Operations Construction Project Manager, East Region

Description

Core Site is a leading colocation data center company providing the space, power, cooling and connectivity that businesses rely on to operate and grow. Our data centers bring dozens of organizations together under one roof, supporting the technology and services that keep our world connected. Our people are at the heart of everything we do, bringing the expertise, ideas and commitment that power our business and help our customers succeed.

With a culture built on collaboration, ownership, and operational excellence, Core Site is a place to make an impact.

The Operations Construction Project Manager is a member of the Data Center Operations organization and is responsible for the end-to-end management of capital and operational construction projects performed within active, mission-critical data centers. The role leads projects from business case and scope development through design, permitting, procurement, construction, commissioning, operational turnover, and financial closeout. Success requires disciplined project management, strong technical judgment, and close coordination with site operations to execute work safely, protect customer environments, and maintain facility reliability throughout construction.

• Critical electrical, mechanical, controls, life-safety, and building equipment end-of-life replacements.
• Single-point-of-failure remediation, resiliency improvements, and risk-reduction projects.
• Energy optimization, efficiency improvements, controls upgrades, and sustainability initiatives.
• Technology and infrastructure upgrades within operating data centers.
• Customer requested modifications, fit-outs, retrofits, and capacity enablement projects.
• General upkeep, renovations, repairs, code-compliance work, and special or atypical projects.

• Manage multiple concurrent projects and be accountable for scope, schedule, budget, quality, safety, risk, and operational readiness.
• Partner with Regional and Site Operations, Engineering, Design & Construction, Finance, Procurement, Legal, Sales, Customer Experience, and other stakeholders to define project requirements and develop business cases for approval.
• Establish project execution plans, milestone schedules, cost estimates, cash flow forecasts, risk registers, communication plans, and clear decision and escalation paths.
• Identify long lead equipment, labor constraints, outage dependencies, customer impacts, and operational risks early enough to support effective mitigation.

• Coordinate design development and review drawings and specifications for completeness, constructability, maintainability, adherence to Core Site standards, and compatibility with live site operating requirements.
• Act as the primary liaison between design teams and Data Center Operations, ensuring operational requirements are incorporated before construction begins.
• Manage permitting and inspection activities, including coordination with Authorities Having Jurisdiction and timely resolution of plan review comments.
• Develop and issue Requests for Proposals, provide complete bid documentation, evaluate proposals, level bids, recommend vendor selections, and support contract and purchase order execution.
• Coordinate with Procurement, Legal, Finance, and internal stakeholders to finalize scope, schedule, commercial terms, budget, and cash management requirements.

• Lead project kickoffs, owner-architect-contractor meetings, vendor coordination, readiness reviews, and field execution activities.
• Ensure construction plans account for continuous data center operations, customer commitments, redundancy state, maintenance windows, access controls, site logistics, noise, dust, cleanliness, and other live environment constraints.
• Oversee the creation, review, approval, and implementation of Methods of Procedure and related critical work controls in coordination with Operations and Engineering.
• Validate contractor safety plans, site logistics, outage sequencing, temporary conditions, and restoration plans before work begins.
• Coordinate designers, contractors, commissioning agents, equipment vendors, controls providers, and site teams to prevent conflicts and minimize operational disruption.
• Conduct frequent site walks, confirm progress and quality, track owner furnished equipment, manage deficiencies and punch lists, and verify contractor milestones before approving billings.

• Maintain accurate project records, including meeting minutes, schedules, look-ahead plans, progress reports, photographs, submittals, RFIs, issue logs, change order logs, deficiency logs, and commissioning records.
• Provide routine executive and stakeholder reporting on project status, risks, budget, schedule milestones, variances, decisions, and required support.
• Control scope creep and evaluate all change…