Data Center Construction Jobs in Ohio
Data Center Construction jobs in Ohio are in strong demand, concentrated among the major hyperscale campuses, colocation facilities, and enterprise IT infrastructure projects that have made the state one of the most active data center construction markets in the Midwest. Columbus, Dublin, and New Albany lead hiring volume, anchored by large-scale operators like Amazon Web Services, Google, and Meta, all of which maintain significant Ohio footprints. The most sought-after specialties include electrical and mechanical systems installation, structured cabling, and critical power infrastructure commissioning. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Who is Turner & Townsend?
All over the world people are using buildings, infrastructure, and assets we helped to deliver. It could be the hospital they work in, the railway they travel on every day, the fuel that powers their car or the data centre they depend on at work. For more than 75 years we’ve been helping to deliver transformational programmes across the real estate, infrastructure and natural resources sectors, making a difference to people’s lives and ensuring a return on investment for our clients and their investors.
Our purpose:
Transforming performance for a green, inclusive, and productive world.
The world is changing and we have a responsibility to support that change, helping drive it and be part of it. Through the commitment, capability and care our team brings, we build trust between clients, suppliers, governments and society. Delivering better outcomes that have a positive impact on the world around us. We work smarter to face the challenges of the future; bringing the clarity that helps teams realise their full potential across the real estate, infrastructure and natural resources sectors. It’s how we’ve made the difference for more than 75 years.
Our values:
Love a challenge: We love a challenge and we work hard to make change happen and see things through. We don’t stand still, challenging ourselves and others to do better every day. And we are trusted to do the right thing, raising standards all the time.
Stronger together: We’re stronger together by connecting people in diverse teams, so that we can all collaborate to deliver our best work. We focus on what matters and use our influence to build a better world for everyone.
Bring out the best in everyone: We bring out the best in everyone. We help each other to make the most of our potential, always learning from our experience. We treat each other with care and respect and make time to give everyone a voice
Job Description
Turner & Townsend seeks an experienced Project Manager to support large-scale construction projects. The ideal project manager will be driven to provide our clients with excellent service.
Responsibilities:
- Manage stakeholders including architects, engineers, and supply chains to deliver compliant projects.
- Can analyze, track, and effectively manage critical milestone activities to avoid schedule slips.
- Verify that effective project governance, processes, and systems are utilized.
- Ensure application of best practice on all projects.
- Production of formal project status reports and other reports as required
- Monitor the progress of multiple construction projects simultaneously to ensure that the approved design standards are applied correctly.
- Manage the interface between all suppliers through monthly trackers and weekly reviews
- Manage the flow of project information between the project team through regular meetings and written communications.
- Forecast and update key project milestones and budget.
- Manage and monitor local design teams in accordance with commission criteria
- Provide technical support to owners, architects, general contractors and regional stakeholders
- Rapid response to RFIs from the field
- Provide expertise for cost control, value engineering, and constructability guidance where required
- Independent review of status reports, drawing submittals, timelines, and costs from architects, contractors and suppliers.
- Client management – assist in developing excellent working relationships with Clients, with a view towards maximizing new opportunities.
- Strategic Thinking - provides advice to project teams on approaches that can be adopted to successfully achieve both clients’ objectives and business objectives.
- Knowledge management – ensure that key information and learnings generated from each project are captured.
- Process improvement – Identify ways to improve internal systems and processes
- SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in construction management, architecture, engineering or field related to construction.
- Strong organizational and management skills – ability to work effectively and collaboratively with the broader team
- Effective presentation skills
- Proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Procore, and construction project management tools
- Strong communication skills.
Additional Information
*On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs.*
Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.
We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.
Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/
#LI-AP5
Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects:
It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.
Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.
Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects:
It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.
Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.
Who is Turner & Townsend?
All over the world people are using buildings, infrastructure, and assets we helped to deliver. It could be the hospital they work in, the railway they travel on every day, the fuel that powers their car or the data centre they depend on at work. For more than 75 years we’ve been helping to deliver transformational programmes across the real estate, infrastructure and natural resources sectors, making a difference to people’s lives and ensuring a return on investment for our clients and their investors.
Our purpose:
Transforming performance for a green, inclusive, and productive world.
The world is changing and we have a responsibility to support that change, helping drive it and be part of it. Through the commitment, capability and care our team brings, we build trust between clients, suppliers, governments and society. Delivering better outcomes that have a positive impact on the world around us. We work smarter to face the challenges of the future; bringing the clarity that helps teams realise their full potential across the real estate, infrastructure and natural resources sectors. It’s how we’ve made the difference for more than 75 years.
Our values:
Love a challenge: We love a challenge and we work hard to make change happen and see things through. We don’t stand still, challenging ourselves and others to do better every day. And we are trusted to do the right thing, raising standards all the time.
Stronger together: We’re stronger together by connecting people in diverse teams, so that we can all collaborate to deliver our best work. We focus on what matters and use our influence to build a better world for everyone.
Bring out the best in everyone: We bring out the best in everyone. We help each other to make the most of our potential, always learning from our experience. We treat each other with care and respect and make time to give everyone a voice
Job Description
Turner & Townsend seeks an experienced Project Manager to support large-scale construction projects. The ideal project manager will be driven to provide our clients with excellent service.
Responsibilities:
- Manage stakeholders including architects, engineers, and supply chains to deliver compliant projects.
- Can analyze, track, and effectively manage critical milestone activities to avoid schedule slips.
- Verify that effective project governance, processes, and systems are utilized.
- Ensure application of best practice on all projects.
- Production of formal project status reports and other reports as required
- Monitor the progress of multiple construction projects simultaneously to ensure that the approved design standards are applied correctly.
- Manage the interface between all suppliers through monthly trackers and weekly reviews
- Manage the flow of project information between the project team through regular meetings and written communications.
- Forecast and update key project milestones and budget.
- Manage and monitor local design teams in accordance with commission criteria
- Provide technical support to owners, architects, general contractors and regional stakeholders
- Rapid response to RFIs from the field
- Provide expertise for cost control, value engineering, and constructability guidance where required
- Independent review of status reports, drawing submittals, timelines, and costs from architects, contractors and suppliers.
- Client management – assist in developing excellent working relationships with Clients, with a view towards maximizing new opportunities.
- Strategic Thinking - provides advice to project teams on approaches that can be adopted to successfully achieve both clients’ objectives and business objectives.
- Knowledge management – ensure that key information and learnings generated from each project are captured.
- Process improvement – Identify ways to improve internal systems and processes
- SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in construction management, architecture, engineering or field related to construction.
- Strong organizational and management skills – ability to work effectively and collaboratively with the broader team
- Effective presentation skills
- Proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Procore, and construction project management tools
- Strong communication skills.
Additional Information
*On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs.*
Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.
We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.
Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/
#LI-AP5
Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects:
It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.
Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.
Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects:
It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.
Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.
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Where Ohio roles are concentrated, by current openings.
Data Center Construction Job Market in Ohio
A snapshot from current Ohio openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- Turner & Townsend Pty Limited11
- Meta6
- QTS4
- MGAC4
- KALCON4
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software
What Ohio Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in data center construction jobs across Ohio.
- OSHA 30-hour construction certification required or strongly preferred by Ohio employers
- Proven experience with critical facility builds including data center or mission-critical construction projects
- Proficiency reading and executing electrical, mechanical, and low-voltage construction drawings
- Familiarity with Ohio Building Code requirements and local AHJ inspection processes
- Experience coordinating with MEP subcontractors on large commercial or industrial projects
- Valid Ohio driver's license and reliable transportation to job sites across the state
Data Center Construction Jobs in Ohio: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a data center construction in Ohio?
Most data center construction roles in Ohio are filled through a combination of a journeyman or master electrician license issued by the Ohio Construction Industry Licensing Board, or a mechanical trades license, depending on the specialty. Candidates typically complete an apprenticeship through a union program such as IBEW or UA, or earn an associate degree in construction technology. General construction experience on commercial or industrial projects is the expected foundation before moving into mission-critical work.
How much do data center constructions make in Ohio?
Data center constructions in Ohio earn a median of about $101,980 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $65,800 for the lowest 10% to over $161,410 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire data center constructions in Ohio?
Employers hiring data center constructions in Ohio right now include Turner & Townsend Pty Limited, Meta, and QTS, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of October 2026. Ohio's dense concentration of hyperscale campuses, particularly in the Columbus metro corridor, means both owner-operators and large general contractors maintain consistent, year-round hiring pipelines in the state.
Which Ohio cities have the most data center construction jobs?
Columbus, New Albany, and Portsmouth lead for data center construction openings in Ohio. Columbus and its suburban corridor, including Dublin and New Albany, account for the largest share because major cloud providers chose central Ohio for its power infrastructure, fiber connectivity, and available land, while Cincinnati and Cleveland draw openings from enterprise IT expansion and regional colocation operators serving those metro markets.
Are there remote data center construction jobs in Ohio?
Yes, but they're rare. Hands-on construction and commissioning work is inherently site-dependent, so most roles require daily physical presence on campus. About 0% of data center construction openings tied to Ohio are remote or hybrid as of October 2026, and those tend to be project management, estimating, or design coordination positions rather than field trades or installation roles.
How can I get hired as a data center construction in Ohio with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is through an electrical or mechanical apprenticeship with an Ohio-based IBEW local or UA plumbers and pipefitters chapter, which places apprentices on commercial and eventually mission-critical job sites from day one. Large general contractors active on Ohio data center projects, such as those working the New Albany and Dublin campuses, regularly bring on apprentice-level trades workers. Earning your OSHA 10 card and any low-voltage cabling certification before applying gives candidates a clear edge over other entry-level applicants.
Where can I find and apply to data center construction jobs in Ohio?
You can find and apply to data center construction jobs in Ohio on Migrate Mate, which lists current Ohio openings updated regularly. Search the available roles, find the ones that match your experience and preferred location, and apply directly to the employer. No profile creation is needed to view and apply to openings.
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