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Vice President – Construction

Vice President – Construction

CompanyVantage Data Centers
LocationIndianapolis, IN, USA, New Orleans, LA, USA, Harrisburg, PA, USA, Austin, TX, USA
Salary$230000 – $260000
TypeFull-Time
DegreesBachelor’s
Experience LevelSenior, Expert or higher

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in construction management, or similar field, or equivalent experience
  • 10-15 years of experience in management role required, 15 to 20 years preferred
  • Large Scale greenfield Data Center campus development experience is required
  • Experience in CSA (civil, structural, architectural) and MEP (mechanical, electrical, plumbing) construction management is a requirement
  • Travel required is expected to be 50-75%.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee the management and administration of construction functions across all active markets
  • Manage a team of construction directors responsible for each campus
  • Hold teams accountable to manage overall campus CAPEX budgets and ensure all regions comply with financial controls and policies
  • Drive teams to execute all phases of construction including pre-construction, competitive bidding, team selection, construction, commissioning, and project closeout
  • Ensure customers are satisfied and any issues with their services are remediated in future builds
  • Act as thought leader and drive coordination and integration of internal stakeholders across all regions
  • Drive teams who manage execution of development projects from planning through commissioning and close out / turnover to operations
  • Drive output of various reports on a monthly and/or quarterly basis for review at leadership level
  • Own resource allocation and project work flow for direct reports and third-party project management continent workforce
  • Encourage and foster a team-oriented environment through positive feedback
  • Evaluate and manage performance reviews for your team. Seek out input from others and provide feedback and coaching to manage individuals as well as the team.
  • Working with management, assist with creation of campus and project CAPEX budgets
  • Support sales in customer engagement and fulfillment of requirements as tied to leases and manage delivery in accordance with leases
  • Partner with Construction Cost team, Finance to drive forecast/variance analysis, master service agreements (MSA) and project authorizations for new & existing contractors and vendors are executed
  • Vendor/Contractor management including qualification and relationship building/maintenance
  • Ensure lessons learned are held and placed in the feedback loop to drive continuous improvement
  • Work closely with the Operations to coordinate design criteria and construction with ongoing maintenance and operation of existing facilities
  • Additional duties as assigned by Management

Preferred Qualifications

    No preferred qualifications provided.