Senior Data Center Construction Manager

Senior Data Center Construction Manager

Senior Onsite Leadership Role | Structured Cabling, Fiber & Low-Voltage Construction

We are seeking an experienced Data Center Construction Manager to lead complex, large-scale structured cabling, fiber, and low-voltage projects in mission-critical environments. This senior onsite position owns construction execution from initial planning through commissioning and closeout, with accountability for safety, schedule, compliance, quality, budget, and field productivity.

The ideal candidate is a detail-oriented leader with deep technical expertise and a record of guiding large field teams to operational excellence.

Employment Type - Exempt salaried position, contract, contract-to-hire, or direct hire

Compensation - $67–$76 per hour; salaried compensation should align with the equivalent range and will depend on experience and skill level

Location - Holly Ridge, Louisiana; daily onsite presence is required

Schedule - 24-hour project site with 12-hour shifts: 6:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. or 6:00 p.m.–6:00 a.m., six days per week

Travel - Up to 15%, based on project needs

Supervision - Direct responsibility for onsite field personnel

Safety Leadership

• Champion an accident-free workplace and make safety the first priority in every field activity.
• Establish and enforce jobsite safety requirements, regulatory compliance, and continuous-improvement practices.
• Support incident investigations, root-cause analyses, and data-driven lessons learned.

Construction Operations

• Develop and execute project plans, installation approaches, site logistics, work sequencing, and phasing strategies.
• Maintain five-week look-ahead schedules, labor forecasts, and daily progress reporting.
• Partner with Project Management and Procurement to coordinate the timely delivery, staging, and availability of materials.
• Direct daily field operations to achieve production, budget, schedule, and milestone commitments.

Technical Quality and Compliance

• Serve as the senior subject-matter expert for data center low-voltage, structured cabling, connectivity, ISP, and fiber construction.
• Ensure all work conforms to ANSI/TIA, BICSI, NEBS, customer specifications, and applicable quality standards.
• Lead testing and commissioning, including OTDR testing, power-meter validation, labeling compliance, system validation, and telecom quality-control protocols.
• Review drawings, specifications, and schedules; identify design gaps, field conflicts, and changes; and drive RFIs, clarifications, scope adjustments, and technical change control.

Field Team Leadership

• Lead, motivate, and mentor field organizations of more than 100 technicians in union or nonunion settings.
• Manage onsite hiring, training, workforce planning, performance evaluations, career development, conflict resolution, and competing priorities.
• Provide technical coaching that strengthens crew capability, craftsmanship, accountability, collaboration, and work quality.

Client Partnership

• Act as the primary onsite construction-operations liaison for the customer.
• Represent construction operations in customer meetings, site walks, technical discussions, and milestone reviews.
• Proactively resolve workflow constraints, delays, installation concerns, and tactical execution issues.

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• At least eight years of supervisory experience on large-scale structured cabling or data center construction projects.
• Demonstrated experience directing large, dispersed field teams of 100 or more technicians.
• Advanced knowledge of low-voltage, fiber, structured cabling, data center connectivity, ISP construction, commissioning, system validation, and telecom quality control in mission-critical environments.
• Strong knowledge of OSHA regulations and leading safety practices.
• Ability to interpret complex construction drawings, specifications, and schedules.
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Bluebeam, and construction-management platforms, plus the ability to quickly adopt new construction technologies and workflow tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with data center new-build or retrofit projects.
• Experience supervising union telecom crews and working within labor-compliance requirements.
• OSHA 30 certification, or the ability to obtain it within six months.
• BICSI Technician (TECH) certification.
• BICSI Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD) certification.