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Data Center East Region Construction Manager

Apple· Corporate Functions
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Hybrid (Eastern US & Europe)Full-timePosted 3w ago

About the role

Lead a team of Construction Project Managers and manage Apple-owned data center construction programs across the Eastern US and parts of Europe, with budgets exceeding $750M. Responsible for full lifecycle delivery of ground-up, expansion, and retrofit projects in live production environments, partnering with cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders to ensure on-time, on-budget, high-quality delivery.

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, Environment, Health & Safety (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 Apple's EH&S standards and supporting Apple's 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, owner-controlled insurance programs (OCIP), and owner-direct procurement strategies.
  • Experience across data center construction disciplines including critical mechanical systems (cooling, CRAC/CRAH, chilled water), electrical systems (medium-voltage switchgear, UPS, generators, DCIM), 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, from RFP and bidding through negotiation, execution, change order management, and final closeout, for large general contractor and major subcontractor agreements.
  • Experience presenting construction program updates, financial forecasts, and executive-level risk summaries to senior and executive leadership
  • Ability to travel internationally and across the US portfolio 25-40%

Skills

Required:Team leadership and people managementConstruction portfolio managementContract lifecycle management

Benefits

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Last updated Oct 2, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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