Full-Time

Sr. Construction Manager

Owner's Representative, Data Center Construction

Updated on 9/4/2026

KALCON

KALCON

Compensation Overview

$150k - $225k/yr

Abernathy, TX, USA

In Person

Daily on-site construction oversight is required.

Bachelor's

Category
Architecture & Civil Engineering (1)
Required Skills
Forecasting
Word/Pages/Docs
Quality Assurance (QA)
Plumbing
Excel/Numbers/Sheets
Requirements
  • A bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Electrical Engineering, or a related field is required.
  • Five to ten years of commercial or industrial construction or mission-critical project experience, such as data centers, semiconductor facilities, or laboratories, is required.
  • Strong proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project is required.
  • The candidate must demonstrate strong analytical, communication, and presentation skills.
  • The candidate must be able to proactively identify issues and drive solutions across multiple stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
Responsibilities
  • Coordinate, manage, and report on construction activities for mission-critical facilities.
  • 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, installation tracking, and handoff for installation readiness.
  • Coordinate commissioning schedules and ensure alignment 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 ensure alignment between base-build turnover and tenant infrastructure requirements.
  • Support guaranteed maximum price buyout review, including 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 accurate 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 overall permitting efforts, coordinate with authorities having jurisdiction, and oversee inspection and certificate-of-occupancy processes.
  • Maintain communication with senior management, contractor leadership, vendors, and operations teams to ensure transparency and timely issue resolution.
  • Utilize modern project-management tools and technology to support documentation, tracking, field coordination, and reporting.
Desired Qualifications
  • PMP certification, CCM certification, or a Professional Engineer license is a plus.

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