About Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world’s well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises. Developing and operating across North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific, Vantage has evolved data center design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands.

Construction Department

The Construction team is responsible for the management of delivering data centers from conception through commissioning, working with Sales, Operations, New Site Development, and Innovation and Engineering along the way.  Construction also works closely with partner contractors to come up with a vertically integrated design and manages these partners to deliver the projects on schedule and budget.  Many times, a role like this at other companies is purely oversight.  One thing that distinguishes Vantage is that our technical staff is given the responsibility and authority to directly drive the process.  When compared to external resources, our internal team can align long-term operational sustainability with value engineering and cost metrics to deliver products aligned with corporate goals.  This approach empowers each member of the team to drive high- impact decisions and even more impactful results.

Position Description

Vantage is looking for a Senior Construction Manager to manage and drive success on new and ongoing, medium-to-large-sized construction capital projects.  The position covers all aspects of a construction project.  Areas of expertise require autonomy and independent discretion in the following areas:

• RFP development and overall project budgeting
• Pre-bid planning, oversight and coordination
• Managing all design phases and documents working internally with stakeholder groups and SME’s
• Customer engagement for sales and fulfillment of project requirements
• Coordination and supervision of design-build, and design bid build contractors
• Oversight of physical construction activities on site
• Leading commissioning of critical systems integration across new and existing data centers
• Hand-off of physical data center and project documents to operations
• Management in prime contractor safety performance
• Coordination and logistical planning for all OFCI equipment

This position is based on-site in Atlanta, GA.

Essential Job Functions

• Management of project scope, safety, schedule, stakeholder, and budget
• Drive all aspects of construction including pre-construction, design development, permitting and entitlements, competitive bid process, team selection, construction oversight, commissioning, and project closeout
• Cultivate ability to create business cases and bring projects from concept through internal project approval

Duties

• Collaborate with design team, operations teams and clients
• Submit monthly project financial reporting including forecasting, cash-flow, etc.
• Review monthly contractor billing and perform job walks to substantiate progress
• Develop, manage, maintain, and assist with contract negotiation of new and existing vendors
• Manage input and delivery of work products from internal team members to ensure that new data center spaces comply with the project requirements, customer requirements, all engineering standards, applicable codes, and specifications
• Develop, document, and drive lessons learned, process improvements, cost, and schedule savings initiatives throughout the project lifecycle process
• Work closely with the Operations to coordinate design criteria with budgetary issues and ongoing maintenance and operation of existing facilities
• Perform and or oversee weekly safety walks to ensure contractors are complying with Vantage EHS policies
• Awareness of the importance of mission-critical facility operation
• Additional duties as assigned from time to time by Management

Job Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Construction Management, similar field, or equivalent experience
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in managing construction projects of increasing complexity required, 7-10 years preferred
• Data Center experience is a plus
• Multi-prime or alternate procurement delivery experience is preferred
• Procore experience preferred
• Experience in CSA (civil, structural, architectural) and MEP (mechanical, electrical, plumbing) construction management is a requirement

Physical Demands and Special Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an emplo