Senior Project Manager – Construction

Sr Project Manager in Construction Role

As a member of the company’s Design & Construction team, the Senior Project Manager’s primary responsibility is to manage every aspect of assigned capital construction projects including permitting, coordination with procurement of vendor products and services, contracting, construction management and administration, document control, invoice processing & change management, coordination with commissioning, documentation closeout and turn-over. Additionally, this role will assist or lead process improvement efforts and interdepartmental coordination.

• Development of ground-up data center buildings
• Redevelopment or upgrade of existing properties to state-of-the-art data centers
• Expansion of data centers and critical infrastructure within existing facilities or on existing property
• Large customer fit-outs and retrofits to accommodate customers occupancy and deployment needs

• Assist Real Estate Acquisitions, or other APLD stakeholder responsible for managing the site development process with site exploration and diligence as required by AHJ processes, and in order to assist the Design Manager and Design Team with information crucial to informing the design

• Assist Design Manager, Campus Project Director, and other project stakeholders in the development of the master project development budget.
• Assist Design Manager, Campus Project Director, and other project stakeholders in the development of the master project development schedule.
• Assist Design Manager, Campus Project Director, Procurement and other project stakeholders in the development and issuance of Requests for Proposals for the General Contractor services required on the project.
• Assist in the leveling of project proposal and associated summaries.
• Assist in, and provide consideration for, the selection of the General Contractor on the project.
• Manage the development of the master construction project budget, incorporating needed revisions and updates at milestones determined by the Campus Project Director and other project stakeholders.
• Ensure the GC is utilizing the APLD project criteria for project budget and bidding breakouts.
• Manage integration of General Contractor’s preconstruction effort. Assist to align design efforts with construction budget expectations and critical path construction schedule.
• Proactively consult with and assist the General Contractor in vendor and subcontractor partnerships to evaluate lead times of CFCI (important to get in schedule documents) and staff/labor availability in preparation for bidding

• Work with Design team and Procurement team to review RFP’s for contractors, vendors, and equipment, clearly defining scope, breakout of pricing, requested alternates, and other pertinent information needed to properly evaluate a proposal before contracting
• Provide ROJ dates for each group of equipment
• Provide information on how equipment is desired to be grouped in shipping. Provide recommendation for off-site storage as-needed.
• Enter requisition into Netsuite on areas of responsibility (GC, 3rd party, etc)
• Work with Procurement and Legal to understand contract and exhibits for contractors and related vendors.
• Finalize project scope, schedule and budget and coordinate with Finance for cash management
• Receive approved submittal for all owner-furnished equipment. Ensure that the general contractor has a process for managing OFCI documentation and is receiving the appropriate documents.

• Manage all aspects of the project to ensure that set expectations regarding scope, schedule, budget, safety and quality are attained
• Produce weekly – project reporting that summarizes project risks, schedule milestones and variances, analyzes budget status, etc.
• Lead project kick-off meetings and vendor coordination meetings as needed. Connect general contractor(s) to any Applied Digital-furnished vendors.
• Lead all Data…