Construction Project Executive - Mechanical

The National Construction Project Executive – Data Center (Mechanical) is a senior executive leader responsible for the strategic oversight, operational excellence, and profitable execution of mechanical construction programs serving hyperscale, colocation, enterprise, and mission‑critical data center customers nationwide. This leader provides leadership for all aspects of mechanical project delivery, including preconstruction, procurement, construction, commissioning, customer engagement, and operational performance. The role serves as the primary executive interface with key data center customers and internal stakeholders, ensuring projects are delivered safely, on schedule, within budget, and in accordance with the stringent reliability and quality requirements of mission‑critical facilities.

The ideal candidate possesses deep expertise in data center cooling infrastructure, mission‑critical mechanical systems, large‑scale construction operations, and customer relationship management, with a proven record of leading complex project portfolios and driving growth within the rapidly expanding data center market.

• Develop and execute a national strategy for mechanical construction services supporting hyperscale, colocation, AI, cloud, semiconductor, and mission‑critical data center customers.
• Collaborate with executive leadership to identify market opportunities, expand customer relationships, and drive profitable growth.
• Establish national standards, best practices, and operational procedures for mechanical construction execution across all regions.
• Serve as an internal subject matter expert on data center mechanical infrastructure, emerging cooling technologies, and mission‑critical construction trends.
• Support strategic planning initiatives focused on long‑term customer partnerships and operational scalability.

• Serve as Executive Sponsor for key hyperscale and colocation customer accounts.
• Develop and maintain executive‑level relationships with customer construction, engineering, design, operations, and procurement leaders.
• Lead executive business reviews, project performance meetings, and strategic account planning sessions.
• Ensure customer expectations are aligned with project execution and operational performance.
• Drive customer satisfaction, repeat business opportunities, and long‑term strategic partnerships.

• Provide executive oversight of large‑scale mechanical construction projects and national data center programs.
• Ensure successful execution of projects involving mission‑critical cooling and mechanical infrastructure.
• Review project schedules, financial performance, manpower plans, procurement status, commissioning readiness, and risk assessments.
• Support project teams in resolving complex technical, operational, contractual, and staffing challenges.
• Ensure consistency in project delivery, reporting, forecasting, and governance processes across all regions.

• Maintain accountability for portfolio revenue, profitability, cash flow, and overall operational performance.
• Review project forecasts, labor productivity metrics, procurement costs, and margin performance.
• Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency and increase profitability.
• Participate in contract negotiations, change order strategy development, claims resolution, and risk mitigation efforts.
• Support annual budgeting, forecasting, and strategic business planning activities.

• Standardize best practices for mechanical construction execution across all data center projects.
• Promote innovative construction methods, prefabrication, modularization, digital construction tools, and lean project delivery practices.
• Improve project execution through continuous process improvement initiatives.
• Ensure coordination between engineering, procurement, fabrication, construction, commissioning, and customer teams.
• Drive consistency in startup, commissioning, and owner turnover processes.

• Champion a world‑class safety culture focused on incident…