Lead Data Center Superintendent

Responsibilities

• Lead all construction activities on site for an active hyperscale data center campus, ensuring safe, high-quality, and efficient execution.
• Provide direct oversight of field teams, subcontractors, and project staff, aligning daily operations with overall project goals and milestones.
• Manage construction schedules, monitor progress, and drive adherence to aggressive timelines using pull planning, look-ahead scheduling, and critical path management.
• Own site-wide safety performance by enforcing safety standards, conducting regular inspections, and fostering a safety-first culture across all trades.
• Ensure construction quality meets mission-critical and hyperscale standards, implementing robust QA/QC processes throughout all phases of work.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for ownership, technology clients, and executive stakeholders, representing the project in all on-site matters.
• Cook up structural, civil, electrical, mechanical, and commissioning teams to deliver integrated data center facilities from early site work through turnover.
• Lead project meetings, provide clear status updates, and present progress, risks, and mitigation plans to executive leadership and owner representatives.
• Oversee budget and overall project performance, balancing cost, schedule, and quality on projects valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
• Guide the project through commissioning, startup, and operational turnover processes, ensuring successful owner acceptance of mission-critical systems.
• Mentor project teams, field staff, and subcontractors, driving accountability, performance, and collaboration across multiple disciplines.
• Coordinate simultaneous scopes and manage interdependencies for multiple buildings and phased campus construction work.
• Support the execution of multiple buildings and phased campus construction projects, maintaining strong client-facing relationships with major cloud and technology providers.
• Travel as needed and manage any remote/home rotation schedules while maintaining consistent leadership presence on site.

Requirements

• Extensive experience leading large-scale data center construction projects, including hyperscale and mission-critical environments.
• Proven track record serving as the top site leader or primary construction representative on complex hyperscale data center projects.
• Deep understanding of data center construction methodologies and execution for large campus-style developments.
• Strong knowledge of electrical distribution systems supporting mission-critical loads.
• Strong knowledge of mechanical and HVAC systems used in large data center facilities.
• Familiarity with generators and backup power systems for mission-critical infrastructure.
• Experience with commissioning and startup processes, including coordination through turnover and owner acceptance.
• Demonstrated ability to oversee safety, quality, schedule, budget, and overall project performance on high-value construction projects.
• Experience managing multiple subcontractors and simultaneous scopes of work on large commercial or industrial construction sites.
• Familiarity with pull planning, look-ahead scheduling, and critical path management techniques.
• Proven ability to lead large project teams, field staff, and subcontractors on complex mission-critical projects.
• Experience serving as the primary construction representative to owners, consultants, and executive stakeholders.
• Strong decision-making skills in fast-paced, schedule-driven environments.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills with technology clients and owner representatives.
• Experience leading project meetings and presenting project status to executive leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field is preferred.
• An equivalent combination of education and relevant mission-critical construction experience will be considered.
• Experience supporting data center projects for major cloud and technology providers such as Google, Microsoft, Apple, or AWS.
• Previous work on multiple hyperscale campus developments or large campus-style projects.
• Experience working on nationally recognized mission-critical construction projects.
• Background in data center construction, supervision, MEP coordination, project management, commercial construction, and site leadership.

Skills

• Extensive experience leading large-scale data center construction projects, including hyperscale and mission-critical environments.
• Proven track record serving as the top site leader or primary construction representative on complex hyperscale data center projects.
• Deep understanding of data center construction methodologies and execution for large campus-style developments.
• Strong knowledge of electrical distribution systems supporting mission-critical loads.
• Strong knowledge of mechanical and HVAC systems used in large data center facilities.
• Familiarity with generators and backup power systems for mission-critical infrastructure.
• Experience with commissioning and startup processes, including coordination through turnover and owner acceptance.
• Demonstrated ability to oversee safety, quality, schedule, budget, and overall project performance on high-value construction projects.
• Experience managing multiple subcontractors and simultaneous scopes of work on large commercial or industrial construction sites.
• Familiarity with pull planning, look-ahead scheduling, and critical path management techniques.
• Proven ability to lead large project teams, field staff, and subcontractors on complex mission-critical projects.
• Experience serving as the primary construction representative to owners, consultants, and executive stakeholders.
• Strong decision-making skills in fast-paced, schedule-driven environments.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills with technology clients and owner representatives.
• Experience leading project meetings and presenting project status to executive leadership.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $180,000.00 - $200,000.00/yr. 100% employer-paid employee medical, 401(k) match, life and disability coverage, student loan assistance, and strong wellness offerings. The workplace type is a fully onsite position in Saint Louis, MO. The application deadline is August 4, 2026. Actalent is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law. If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com for other accommodation options. The San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance applies to all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, and the Massachusetts Lie Detector law prohibits requiring or administering a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. Actalent uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of its hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by the hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.