Manager of Construction, ADC - Data Center Construction
Amazon· Operations, IT, & Support Engineering
VA, Culpeper$153.2k - $254.5kFull-timePosted yesterday
About the role
Lead, mentor, and coach a team of Construction Managers delivering data center capacity across a regional portfolio, owning the construction lifecycle from pre-construction through procurement to onsite execution while driving safety, cost, quality, and schedule performance.
Responsibilities
- Lead, hire, and develop a team of Construction Managers and Project Engineers, providing both strategic direction and tactical coaching to build a high-performing, inclusive team.
- Own regional construction program delivery, defining metrics and establishing workflows that drive safety, cost, quality, and schedule performance across multiple concurrent data center projects.
- Partner with Finance, Business Development, and cross-functional teams to develop capital budgets, coordinate land and facility acquisition, and align construction priorities with capacity demand.
- Identify risks and areas of opportunity across the construction lifecycle, making data-driven trade-offs between short-term delivery needs and long-term program improvements.
- Establish process improvement mechanisms that reduce cost and duration while maintaining quality and reliability standards for complex electrical and mechanical systems.
- A day in the life: site visits with Construction Managers, review of installations, safety/quality item resolution, regional delivery metrics review, planning calls with Finance and Business Development, vendor negotiations, and cross-team alignment.
Qualifications
- 2+ years of management experience
- 4+ years of general contractor and vendor management work (RFPs, bidding, change orders, quality control, RFIs/submittal tracking) associated with construction and project execution
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field
- Knowledge of electrical and mechanical systems involved in critical data center operations (feeders, transformers, generators, switchgear, UPS, ATS, PDU, chillers, pumps, AHUs, CRACs)
- Experience in management
- Experience as a general contractor and in vendor management (RFPs, bidding, change orders, quality control, RFIs/submittal tracking) associated with construction and project execution
- Experience hiring, developing, and managing high-performing technical teams
Skills
Required:Leadership and people managementConstruction program managementBudgeting and financial collaboration
Benefits
- Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription) and related coverage
- Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
- 401(k) matching
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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