Construction Manager - Data Center

WORLD WIDE PROFESSIONAL SOLUTIONS is a project solutions organization committed to implementing lean constructions, collaborative contracting, and execution approaches to enable breakthroughs in performance.

WWPS is seeking two highly skilled and motivated Construction Managers to support the construction of a large-scale data center facility in St. Joseph County, Indiana, near South Bend. These are full time positions with World Wide Professional Solutions and include comprehensive benefits beginning on Day One, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability coverage, a 401(k) with company match, paid holidays, and paid time off.

We are hiring for two critical onsite leadership positions:

• Civil Lead

• Vertical Construction Lead

Local candidates are encouraged to apply. Qualified candidates outside the area may be eligible for per diem, travel support, or relocation assistance.

Each Construction Manager will provide direct field oversight while leading safety, schedule performance, quality, contractor accountability, and coordination. Reporting to the Senior Construction Manager and Project Management leadership, both leads will serve as Owner’s representatives and ensure contractors deliver assigned scopes in accordance with project requirements, milestones, and quality standards.

Civil Lead Responsibilities

The Civil Lead will oversee site development, civil infrastructure, and horizontal construction, including:

• Clearing, grading, mass excavation, erosion control, and site preparation.

• Stormwater, sanitary, domestic water, fire water, underground utilities, duct banks, roads, paving, and site concrete.

• Civil interfaces with foundations, buildings, utilities, and electrical and mechanical infrastructure.

• Earthwork quantities, soil conditions, compaction, excavation, and material placement.

• Third party soils, concrete, and civil material testing.

• Civil drawings, specifications, RFIs, submittals, and contractor work plans.

• Contractor sequencing, manpower, equipment, and material readiness.

• Inspections, permitting, and utility connections.

• Underground utility risks, access constraints, scope conflicts, and weather impacts.

Vertical Construction Lead Responsibilities

The Vertical Construction Lead will oversee building construction, core and shell execution, and vertical trade coordination, including:

• Foundations, structural concrete, structural steel, precast, building envelope, roofing, interiors, and fit out.

• Coordination among structural, architectural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, and controls contractors.

• Interfaces with civil infrastructure, central utility systems, equipment installation, and commissioning.

• Drawings, specifications, RFIs, submittals, shop drawings, and contractor work plans.

• Progress by area, elevation, system, and construction zone.

• Installation readiness for major mechanical and electrical equipment.

• First in place reviews for structural, architectural, and building system installations.

• Constructability issues, access constraints, trade stacking, and incomplete predecessor work.

• Building dry in, permanent power readiness, equipment room turnover, and other critical milestones.

Field Leadership and Execution

• Serve as the primary onsite field leader for the assigned scope and represent the Owner’s interests.

• Maintain a visible field presence and conduct daily site walks.

• Identify safety concerns, coordination issues, quality deficiencies, and schedule risks.

• Support a behavioral based safety culture and high contractor safety standards.

• Lead daily and weekly progress meetings with contractors, project management, design, and commissioning teams.

• Hold contractors accountable for planned work, manpower, milestones, and issue resolution.

• Communicate and escalate significant field issues.

Schedule and Productivity

• Monitor progress against the integrated Primavera P6 schedule.

• Confirm field activities support critical path milestones and turnover dates.

• Track labor, installed quantities, concrete placement, excavation volumes, linear footage, and completed work areas.

• Lead or participate in three week look ahead planning.

• Identify manpower, material, equipment, access, design, and predecessor constraints.

• Develop recovery plans when progress falls behind.

• Review contractor schedule updates, milestone reporting, and progress claims.

Quality and Technical Oversight

• Inspect work for compliance with contract documents, approved drawings, specifications, and quality requirements.

• Lead first in place reviews and establish quality benchmarks.

• Support testing and inspection programs.

• Coordinate inspections with contractors, testing agencies, design teams, and local authorities.

• Document nonconformance issues and drive corrective action to completion.

• Confirm work is complete before follow on activities proceed.

Risk, Coordination, and Reporting

• Evaluate risks to safety, schedule, quality, cost, access, and turnover.

• Develop mitigation strategies with project leadership and contractors.

• Track RFIs, submittals, design clarifications, field issues, and open decisions.

• Support contractor change order reviews and verify schedule and cost impacts.

• Coordinate among project management, design, engineering, quality, safety, commissioning, contractors, vendors, utilities, and local authorities.

• Coordinate Owner furnished equipment deliveries, access, installation readiness, and commissioning integration.

• Prepare daily field reports and weekly updates covering progress, manpower, safety, quality, milestones, risks, contractor performance, and recovery actions.

• Maintain records of meetings, photos, inspections, progress metrics, and issue resolution.

Commissioning and Closeout

• Support startup, testing, functional verification, and integrated systems commissioning.

• Monitor turnover sequencing for building, mechanical, electrical, and system completion.

• Coordinate contractor support for equipment startup and commissioning.

• Drive punch list completion through ownership, tracking, and field verification.

• Oversee as built drawings, operations and maintenance manuals, warranties, inspection records, and turnover packages.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Architecture, or a related field is preferred. Equivalent field experience will be considered.

• At least 10 years of progressive experience managing large scale commercial, industrial, mission critical, advanced manufacturing, or data center construction.

• Civil Lead candidates must have significant experience with site development, earthwork, underground utilities, stormwater, roads, paving, and site concrete.

• Vertical Construction Lead candidates must have significant experience with structural, architectural, core and shell, building envelope, interiors, and building systems.

• Data center or mission critical construction experience is strongly preferred.

• Demonstrated field leadership, schedule management, quality control, contractor coordination, and issue resolution experience.

• Ability to read and interpret drawings, specifications, schedules, submittals, and technical documents.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and construction management platforms such as Primavera P6, Procore, or similar systems.

• Strong communication, leadership, analytical, and problem solving skills.

• Ability to work onsite in a fast paced construction environment.

• Lean construction or continuous improvement experience is preferred.

Benefits

WWPS offers competitive compensation and comprehensive Day One benefits, including:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.

• Life insurance.

• Short term and long term disability coverage.

• 401(k) with company match.

• Paid holidays.

• Paid time off.