Data Center East Region Construction Manager
Apple· Corporate Functions
Hybrid (Eastern United States & Europe)Full-timePosted 4w ago
About the role
Lead a team of Construction Project Managers responsible for delivering data center construction programs across the Eastern United States and Europe, overseeing Apple-owned data center construction (AODC) projects with budgets exceeding $750M, and ensuring delivery within schedule, budget, and Apple quality standards.
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop a team of Construction Project Managers supporting AODC campuses across the Eastern US & Europe, providing ongoing mentorship, performance feedback, workload balancing, and career development support.
- Own the regional construction portfolio, managing concurrent programs with total capital budgets exceeding $750M, ensuring rigorous financial discipline, forecast accuracy, and executive-level reporting.
- Drive program delivery across new ground-up data center campus construction, building expansions, critical infrastructure upgrades, and modifications within live production environments.
- Act as Apple's senior owner representative at all project meetings with General Contractors, Design Consultants, specialty subcontractors, and utility providers, setting expectations and holding partners accountable to Apple's standards.
- Partner cross-functionally with Real Estate, Legal, Design & Engineering, EH&S, Energy, Network Infrastructure, and Data Center Operations & Engineering teams to align construction delivery with business objectives.
- Lead procurement strategy for major construction contracts, including competitive bidding, contractor prequalification, contract negotiation, and ongoing commercial oversight.
- Review and approve all major proposals, change order requests, and claims from General Contractors, Consultants, Suppliers, and Subcontractors; direct your PM team in preparing and presenting comparative cost analyses.
- Establish and maintain master program schedules, identifying critical path risks and driving mitigation strategies in collaboration with project teams and partners.
- Oversee commissioning programs, ensuring appropriate commissioning agent oversight, review of sequence of operations, test script development, and integrated systems testing across all projects.
- Champion safety and sustainability across all East Region & Global construction activities, upholding EH&S standards and supporting environmental goals on every project.
- Continuously improve construction delivery methodologies, tools, and workflows, fostering a culture of innovation, efficiency, and accountability within the PM team.
Qualifications
- Construction Management, Engineering, or Architecture degree (B.S. or equivalent).
- 15+ years of progressive experience in data center or large-scale mission-critical construction, including a minimum of 5 years in a people management role directly overseeing construction project managers or a comparable construction leadership team.
- Experience managing construction programs with total capital budgets of $500M or greater.
- Expertise in the owner-operator data center market, including hyperscale and enterprise AODC delivery models, OCIP, and owner-direct procurement strategies.
- Experience across data center construction disciplines including mechanical, electrical, process piping, plumbing, civil/site work, and structural systems.
- Experience leading construction in live, operating data center environments, coordinating work within energized facilities without impacting production uptime.
- Experience leading the full contract lifecycle for large GC and major subcontractor agreements.
- Experience presenting construction program updates, financial forecasts, and executive-level risk summaries to senior leadership.
- Ability to travel internationally and across the US portfolio 25-40%.
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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