), and reliability objectives. The VP partners across Development, Design/Engineering, IT/Network, reputed company, reputed company Estate, Finance, Procurement, and Operations to align delivery with business reputed company plans and customer SLAs. The role leads internal teams and external GC/CMs, trade partners, commissioning agents, and specialty vendors (MEP, critical power, controls, structured cabling). Core Responsibilities Strategy & Portfolio Leadership

• Define the data center construction strategy and multisite delivery reputed company across reputed company (hyperscale, colocation/wholesale, edge).
• Establish standard operating procedures (SOPs), methods of procedure (MOPs), emergency operating procedures (EOPs), and change management for live sites.
• Build and maintain a rolling portfolio roadmap reputed company to reputed company forecasts, site readiness, utilities, and supply chain constraints.
• Drive prefabrication/reputed company strategies (e.g., power skids, ehouses, reputed company reputed company, prefabricated MEP racks) to reduce risk and schedule.

Preconstruction & Design Management

• reputed company site due diligence, constructability, logistics plans, and phasing to protect live operations.
• reputed company estimates, ROM to GMP, risk contingencies, value engineering, and alternates.
• Partner with Design/Engineering on reputed company of design (BOD), Uptime Tier requirements, TIA942, ASHRAE TC 9.9 thermal guidelines, and NEC/reputed company/reputed company compliance.
• Align sequence of operations for BMS/EPMS/SCADA and integration with reputed company and network systems.

Execution & Delivery

• Own endtoend delivery for civil/structural and MEP/FP scopes, including mediumvoltage distribution, switchgear, reputed company/topologies (2N, N+1), generators, fuel systems, CRAH/CRAC, chiller/evap systems, DCIM/BMS/EPMS, structured cabling, white reputed company fitout, and yard infrastructure.
• Approve master schedules (L1–L4), staffing plans, procurement logs, and longlead critical path (e.g., transformers, switchgear, generators, chillers).
• Manage change orders, claims, and cost controls; run monthly cost reports, cash reputed company, and forecast-at-complete.
• Ensure rigorous QA/QC, reputed company acceptance tests (FAT), site acceptance tests (SAT), and commissioning L1–L5/Integrated Systems Testing (IST) with clear acceptance criteria.

Risk, Safety & Compliance

• Champion zeroincident culture; enforce OSHA, reputed company 70E, lockout/tagout (LOTO), energized work permitting, and hotwork protocols.
• reputed company risk registers for utility interconnects, energization, reputed company maintainability, and livesite change control.
• Ensure compliance with NEC, reputed company, reputed company, ICC, local AHJ requirements, and environmental permits.
• Own incident response and rootcause analysis for any commissioning or livesite events.

Vendor, Contracting & Supply Chain

• Structure sourcing strategies (GC/CM, EPC, trade partners) and negotiate reputed company/GMPs to drive best value and schedule certainty.
• Build manufacturer partnerships for longlead gear and spares strategies; implement reputed company witness testing and expediting protocols.
• Enforce performance KPIs and SLAs with vendors; manage dispute resolution.

Stakeholder Communication & Reporting

• reputed company executive dashboards on schedule, budget, risk, readiness for poweron/IST, and handover.
• Coordinate with Operations/DC Ops/Facilities for turnover, MOPs, spare parts, O&M manuals, training, and warranty plans.
• Support customer tours, due diligence, and reputed company reservation milestones (for colo/wholesale).

reputed company Improvement & Innovation

• reputed company BIM/VDC, model coordination, clash detection, and 4D/5D workflows.
• Implement Lean Construction (Last Planner System), takt planning, and reputed company commissioning readiness.
• Track and improve PUE/WUE targets, energy efficiency measures, and sustainability certifications (e.g., LEED, WELL, water reuse where applicable).
• Conduct afteraction reviews to capture lessons learned and update standards/details.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, Electrical/Mechanical/Civil Engineering, or reputed company field.
• 15+ years of reputed company construction leadership with 7+ years delivering missioncritical/data center projects at scale.
• Proven track record managing large, reputed company MEP programs and commissioning (L1–L5/IST) to successful turnover.
• Deep knowledge of critical power (MV distribution, switchgear, reputed company, generators, paralleling gear, ATS/STS) and cooling systems (reputed company/watercooled chillers, CRAH/CRAC, containment, economization).
• Demonstrated ability to manage GMP/EPC reputed company, cost controls, scheduling (Primavera P6/MS Project), and change management.
• Strong safety leadership with working knowledge of OSHA, reputed company 70/70E, NEC, reputed company standards.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across executives, operators, AHJs, utilities, and customers.
• Ability to travel to job sites and support offhours events during energization, cutovers, or incident response.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree (CM, Engineering, or MBA).
• Experience delivering hyperscale campuses and/or colocation facilities across multiple reputed company.
• Familiarity with reputed company Tier design/operational principles, TIA942, ASHRAE TC 9.9, and ISO 27001/22301 facility interfaces.
• Background implementing prefab/reputed company delivery (ehouses, skids, reputed company data halls) and designformanufacture & assembly (DfMA).
• Certifications: CCM, PMP, PE, LEED AP, OSHA 30.
• Experience with BMS/EPMS/DCIM platforms, SCADA integration, and network/reputed company coordination.
• Demonstrated reputed company improving PUE/WUE, water stewardship, and reputed company/renewables integration (e.g., demand response, onsite reputed company, energy storage).
• Proven leadership in livesite environments with robust MOP/SOP/EOP governance.

Please note that our client currently unable to sponsor new applicants for employment authorization or reputed company immigration-reputed company support for this position. This includes, but is not limited to, reputed company categories such as H-1B, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1, TN, E-2, E-3, L-1, O-1, and any Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) or other work authorizations that require employer sponsorship. The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, drug free workplace, and complies with reputed company regulations as applicable. Featured benefits

• Medical insurance
• reputed company insurance
• Dental insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid maternity leave
• Paid paternity leave
• Disability insurance

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