Senior Construction Manager- Data Center (Design and Construction)

Project Management Advisors, Inc. (PMA) is a national real estate advisory firm providing consulting services as the owner's representative, including development management, project management, program management, and investor representation. Recognized among the commercial real estate industry's top professional services firms, PMA partners with clients as their unbiased advocate to provide leadership and strategic guidance for increasingly sophisticated real estate needs and challenges, minimizing risk while maximizing outcomes.

About the role

As a Senior Construction Manager, you will often serve as the primary interface with PMA clients and lead the client and project team through a successful process of strategic real estate planning, design, and construction of new buildings, tenant improvement buildouts, and facilities assignments.

• Serve as the primary interface with clients and project teams
• Lead strategic real estate planning, design, and construction processes
• Manage data center projects in North-Central/West Texas

Responsibilities

• Lead master planning, budgeting, pre-construction, schematic design, design development, and construction documents phases
• Manage construction/transition planning to build/project activation
• Oversee project pro forma, including development budgets, operations (revenues, expenses, cash flows), and resulting financial metrics (return on cost, IRR, etc.)
• Manage project controls, project management, construction documentation, and sequencing
• Apply knowledge of alternate materials/methods, construction costs, value-engineering techniques, and building/occupancy laws and lease requirements
• Develop and maintain long-term relationships with clients and other development, design, and construction-related professionals
• Ensure successful project delivery while meeting/exceeding client expectations and deadlines

Requirements

• 8+ years of development and project management experience
• At least five years of focus directly on data center projects
• Experience as an Owner’s Representative or Project Manager representing the fiduciary interests of the real estate developer or investor
• Strong organizational, analytical, negotiation, and problem-solving skills
• Discretion in handling confidential information

Skills

• Motivated self-starter with a positive attitude
• High level of personal integrity and business ethics
• Polished executive presence and excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Exceptional interpersonal skills (high emotional intelligence)
• Enthusiasm, curiosity, and commitment to creative solutions
• Diligence and discipline in refining options into optimal results
• Confidence and courage to cultivate leadership
• Value fairness, transparency, and consensus-building

Benefits

• Competitive salary and bonus program
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurances
• Education reimbursement
• Formal and informal training, leadership development, and mentoring programs
• Values-based workplace with a culture of collaboration and work/life balance
• Opportunities for professional and personal growth

About the company

PMA is comprised of over 150 project professionals experienced and licensed in nearly every aspect of the real estate industry with multi-disciplined backgrounds rooted in the built environment, including architecture, development, asset management, brokerage, construction, engineering, finance, and urban planning. With local market knowledge and a national portfolio, PMA delivers expertise to a broad range of clients from developers to institutional investors, leveraging 30 years of practical experience to anticipate issues and provide proactive solutions.

Headquartered in Chicago, PMA has offices in Austin, Los Angeles, New York, Orlando, San Diego, and San Francisco, working on assignments in civic, cultural, education, healthcare, hospitality, industrial, life sciences, multi-family residential, office, and retail sectors.