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Apple

Designs phones, computers and their operating systems

Data Center Construction Project Manager

Full-Time
No salary listed
Senior
Bachelor's
Waukee, IA, USA
In Person
Architecture & Civil EngineeringConstruction Management

About the job

Requirements
  • At least 8 years of demonstrated experience as a data center, mission-critical, critical facilities, semiconductor, or similar construction project manager.
  • Experience leading and supporting architects, engineers, and other specialty consultants from initial programming through construction completion.
  • A degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent job-related experience.
  • Experience in data center, commercial, or industrial construction involving mechanical, electrical, process piping, plumbing, tenant improvement, site work, and ground-up construction.
  • Skill in reading design and construction drawings for all fields.
  • Experience with utility infrastructure, including construction and coordination of local utilities to the site.
  • Excellent planning, analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to adjust to changing circumstances, including reassignment of project priorities, design improvements or upgrades, and customer needs.
  • Ability to provide useful input on design and constructability.
  • Proficient and effective verbal and written communication skills.
  • Ability to establish and maintain close working relationships with management, colleagues, team members, and internal and external partners or vendors.
Responsibilities
  • Handle all aspects of development for data centers.
  • Support a portfolio within United States-based data center campuses.
  • Coordinate closely with project partners from Real Estate, Legal, Design, Environment Health and Safety, Energy, Construction, Network, and Operations teams.
  • Lead multiple projects, including equipment upgrades and modifications within live data center production environments, in parallel with new construction efforts.
Desired Qualifications
  • Ability to professionally represent Apple's interests at meetings with consultants, general contractors, and suppliers.
  • Ability to meet with internal strategic engineering groups, operations, and business units to determine detailed project requirements.
  • Experience driving internal and external partners to meet project delivery schedule deadlines.
  • Experience building and maintaining project budgets, including securing internal approvals for capital funding.
  • Ability to lead general contractors, including competitive bidding and negotiation.
  • Experience reviewing and commenting on contracts and terms and conditions related to project costing and deliverables.
  • Experience reviewing proposals and change order requests from consultants, general contractors, suppliers, and subcontractors, and preparing and presenting comparative cost analyses.
  • Prior management and oversight of commissioning agents, including experience reviewing sequences of operations and test scripts.

About the company

Apple designs and sells consumer electronics, from iPhone smartphones and Mac computers to tablets and wearable devices. Its operating systems manage apps and built-in functions for communication and work, while iCloud stores files and synchronizes data across devices. Customers buy additional digital services through subscriptions such as Apple Music and Apple TV, and developers distribute software through the App Store. Apple earns money from hardware sales, subscriptions and digital transactions, selling directly to customers and through retailers and mobile carriers around the world. It was founded in 1976 and has its headquarters in Cupertino, California.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Cupertino, California

Founded

1976

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What believers are saying

  • Business demand is growing: Apple reported $109.4 billion revenue in the June 2026 quarter, up 16% year over year.
  • Eligible US employees get learning support: Apple reimburses career-related tuition and runs Apple University classes.
  • Services earn richer margins: Apple reported 75.6% services gross margin in the June 2026 quarter, versus 40.1% for products.

What critics are saying

  • Assembly depends on Asian partners: Apple outsources substantially all final hardware assembly, reducing direct control over production.
  • iPhone concentrates demand risk: the product generated 49.6% of Apple revenue in the June 2026 quarter.
  • Student support shifts take evenings: Apple College Advisors typically work three evening shifts and one weekend shift weekly.

What makes Apple unique

  • Its chips link hardware and software: Apple designs M-series processors and developer frameworks tuned to their unified memory.
  • Stores double as service hubs: Apple combines device sales, Genius Bar technical help and in-person learning sessions.
  • It owns a spatial operating system: Apple Vision Pro runs visionOS, controlled through eyes, hands and voice.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

401(k) Company Match

Tuition Reimbursement

Performance Bonus

Relocation Assistance

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

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6 month growth

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1 year growth

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2 year growth

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