Data Center Owner Representative/Project Manager

Description

The company is hiring an Owner Representative and Project Manager to lead all aspects of data center construction projects. The role is onsite in Sterling, VA.

You need a strong record of holding vendors to the terms of their construction agreements, and you must be able to manage the overall budget and schedule on projects of varying size and complexity.

Responsibilities

• Build the Master Project Schedule with the general contractor, using the critical path and key milestones. The schedule is cost and resource loaded in P6.
• Set up the Master Project Budget, covering soft costs, hard costs, bonds, insurance, contingencies, and allowances.
• Support contractor prequalification, bid solicitation, and bid analysis, and make recommendations.
• Support contract negotiations with the client and legal counsel, including all general contractor business terms such as mark-ups, fees, insurance, labor rates, and critical issues.
• Coordinate the design team's work for the client.
• Confirm that the architect/engineer completes the full set of City and other authority approvals and permitting.
• Coordinate the constructability review of project documents.
• Prepare and capture cost estimates with subcontractors and vendors for scope gaps and changes.
• Coordinate the value engineering effort.
• Produce monthly cash flow projections.
• Help the client identify, scope, buy out, and schedule all owner-direct vendors and consultants, and coordinate and manage them.
• Lead the general contractor and other directly contracted vendors on site.
• Lead cost and change control, including reviewing, negotiating, and recommending on change orders, and analyzing delays.
• Manage and track the budget.
• Monitor, track, and analyze the schedule.
• Control project documents, tracking and coordinating addenda, bulletins, new drawing sets, and clarifications.
• Make sure QA/QC procedures are followed, and report any issues or gaps.
• Process, track, and report invoices and payment applications.
• Track key project documents, including submittals, RFIs, change orders, invoices, payments, and lien releases.
• Lead OAC meetings and other project meetings.
• Start close-out two to three months before project completion.
• Set close-out documentation requirements, and collect and track all close-out documents until completion, including warranties, as-builts, and O&M manuals.
• Help with City and other authority final inspections and the occupancy process.
• Create and manage the punch list and the substantial and final completion process.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in architecture, construction, or engineering.
• A solid understanding of MEP construction management and a proven record of leading capital projects.
• 5 or more years of related experience.

Conditions

Onsite in Sterling, VA.

Equal opportunity: all applications are handled confidentially under EEO guidelines.