Data Center Construction Manager; Abilene, TX

About The Role

The Construction Manager (CM) is responsible for the direct,on-site execution and delivery of Data Center buildings, acting as the primaryfield representative for the Owner's team. Reporting to the Owner’sRepresentative / Project Manager (ORPM) and the owners team, the CM ensures the General Contractor (GC) achieves excellence in field productivity, schedule adherence, quality, and safety. This role is critical for driving the pace ofon-site work, resolving field-level issues before they impact project milestones,and providing the ORPM with accurate, data-driven updates on construction progress.

The CM will focus on the tactical, day-to-day management of massgrading, core & shell, and the high-volume fit-out of mission-criticalinfrastructure required for Artificial Intelligence campuses.

Join our team onsite in Abilene, TX! We are willing to provide relocation assistance for the right candidate.

• The Construction Manager will be the primary on-site leader for the Owner, drivinga culture of accountability, proactivity, and relentless focus on project goalsdirectly with the GC and trade partners.
• The Construction Manager will bring deep construction expertise to the field,ensuring that work is installed correctly the first time, in accordance withthe design, and meets the highest standards of quality.
• The Construction Manager will manage by metric, focusing on tracking daily andweekly field productivity (e.g., labor units, installed quantities) to providean objective measure of progress and to identify performance deviations early.
• The Construction Manager will "walk the work" daily to anticipate and resolve conflicts, logistical bottlenecks, and construction challenges at thefield level before they escape into schedule delays or cost impacts.
• Supervise theGC’s daily on-site activities, including management of all subcontractors,staffing plans, and the efficient use of labor, materials, and equipment.
• Provide dailyand weekly reports to the Owner’s Representative Project Manager (ORPM) andgoogle leadership team, including progress photos, safety observations, quality issues, and key productivity metrics. Serve as the primary source of fieldinformation for the ORPM's and Owners executive-level reporting.
• Ensure the GCeffectively coordinates all trade activities on site, resolving conflicts between adjacent work packages to maintain a smooth flow of work.
• Provide theORPM with field-level validation of GC progress reports, schedule updates, and payment applications to ensure they accurately reflect the work completed onsite.
• Identifyimmediate and near-term risks in the field (e.g., weather impacts, stacking oftrades, material shortages) and communicate them to the ORPM with proposedmitigation steps.
• Champion aworld-class safety culture on site through daily safety walks, activeparticipation in the GC’s safety program, and ensuring behavioral-based safetyis a priority for every worker in the field.
• Monitor andverify construction progress against the GC's P6 schedule on a daily basis,walking the site to ensure activities are starting and finishing as planned.
• Implement andtrack weekly labor-unit and installed-quantity metrics (e.g., linear feet ofpipe/conduit, weld inches, cable pulls, device terminations). Report thesemetrics to the ORPM and immediately elevate any deviations from the plan.
• Lead weekly work-plan reviews with the GC to scrutinize the 3-week look-ahead schedule,identifying constraints and ensuring all necessary resources (labor, material,equipment) are aligned for success.
• When fieldprogress deviates from the schedule, work directly with the GC to develop and implement recovery and acceleration plans, monitoring their effectiveness and reporting results to the ORPM.
• Conduct dailysite inspections to ensure the quality of work meets or exceeds contractspecifications and drawings. Document and track the resolution of allnon-conforming work.
• Actively participate in first-in-place reviews for critical installations to establish the benchmark for quality across the project.
• Coordinate withand monitor the activities of the third-party testing agency, ensuring all required material tests…