Project Manager

Company Description

Croft Consulting Services (CCS) delivers highly trained professionals who set the standard for excellence in data centers throughout the United States. With decades of industry expertise, CCS prides itself on the quality of its work and fostering a strong sense of company morale. Our recruitment focuses on identifying highly competent individuals who align with the specific needs of our clients.

Responsibilities

Scope Development & Design Management

• Stakeholder Alignment: Facilitate discovery sessions with project owners and key stakeholders to define project scope, requirements, and technical specifications.
• Design Oversight: Manage engineering and architectural design firms to ensure construction documentation is accurate, complete, and aligned with project goals.
• Financial Planning: Develop preliminary project budgets, cash flow projections, and baseline financial targets.
• Scheduling: Establish the preliminary master timeline, establishing key milestones and overall strategy.

Pre-Construction & Bidding

• Master Schedule Creation: Partner with the General Contractor (GC) to establish a baseline Primavera P6 cost- and resource-loaded Master Schedule, identifying critical path dependencies.
• Budget Strategy: Build comprehensive Master Budgets accounting for hard/soft costs, bonds, insurance, contingencies, and allowances.
• Procurement & Procurement Support: Lead GC pre-qualification, bid solicitation, bid levelling/analysis, and contract award recommendations.
• Contract Negotiation: Partner with internal leadership and legal counsel to negotiate contract terms, including markups, fees, labor rates, and escalation terms.
• Permitting & Compliance: Monitor A/E design teams to ensure all municipality/Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) approvals, permits, and utility clearances are secured on schedule.
• Constructability & Value Engineering: Coordinate constructability reviews and direct Value Engineering (VE) efforts with trade partners to optimize costs without sacrificing quality.
• Owner-Furnished Vendors: Identify, scope, procure, and integrate all Owner-direct vendors, consultants, and Long-Lead Equipment (OFE).

Construction Execution & Field Administration

• On-Site Management: Perform routine site walks to monitor progress, enforce safety and quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) standards, and address field issues in real time.
• Contractor & Vendor Oversight: Direct on-site operations for the GC, specialized subcontractors, and Owner-direct vendors.
• Change & Cost Control: Rigorously manage project budgets and cost changes. Evaluate, negotiate, and process change orders, perform delay analyses, and track contingency spend.
• Document Control: Oversee tracking systems for RFIs, submittals, addenda, bulletins, design clarifications, and lien releases.
• Financial Administration: Review, process, and track monthly Pay Applications, invoices, and retainage for the GC, consultants, and equipment vendors.
• Meeting Leadership: Lead regular Owner-Architect-Contractor (OAC) meetings, publishing concise action items and progress reporting.

Project Close-Out & Turn-Over

• Close-Out Strategy: Initiate close-out planning 60–90 days prior to target completion, establishing strict delivery schedules for warranties, O&M manuals, and as-built drawings.
• Occupancy & Commissioning: Coordinate final municipality/AHJ inspections, commissioning protocols, and Certificate of Occupancy (CO) procurement.
• Punch List Execution: Oversee punch list completion, drive Substantial Completion certification, and manage final contract close-outs.
• Final Financial Reconciliation: Resolve outstanding claims or change requests, process retention releases, and deliver a comprehensive final project accounting package.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• 5 or more years of work experience in data center construction management.
• Strong knowledge of construction
• Proficiency in capital budget management.
• Strong negotiation skills and a proven track record of problem-solving.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
• Knowledge of LEAN Construction principles and their application..
• Preferably, experience managing multiple large-scale construction projects, particularly in mission-critical

Diversity, equity, and inclusion

Croft Consulting Services (CCS) is a certified DEI company and committed to being an equal opportunity employer that values diversity. CCS considers candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.