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KALCON

Manages construction for data centers and chip plants

Project Manager - Owner's Representative, Data Center Construction

Full-Time
$140k - $220k
Senior, Expert
Bachelor's
Portsmouth, OH, USA
In Person
Architecture & Civil EngineeringConstruction Management

About the job

Requirements
  • A bachelor's degree in construction management or engineering, or applicable trade or superintendent experience.
  • Seven to ten years of experience working in design or construction projects.
  • Experience in laboratory, semiconductor, data center, and/or critical-facility construction.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project.
  • Strong written and oral communication skills to exchange information with senior management, service providers, workers, and contractors.
Responsibilities
  • Review the construction manager's monthly forecast.
  • Hold weekly critical path method schedule review meetings.
  • Attend multiple construction manager and subcontractor detailed planning meetings.
  • Manage schedules for owner-furnished, contractor-installed equipment.
  • Schedule vendor start-ups.
  • Coordinate the commissioning schedule.
  • Manage owner and direct-vendor schedules, including information technology, roofing consultant, geotechnical, and third-party inspectors.
  • Manage the customer fit-out schedule.
  • Align customer fit-out phase turnovers between the base build and tenant.
  • Review and support guaranteed maximum price buyout.
  • Conduct detailed guaranteed maximum price buyout analysis and own recommendations.
  • Provide value engineering recommendations with analysis.
  • Review and approve change orders, including cost approval and process flow.
  • Develop proactive cost-avoidance and cost-reduction ideas.
  • Review monthly pay applications.
  • Provide general oversight of quality assurance and quality control.
  • Conduct daily quality assurance and quality control reviews and inspections with the construction manager.
  • Provide general safety oversight.
  • Conduct daily safety reviews and inspections with the construction manager.
  • Coordinate facility matters, including methods of procedure and notifications.
  • Assess weekly progress and provide accurate reporting.
  • Manage the owner-furnished, contractor-installed equipment inspection and receiving process.
  • Process cost documents, including pay applications and change orders.
  • Manage and attend weekly owner, architect, and contractor meetings and prepare meeting minutes.
  • Provide weekly project reporting.
  • Manage project closeout, including financial closeout, operations and maintenance documentation, punch lists, and operations.
  • Manage design coordination efforts after initial design.
  • Coordinate integration of customer fit-out design packages that are outside the base build.
  • Validate design costs and process changes.
  • Manage the construction administration process.
  • Manage and communicate the overall permitting process.
  • Manage authority having jurisdiction inspections and the certificate of occupancy process.

About the company

KALCON manages construction programs for owners of data centers, chip plants, and advanced manufacturing facilities across the United States. It acts as an independent representative for the owner, coordinating designers, contractors, and suppliers rather than carrying out the building work itself. Clients engage the firm for oversight from early planning through construction and testing, with services covering budgets, schedules, safety, and quality. Its assignments include facilities built from the ground up, changes to existing buildings, tenant fit outs, and equipment installation. Founded in 2020, KALCON is headquartered in Tustin, California.

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Headquarters

Tustin, CA

Founded

2020

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What believers are saying

  • KALCON reports substantial delivery experience: its portfolio includes more than 15 gigawatts of data center capacity managed.
  • Tualatin commissioning pay is explicit: KALCON lists $140,000-$190,000 for that role.
  • KALCON's Philadelphia planning role supports flexibility: the posting labels it hybrid/remote.

What critics are saying

  • Tulsa's hybrid planning role still requires fieldwork: KALCON specifies consistent site presence and travel as assignments require.
  • Philadelphia predevelopment applicants face credentials requirements: KALCON requires a relevant bachelor's degree and eight years' project experience.
  • Retirement support requires saving: KALCON's Tualatin commissioning posting makes its 4% match conditional on contributing at least 5%.

What makes KALCON unique

  • KALCON handles construction disputes: its claims analysts test contractor requests against contracts, schedules, and project records.
  • KALCON reports semiconductor depth: its managed facility portfolio exceeds 30 million square feet.
  • KALCON's Tulsa planning assignment spans client models: the client acts as a tenant or a developer.

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