Owner's Rep / Program Manager - Data Center Design / Build  St Louis, MO 
This opportunity is with a leading provider of mission-critical data center solutions as an Owner’s Rep for Design / Build Oversight of a DC Colocation Project. This firm provides a complete life cycle of solutions that are custom-fit to the requirements of their client's mission-critical facilities. This opportunity provides a career-growth minded role with exciting projects with leading-edge technology and innovation as well as competitive salaries and benefits. They build mission-critical facilities for data center facilities nationwide for Enterprise, Colocation and Hyperscale Companies.

We are looking for an Owner's Rep for a Data Center Construction Project to handle to the Program Management Oversite of all Design and Construction for this project. The Program Manager will be responsible for all aspects of managing a data center construction project - Design / Build / Coordination and act on the Owner's behalf. This will include providing leadership to all contractors / subs and vendors associated with the delivery of company projects. The candidate will have overall responsibility for the delivery of assigned projects on budget on time and assurance that the project scope and quality meet Company Design Standards with MEP and CSA and the objectives set for the project. The successful candidate will have to be exceptionally organized and be great with back office work (change orders, budgets, paperwork driven, etc.)

Responsibilities:

• Maintain liaison with various contractors and vendors in order to manage the day to day activities that impact the delivery of company’s critical facilities construction projects
• Ensure that all day to day project responsibilities are met by the contractors and vendors on the project
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously. Responsible for negotiating contracts with vendors as necessary. Responsible for creating and managing project schedules
• Put together Project plans – size up, costs, budget, scheduling, timeline, manage change orders, etc.
• Assists with reporting and RFPs to Contractors
• Deliver Built to Suit projects with a heavy emphasis on value-engineering
• Drive Company Standards uniformly as it regards to Project Delivery by all project participants on all projects
• Manage financial aspects of contracts (progress billing, rental equipment, income / expenses) to protect the company’s interest and simultaneously maintain good relationship with the client
• Represent the company in project meetings
• Act as key Liaison with owners and act on owner's behalf to bridge communication with key stakeholders: contractors, design team, CxA Team, Suppliers, etc
• Maintain all logs required to track the progress of the project

Qualifications:

• BA / BS a plus
• PMP or other Project Management Training a huge plus
• Experience managing Data Center Construction Projects as an Owner or as a General Contractor
• Experience managing a budget
• Minimum of 7-10 years relevant experience in the Data Center Construction Industry
• Belong and Attend professional organizations such as AFCOM, ASHRAE, 7x24 Exchange, PTC, DataCenterDynamics / DCD, Uptime, iMasons, Bisnow etc.
• Client Facing /Client relationship / Client Management skills
• Must be familiar with the design/build process of building systems for data center and mission critical projects and have run a similar Data Center project within a past few years
• Solid Construction Project Management experience
• Effective Communicator – emails, phone and face to face; Solid Admin skills
• Ability to work independently
• Onsite Presence M-F a must
• Relo or Heavy Traveler
• Computer savvy: MS Project, Excel, P6 Oracle Primavera, AutoCAD a plus
• Previous experience in the Military / Military Veterans a huge plus! Experience with Electrical / Mechanical: Navy nukes - EMN, ETN, MMNs, SeaBees, Army - Power Generation, Air Force – Power Production, Generator Techs, Maritime, Coast Guard, Army National Guard, etc.

Submittal Instructions:
Please apply directly by clicking the link below, alternatively you can forward your resume directly to: 7xb7o5yue1b3acanztimkney1c@crelate.net

After applying, if you have further questions, you may call 973-895-5200 and ask for Iggy. You can also submit via our career portal and take a look at other Critical Facility openings we are working on at, https://www.pkaza.com/jobs/

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Company offers competitive salaries and benefits package including medical insurance, a 401(k) plan
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