TFO Construction Project manager

Applied Digital is seeking an experienced TFO Project Manager to serve as the campus-based business and execution lead for assigned Tenant Fit-Out (TFO) projects.

This individual will own the TFO project budget, contract administration, change management, procurement coordination, weekly schedule performance, risk management, stakeholder communication, and overall delivery from preconstruction handoff through commissioning, tenant turnover, and financial closeout.

The role will act as the primary coordination point among campus leadership, the tenant, general contractors, trade partners, Design, Procurement, Cost Controls, Finance, Commissioning, Operations, Customer Delivery, and other internal teams. The successful candidate will maintain a forward-looking view of project performance and ensure cost, schedule, scope, and commercial decisions are documented and escalated early.

The position ultimately ensures the TFO is delivered safely, within approved commercial parameters, and in alignment with tenant milestones and Applied Digital readiness requirements.

• Serve as the campus-based owner representative and primary point of accountability for assigned TFO projects.
• Lead project kickoffs, weekly TFO coordination, owner-contractor meetings, cost reviews, schedule reviews, risk reviews, and tenant-facing construction updates.
• Coordinate with the Campus Director and Customer Delivery team to maintain alignment on tenant commitments, decisions, and communication.
• Establish clear responsibilities, decision paths, action tracking, and escalation protocols across the project team.
• Maintain alignment between TFO execution, the base building, campus infrastructure, Operations, technology deployment, and commissioning activities.

• Own the approved TFO project budget, commitments, forecasts, cash flow, contingency, allowances, and projected final cost.
• Partner with Cost Controls to maintain accurate cost reports, variance explanations, and executive-level financial updates.
• Review invoices and pay applications for scope, progress, supporting documentation, contract compliance, and budget alignment.
• Lead project change control, including early identification, pricing review, funding source, approval routing, documentation, and incorporation into the forecast.
• Manage contractor and consultant performance against executed agreements and ensure unapproved scope is not incorporated into billing.
• Coordinate audits, commercial reconciliations, and financial closeout with Finance, Procurement, Cost Controls, and third-party reviewers.
• Own the weekly TFO schedule management process and maintain alignment with the integrated master schedule and tenant milestones.
• Review contractor schedule updates, milestone variance, critical path, float, procurement dates, design releases, commissioning activities, and recovery plans.
• Coordinate with the TFO Superintendent on field progress, daily constraints, look-ahead planning, manpower, quality, logistics, and inspection readiness.
• Maintain project risk, issue, decision, and action logs with clear owners and required resolution dates.
• Prepare concise weekly reporting covering scope, schedule, cost, safety, quality, procurement, commissioning, tenant decisions, and required escalations.

• Coordinate contractor, consultant, and owner-furnished procurement requirements against required-on-job dates and field installation sequences.
• Work with Design and contractors to monitor RFIs, submittals, design changes, bulletins, and scope clarifications that may affect cost or schedule.
• Ensure requisitions, purchase orders, contracts, change documents, and…