Full-Time

Field Construction Manager

Owner's Representative, Data Center Construction

Updated on 9/5/2026

KALCON

KALCON

Compensation Overview

$150k - $225k/yr

Houston, TX, USA

In Person

The role requires daily on-site construction oversight in Houston.

Bachelor's

Category
Architecture & Civil Engineering (1)
Required Skills
Forecasting
Word/Pages/Docs
Excel/Numbers/Sheets
Requirements
  • A bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
  • Five to ten years of commercial or industrial construction or mission-critical project experience, including data centers, semiconductor facilities, laboratories, or similar projects.
  • Strong proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project.
  • Excellent analytical, communication, and presentation skills.
  • Ability to proactively identify issues and drive solutions across multiple stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
  • The professional resume must list all educational achievements, professional licenses or certificates, awards received, and detailed employment history for each company, including firm or agency name, employment dates, positions held, and projects or programs managed with project value, assignment location, responsibilities, and contributions.
Responsibilities
  • Lead daily on-site construction oversight for civil, structural, architectural, and mechanical, electrical, and plumbing activities across multiple buildings on a data-center campus.
  • Review and validate the general contractor's full construction schedule, including monthly forecasts, critical-path-method updates, and detailed look-ahead plans.
  • Participate in or lead weekly schedule-coordination meetings with the general contractor, subcontractors, commissioning teams, and direct vendors.
  • Manage owner-furnished, contractor-installed equipment throughout its lifecycle, including scheduling, logistics planning, delivery oversight, inspection, receiving, verification, and installation-readiness tracking.
  • Coordinate commissioning schedules and align them with construction progress and equipment readiness.
  • Manage owner-directed vendor schedules, including information-technology vendors, roofing consultants, geotechnical services, and third-party inspectors.
  • Oversee customer fit-out scheduling and align base-build turnover with tenant infrastructure requirements.
  • Support guaranteed-maximum-price buyout review through scope validation, cost analysis, and recommendations to ownership.
  • Review and analyze value-engineering proposals to maintain the performance and reliability of mission-critical systems.
  • Review and approve change orders by assessing cost impact, scope accuracy, and documentation quality.
  • Validate monthly pay applications against work in place, contract values, and schedule progress.
  • Provide proactive recommendations for cost avoidance and risk reduction throughout construction.
  • Conduct daily site walks to verify quality, installation accuracy, workmanship, and compliance with specifications.
  • Coordinate facility-operations activities, including methods of procedure, utility shutdowns, notifications, and operational impacts.
  • Track weekly progress and provide accurate reporting to owner leadership, including forecasting and risk analysis.
  • Lead or support weekly owner-architect-contractor meetings, track action items, and maintain meeting documentation.
  • Process and manage project documentation, including change orders, pay applications, requests for information, submittals, and logs.
  • Oversee project closeout, including financial reconciliation, punch-list management, operations and maintenance turnover, training, and handoff to operations.
  • Coordinate post-design construction administration, including design clarifications, updates, and integration of customer fit-out packages.
  • Evaluate design changes for cost, schedule, constructability, and operational impact.
  • Manage permitting efforts, coordinate with authorities having jurisdiction, and oversee inspections and certificate-of-occupancy processes.
  • Maintain communication with senior management, contractor leadership, vendors, and operations teams to support transparency and timely issue resolution.
  • Use project-management tools and technology for documentation, tracking, field coordination, and reporting.
Desired Qualifications
  • A Project Management Professional certification, Certified Construction Manager credential, or Professional Engineer license.

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