Senior Level Data Center Construction Jobs
Senior level data center construction jobs place experienced professionals in charge of project delivery, site execution, and the technical and field teams that build critical infrastructure at scale. Openings concentrate in Consulting & Professional Services, Technology & Software, and Construction & Real Estate, with most roles based on site, and employers like Turner & Townsend Pty Limited, Worldwide Mission Critical, and Meta hiring at this level now.
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Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is seeking a Principal Data Center Construction Lead to provide senior field leadership for the delivery of hyperscale AI data center construction in Shackelford, Texas. This role serves as one of the senior construction leaders on-site, responsible for leading Construction Managers and driving safe, predictable, and high-quality execution across multiple buildings, systems, or major discipline scopes while ensuring alignment with OCI's aggressive delivery milestones.
The Principal Data Center Construction Manager Lead provides strategic field leadership by directing daily construction execution, coordinating multiple contractor organizations, removing execution barriers, driving schedule performance, and ensuring construction activities are executed in accordance with Oracle's safety, quality, commissioning, and operational readiness standards. This position serves as the primary escalation point for complex field issues and partners closely with project leadership, design, commissioning, operations, and contractor leadership to successfully deliver world-class AI infrastructure.
This is a highly visible field leadership position requiring exceptional construction management experience, strong executive communication skills, and the ability to lead large multidisciplinary teams through fast-paced hyperscale construction programs.
This position is based in Shackelford, Texas, approximately 20 miles from the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Abilene AI Data Center. This is an onsite position and does not offer remote flexibility. We are seeking candidates who are local to the area or open to relocating to Abilene. Oracle offers relocation assistance for eligible candidates.
Responsibilities
- Lead field execution across multiple buildings, campus zones, systems, or major discipline scopes throughout all phases of construction.
- Provide direct leadership, coaching, and oversight for Construction Managers responsible for assigned buildings and trade disciplines.
- Drive safe, predictable, and high-quality execution while reinforcing Oracle's culture of safety, accountability, and operational excellence.
- Partner with General Contractors, EPC partners, subcontractors, trade partners, and contractor leadership to ensure alignment on execution strategy and project priorities.
- Lead daily field coordination meetings, execution planning, constraint resolution, and schedule recovery efforts.
- Monitor construction progress, productivity, manpower, workface planning, logistics, sequencing, and milestone achievement across assigned areas.
- Identify execution risks, schedule impacts, resource constraints, and field conflicts while developing proactive mitigation and recovery plans.
- Ensure construction activities align with approved schedules, commissioning milestones, turnover plans, and operational readiness objectives.
- Drive field accountability for quality, installation standards, inspection readiness, and reduction of rework.
- Partner closely with QA/QC, commissioning, engineering, controls, logistics, scheduling, safety, procurement, and operations teams to support integrated project delivery.
- Oversee turnover planning, punch-list completion, system readiness, and successful transition to commissioning and startup.
- Support executive project reporting by providing accurate field status, milestone forecasts, productivity updates, risk assessments, and recovery recommendations.
- Resolve complex field execution issues requiring cross-functional coordination and executive-level decision-making.
- Promote consistent construction management practices, mentoring, and leadership development across the OCI construction organization.
- Maintain a highly visible field presence through daily site walks, contractor engagement, and active leadership of construction activities.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent construction leadership experience.
- 10+ years of experience managing construction execution on large-scale, complex mission-critical or industrial construction projects.
- 5+ years of experience leading Construction Managers, Superintendents, field engineers, or multidisciplinary construction teams.
- Demonstrated experience delivering hyperscale data centers, mission-critical facilities, semiconductor, advanced manufacturing, industrial, energy, pharmaceutical, or other technically complex infrastructure projects.
- Extensive knowledge of construction sequencing, contractor management, workface planning, productivity analysis, schedule execution, and field coordination.
- Proven ability to lead multiple contractors and stakeholders within fast-track, multi-billion-dollar construction environments.
- Strong understanding of commissioning-driven delivery, phased turnover, startup planning, and operational readiness.
- Ability to read and interpret construction drawings, specifications, schedules, commissioning plans, turnover documentation, and contractor execution plans.
- Demonstrated experience identifying project risks, resolving complex construction issues, and driving schedule recovery initiatives.
- Strong understanding of construction safety programs, quality management systems, field inspections, and owner-side construction governance.
- Excellent leadership, communication, negotiation, and executive presentation skills.
- Ability to work primarily onsite with approximately 90–95% field engagement.
- Proven ability to thrive in fast-paced, rapidly evolving, high-growth construction environments while maintaining strong ownership and accountability.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience leading construction delivery for hyperscale cloud or AI data center campuses.
- Experience serving in an Owner's Representative, Construction Management, EPC, or General Contractor leadership role.
- Strong understanding of electrical, mechanical, structural, civil, architectural, controls, network, and commissioning systems supporting mission-critical facilities.
- Experience leading multiple Construction Managers or integrated construction teams across large campus developments.
- Demonstrated success delivering fast-track construction programs with aggressive commissioning and occupancy milestones.
- Experience managing construction execution utilizing Lean Construction, Last Planner®, pull planning, workface planning, or advanced planning methodologies.
- Familiarity with Primavera P6, Oracle Primavera Cloud, Oracle Aconex, Procore, Autodesk Construction Cloud, Power BI, Tableau, Smartsheet, or similar project controls and reporting platforms. Experience supporting executive reporting, portfolio-level construction governance, and strategic delivery planning across multiple concurrent projects.
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Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is seeking a Principal Data Center Construction Lead to provide senior field leadership for the delivery of hyperscale AI data center construction in Shackelford, Texas. This role serves as one of the senior construction leaders on-site, responsible for leading Construction Managers and driving safe, predictable, and high-quality execution across multiple buildings, systems, or major discipline scopes while ensuring alignment with OCI's aggressive delivery milestones.
The Principal Data Center Construction Manager Lead provides strategic field leadership by directing daily construction execution, coordinating multiple contractor organizations, removing execution barriers, driving schedule performance, and ensuring construction activities are executed in accordance with Oracle's safety, quality, commissioning, and operational readiness standards. This position serves as the primary escalation point for complex field issues and partners closely with project leadership, design, commissioning, operations, and contractor leadership to successfully deliver world-class AI infrastructure.
This is a highly visible field leadership position requiring exceptional construction management experience, strong executive communication skills, and the ability to lead large multidisciplinary teams through fast-paced hyperscale construction programs.
This position is based in Shackelford, Texas, approximately 20 miles from the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Abilene AI Data Center. This is an onsite position and does not offer remote flexibility. We are seeking candidates who are local to the area or open to relocating to Abilene. Oracle offers relocation assistance for eligible candidates.
Responsibilities
- Lead field execution across multiple buildings, campus zones, systems, or major discipline scopes throughout all phases of construction.
- Provide direct leadership, coaching, and oversight for Construction Managers responsible for assigned buildings and trade disciplines.
- Drive safe, predictable, and high-quality execution while reinforcing Oracle's culture of safety, accountability, and operational excellence.
- Partner with General Contractors, EPC partners, subcontractors, trade partners, and contractor leadership to ensure alignment on execution strategy and project priorities.
- Lead daily field coordination meetings, execution planning, constraint resolution, and schedule recovery efforts.
- Monitor construction progress, productivity, manpower, workface planning, logistics, sequencing, and milestone achievement across assigned areas.
- Identify execution risks, schedule impacts, resource constraints, and field conflicts while developing proactive mitigation and recovery plans.
- Ensure construction activities align with approved schedules, commissioning milestones, turnover plans, and operational readiness objectives.
- Drive field accountability for quality, installation standards, inspection readiness, and reduction of rework.
- Partner closely with QA/QC, commissioning, engineering, controls, logistics, scheduling, safety, procurement, and operations teams to support integrated project delivery.
- Oversee turnover planning, punch-list completion, system readiness, and successful transition to commissioning and startup.
- Support executive project reporting by providing accurate field status, milestone forecasts, productivity updates, risk assessments, and recovery recommendations.
- Resolve complex field execution issues requiring cross-functional coordination and executive-level decision-making.
- Promote consistent construction management practices, mentoring, and leadership development across the OCI construction organization.
- Maintain a highly visible field presence through daily site walks, contractor engagement, and active leadership of construction activities.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent construction leadership experience.
- 10+ years of experience managing construction execution on large-scale, complex mission-critical or industrial construction projects.
- 5+ years of experience leading Construction Managers, Superintendents, field engineers, or multidisciplinary construction teams.
- Demonstrated experience delivering hyperscale data centers, mission-critical facilities, semiconductor, advanced manufacturing, industrial, energy, pharmaceutical, or other technically complex infrastructure projects.
- Extensive knowledge of construction sequencing, contractor management, workface planning, productivity analysis, schedule execution, and field coordination.
- Proven ability to lead multiple contractors and stakeholders within fast-track, multi-billion-dollar construction environments.
- Strong understanding of commissioning-driven delivery, phased turnover, startup planning, and operational readiness.
- Ability to read and interpret construction drawings, specifications, schedules, commissioning plans, turnover documentation, and contractor execution plans.
- Demonstrated experience identifying project risks, resolving complex construction issues, and driving schedule recovery initiatives.
- Strong understanding of construction safety programs, quality management systems, field inspections, and owner-side construction governance.
- Excellent leadership, communication, negotiation, and executive presentation skills.
- Ability to work primarily onsite with approximately 90–95% field engagement.
- Proven ability to thrive in fast-paced, rapidly evolving, high-growth construction environments while maintaining strong ownership and accountability.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience leading construction delivery for hyperscale cloud or AI data center campuses.
- Experience serving in an Owner's Representative, Construction Management, EPC, or General Contractor leadership role.
- Strong understanding of electrical, mechanical, structural, civil, architectural, controls, network, and commissioning systems supporting mission-critical facilities.
- Experience leading multiple Construction Managers or integrated construction teams across large campus developments.
- Demonstrated success delivering fast-track construction programs with aggressive commissioning and occupancy milestones.
- Experience managing construction execution utilizing Lean Construction, Last Planner®, pull planning, workface planning, or advanced planning methodologies.
- Familiarity with Primavera P6, Oracle Primavera Cloud, Oracle Aconex, Procore, Autodesk Construction Cloud, Power BI, Tableau, Smartsheet, or similar project controls and reporting platforms. Experience supporting executive reporting, portfolio-level construction governance, and strategic delivery planning across multiple concurrent projects.
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Senior Level Data Center Construction Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a senior level data center construction job?
Employers hiring at the senior level look for candidates who have owned project outcomes end to end, not just contributed to them. Demonstrated experience leading construction phases on mission-critical or hyperscale facilities, managing subcontractors, and coordinating with MEP and structural teams gives candidates a clear edge. Certifications like PMP or OSHA 30, combined with a portfolio of delivered data center builds, strengthen any application significantly.
Which companies hire senior level data center constructions?
Companies hiring senior level data center constructions right now include Turner & Townsend Pty Limited, Worldwide Mission Critical, and Meta, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of July 2026. Hiring at this level comes from a mix of hyperscale cloud providers, specialized data center developers, large general contractors, and engineering and construction firms with dedicated critical facilities divisions.
Are there remote senior level data center construction jobs?
Yes, though the majority of roles involve on-site presence given the hands-on nature of construction management. About 28% of senior level data center construction openings are remote or hybrid as of July 2026, and those positions typically cover pre-construction planning, owner's representative functions, or program-level oversight roles that do not require daily field presence.
What makes a data center construction role senior level?
Senior level data center construction roles are defined by ownership of full project scope, from pre-construction planning through commissioning and turnover. Professionals at this stage set technical standards, resolve complex field and design issues, manage stakeholder and client relationships, and mentor junior engineers and project managers. The expectation is independent decision-making and accountability for schedule, budget, and quality outcomes across the entire build.
Which industries hire the most senior level data center constructions?
Senior Level data center construction roles concentrate in Consulting & Professional Services, Technology & Software, and Construction & Real Estate, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of July 2026. These sectors drive hiring at the senior level because of sustained capital investment in new data center capacity, infrastructure expansion programs, and the increasing complexity of hyperscale and edge facilities that require experienced construction leadership.