Data Center Construction Project Manager - Atlanta, GA (BVTA)

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City: Atlanta 

State: Georgia

The Data Center Construction Project Manager/Owner’s Representative will be responsible providing oversight for the overall direction, completion, and financial outcome of multiple projects with the construction services, program management, and design of data centers. The ideal candidate will possess the knowledge and experience to manage data center construction projects and have relevant data center experience. The scope includes on-site in Atlanta locations with the possibility of traveling to other sites. 

You will be the driving force behind ensuring projects are completed on time, within budget, and to the highest standards of quality.

What you will Do:

• Serve as an extension of the client/owner’s design and construction staff overseeing and reporting on the work of general contractors, designers, and vendors on-site in Atlanta, GA.
• Possess the knowledge and experience regarding construction of data centers.
• Oversee the contract with the client and the General Contractor during construction and close out of data centers enforcing the contract to ensure a high level of project administration in accordance with the drawings and specifications provided by the clients design consultants.
• Oversee electrical and low voltage equipment coordination and commissioning and quality assurance.
• Enforce the construction contract with the client to minimize costs and seek to obtain the lowest reasonable costs for the project.
• Monitor and ensure that the General Contractor and all other separate contractors along with base building and site developer and any suppliers of owner furnished contractors and aligned with project goals, scheduling, and other coordinated efforts to avoid scheduling or interference issues.
• Advise client on the schedule implications of any proposed changes to requirements in accordance with the “Model Change Management” system.
• Review third-party inspection reports and verify that any issues are resolved to meet Bureau Veritas and Client satisfaction.
• Assist the team and vendors to plan and complete the commissioning phase of the project including adequate off-site and on-site testing to be completed and documented in time for the handover to commissioning milestone.
• Maintain oversight over General Contractor for all local authority statutory and planning approvals monitoring the GC and Design Consultants to ensure the required information is submitted to the relevant statutory bodies.
• Monitor and report on project development from beginning to end.
• Execute stellar client delivery starting with pre-construction services (bid/permit/schedule), construction oversight (construction/change orders/invoicing/punch lists), start-up and turnover, and project close out.
• Knowledge of construction components, process, and methodologies and cost estimation required.
• Present reports defining project progress, problems, and solut