Real Estate Design and Construction Manager

About the role

We are seeking a detail-oriented and innovative Real Estate Design and Construction Manager to join our team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience managing large-scale projects from concept, execution, and close-out. You will have experience with building out the following type of spaces: Manufacturing, R&D, Office, Warehouse, Data Centers, Clean Labs, Industrial, Sales and Executive spaces.

Responsibilities

• Foster and maintain strong relationships within the organization: FE&M, IT, Legal, Procurement, Finance, EH&SFoster and maintain strong relationships with consultants and contractors: Architects, Engineering, Construction Manager, and General Contractors, etc.
• Ensure adherence of Global Construction Project Governance, safety protocols and programs related to Real Estate, Design and Construction
• Oversee monthly job cost reports, budgeting, and forecasting models
• Oversee and review consultant and contractor billings with project managers to assure accuracy
• Review project contracts and additional requests to understand the financial requirements on each project
• Provide support during audits, including gathering documentation and responding to auditor inquiries
• Provide early analysis on program scenarios
• Ensure project close-out procedures and documentation are complete
• Ensure Workplace Guidelines are followed and kept current
• Carry out additional duties as required

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or related field
• Extensive experience in management of projects with moderate size/complexity
• Familiar with reporting tools: Microsoft Office, Oracle ERP, Archibus, MS Project, AutoCAD
• Excellent communication and people skills
• Able to prioritize and multitask in a collaborative environment

Additional Information

Western Digital is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on their race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a person’s gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our non-discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the "Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal” poster. Our pay transparency policy is available here.

Western Digital is committed to offering opportunities to applicants with disabilities and ensuring all candidates can successfully navigate our careers website and our hiring process. Please contact us at jobs.accommodations@wdc.com to advise us of your accommodation request. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying. Based on our experience, we anticipate that the application deadline will be 12/25/2025 (3 months from posting), although we reserve the right to close the application process sooner if we hire an applicant for this position before the application deadline.