CSA Project Manager Data Center Construction

CSA Project Manager - Data Center Construction - Chesterton, IN

This opportunity is with an established General Contractor that specializes in converting existing Buildings and Structures into complex buildings / industrial complexes and is looking to expand its foothold even further into the Critical Facilities Market. Our client is taking their expertise and focus and applying it towards brownfield and greenfield data center projects - including site development, building shell, structural scope, architectural build-outs, and campus expansions for the Hyperscale, Colo or Enterprise Marketplace.

This company will provide a complete life cycle of solutions that will be custom‑fit to the requirements of their client's mission‑critical facility. This opportunity provides a career‑growth minded role with exciting projects with leading‑edge technology and innovation as well as competitive salaries and benefits.

We are looking for a Civil / Structural / Architecture - CSA - Data Center Construction Project Manager to support critical facility construction projects. The Construction PM will be responsible for all aspects of managing a data center construction project with a heavy emphasis on Civil / Site Development, Structural, and Architectural scope (site layout, grading, utilities, building shell, foundations, envelope, permitting, and constructability).

This will include providing leadership to contractors and vendors associated with the delivery of company projects. The candidate will have overall responsibility for the delivery of assigned projects on budget on time and assurance that the project scope and quality meet Company Design Standards and the objectives set for the project. The successful candidate will have to be exceptionally organized and be great with back office work (change orders, budgets, paperwork driven, etc.)

• Maintain liaison with various contractors and vendors – Civil, Structural and Architecture – in order to manage the day‑to‑day activities that impact the delivery of the company’s layout and footprint of critical facilities and utility interconnection, including civil/site contractors, structural steel, concrete, envelope trades, architectural trades, and specialty vendors
• Ensure that all day‑to‑day project responsibilities are met by the contractors and vendors on the project, with emphasis on site readiness milestones, early works, permitting packages, and long‑lead CSA procurement
• Follow site layout concepts using Civil 3D, incorporating grading, utilities, and circulation patterns while maintaining flexibility for design evolution
• Manage multiple aspects of the project simultaneously. Assist the Senior Project Manager in negotiating contracts with vendors as necessary. Responsible for creating and managing project schedules, including site/civil phasing, foundation / slab sequencing, steel erection, enclosure, and architectural fit‑out
• Put together Project plans – size up, costs, budget, scheduling, timeline, manage change orders, etc., including site development budgets, utility interconnect timelines, and constructability planning
• Assist with reporting and RFPs to Contractors, including civil/site RFPs, structural packages, shell/envelope bid docs, and architectural scopes
• Deliver Built to Suit projects with a heavy emphasis on value‑engineering, including civil scope optimization (grading, stormwater, paving), structural efficiencies, and enclosure/material alternates
• Drive Company Standards uniformly as it regards to Project Delivery by all project participants on all projects, including site design standards, building prototypes, and documentation / turnover requirements
• Manage financial aspects of contracts (progress billing, rental equipment, income / expenses) to protect the company’s interest and simultaneously maintain good relationship with the client
• Represent the company in project meetings, including permitting meetings, utility coordination meetings, and design coordination calls
• Effectively communicate construction standards to internal and external project partners
• Maintain strategic relationships with in‑region stakeholders
• Maintain all logs…