Positions: Construction & Project Delivery
Data Center Headhunters recruits critical facilities, data center operations, construction and delivery, commissioning, power and cooling, and executive talent for colocation, hyperscale and enterprise sites. We research the market, contact working people and qualify a shortlist for your opening. No upfront fee. You pay only if you hire.
29 titles in Construction & Project Delivery, each with its own page.
This is what we do all day: recruit data center professionals.
No postings. No stacks of resumes. No chasing. You interview a short list.
No upfront fee. You pay only if you hire.
No upfront fee. You pay only if you hire.
We offer a candidate replacement guarantee on standard search agreements. The applicable period and exact terms are set out in the signed client recruiting agreement.
- No upfront fee
- Pay only if you hire
- Data centers only, construction to operations
- Local and 100% travel candidates
- Replacement guarantee on standard searches
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Construction & Project Delivery 29 titles
- Project Executive, Mission CriticalYou need someone who can carry a whole data center program and the owner relationship, and a résumé alone will not show you who has actually done that.
- Senior Project Manager, Data CenterYou have project managers who run a job well, and now you need one who can run several packages, coach other managers, and talk to the owner executive.
- Project Manager, Data CenterYou need a project manager who has actually carried a data center through turnover, and the usual construction résumé does not tell you that.
- Traveling Project Manager, Data CenterYou are staffing a remote campus phase and need a project manager who will live near the job, run it from the owner's side of the table, and hand it over cleanly when the phase closes.
- Assistant Project Manager, Data CenterYou want a second pair of hands for a project manager, and the real question is whether that person is learning the seat or already carrying a piece of it.
- Project Engineer, Data CenterYou need a project engineer who will keep submittals, RFIs, and test logs moving, because small gaps there turn into delay later.
- Senior Project Engineer, Data CenterA project engineer who runs submittals and RFIs is useful, but a senior project engineer should own a package and make others around them better.
- Field Engineer, Data CenterA field engineer who cannot keep RFIs, submittals and quantities straight leaves the superintendent chasing paper instead of building.
- General Superintendent, Data CenterYou need a general superintendent who can run a campus full of foremen, and the difference between a strong superintendent and a true general is hard to see from a résumé.
- Senior Superintendent, Data CenterA senior superintendent is trusted to run a major portion of a data center build without daily supervision, and you need to know what that trust has actually been earned on.
- Superintendent, Data CenterYou need a superintendent who can run a data center site day to day, and the work is different enough from ordinary commercial building that experience has to be checked closely.
- Traveling Superintendent, Data CenterYour campus start needs a superintendent who will arrive, set up the field, and move to the next project when this one is steady.
- Night Shift Superintendent, Data CenterIf energization, turnover or an accelerated schedule needs a second superintendent after dark, you need someone who can be trusted alone with live-work decisions.
- Assistant Superintendent, Data CenterYou need field support for a superintendent, and the key decision is whether the person watches the work, runs a crew or is being groomed for the top seat.
- MEP SuperintendentYou need an MEP superintendent who can bring electrical and mechanical work to energization and testing without the trades colliding.
- Construction Manager, Data CenterA construction manager is hired to be the accountable owner of delivery for a data center build, and the title means different things depending on which side of the contract you sit.
- CSA Manager (Civil, Structural, Architectural)You are hiring one person to hold the shell of the building together: earthwork, foundations, steel or precast, envelope and interior finishes, all sequenced around a power and cooling program that cannot slip.
- Preconstruction Manager, Mission CriticalYou need a preconstruction manager who can turn an early idea into a budget and a procurement plan that the owner will still trust when construction starts.
- Director of PreconstructionBefore a shovel moves, someone decides what the building will cost, how it will be built and which risks the contractor will accept; this director is that person.
- Senior Estimator, Mission CriticalYou need a senior estimator who can price electrical and mechanical heavy work and stand behind the assumptions when the owner pushes back.
- MEP EstimatorYou need someone who can price electrical and mechanical systems from incomplete drawings and tell you honestly where the number is soft.
- Scheduler, Primavera P6You need a scheduler who can build a data center schedule that the field actually believes and who can show leadership what a delay will cost.
- Project Controls ManagerWhen a program reports green until it suddenly turns red, the missing piece is usually someone who owns the schedule and cost data honestly.
- Cost Manager / Quantity SurveyorSomeone has to know what the project has spent, what it has committed and what it is about to be charged, and tell you before the owner asks.
- Document ControllerOn a large build, the wrong drawing revision in a foreman's hands costs more than most people think, and the person who prevents that rarely gets credit.
- Turnover and Closeout ManagerConstruction ends when the operator can run the building, and the person who gets you there is rarely the one who built it.
- Construction Operations Manager / Director of Construction (GC)You need a leader who answers for every active job in the company, not just one, and who can tell a struggling superintendent from a struggling site.
- VDC ManagerA VDC manager decides whether the models on screen match what trades will actually install.
- Site Logistics ManagerA site logistics manager controls what arrives, when, and where it goes, so that the crews are never waiting on a truck or blocked by a stack of pipe.
Do you need a project manager, a superintendent or a construction manager?
Decide whether the person will own the commercial side of the job or the work in the field. Project managers and project executives own budget, contract, schedule and client. Superintendents own crews, sequencing and safety on site. A construction manager or director of construction usually oversees several jobs and the people running them.
On a data center build the line between these roles matters more than on a typical commercial job, because the owner often has its own representative watching every milestone. A senior project manager who has never faced an owner with a reference design and a fixed energization date will struggle, even with a strong résumé. A general superintendent who has run a single building may not be ready for a campus with several halls going up at once and shared medium voltage work underneath.
Traveling versions of these titles signal something specific to candidates: per diem, rotation and a willingness to move with the work. Night shift superintendent tells them the build is running around the clock. Use those words only when they are true.
Where do preconstruction, controls and closeout titles fit?
They sit around the core delivery team and each owns a distinct stage. Preconstruction managers and estimators shape the price and plan before mobilization. Schedulers, project controls and cost managers track progress during the job. Document controllers and turnover and closeout managers make sure the owner receives a complete, usable record at the end.
Owners and contractors often under-hire for closeout, then discover at turnover that equipment records, test reports and warranties are scattered. A turnover and closeout manager is not a junior document controller. They negotiate what complete means with the commissioning team and the owner, and they chase every subcontractor until it is delivered.
VDC managers, site logistics managers and CSA managers each solve a problem that grows with campus size: model coordination, laydown and gate traffic, and the civil and structural work that has to finish before MEP can start. If one of those problems is slowing your job, name it in the brief and we will search for the person who has solved it before.
Questions
Should I hire a project engineer or an assistant project manager?
A project engineer usually handles RFIs, submittals and technical coordination; an assistant project manager starts carrying cost and client tasks. Pick the one whose daily work matches the gap on your job.
When does a project need a general superintendent rather than a senior superintendent?
When several superintendents report into one field leader across multiple buildings or phases. A senior superintendent typically runs one large building or scope.
What does a Construction and Project Delivery search cost?
No upfront fee. You pay only if you hire. The fee basis is written in the agreement before outreach starts.
How long does a Construction and Project Delivery search take?
It depends on the title, level, location and your interview process. We agree a realistic plan at calibration and do not promise a date.
How do you handle counteroffers for Construction and Project Delivery candidates?
We discuss motivation and likely counteroffers during live qualification and again before you make an offer.
What guarantee applies to Construction and Project Delivery hires?
We offer a candidate replacement guarantee on standard search agreements. The applicable period and exact terms are set out in the signed client recruiting agreement.
What do you not do in a Construction and Project Delivery search?
We do not post your role on job boards, send unscreened resumes or approach candidates before the brief is agreed.
How long did your last search take? How much did the empty seat cost while you waited?
An open data center seat holds up commissioning dates, stretches the people covering it and adds cost every week it stays empty. Put your own numbers into the cost-of-vacancy calculator, then compare that figure with a contingency search where you pay only if you hire.
Work out your cost of vacancyHow a search runs
How does The Six-Step Search work?
Every search runs the same six steps. We agree the brief with you, map where the people work, find direct contact routes, reach out personally and repeatedly, then qualify each candidate live. You only see a short list of people who fit, with notes on each, and we stay with you through offer and start.
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Search Calibration
You get: A written brief you sign off on: scope, must-haves, pay band and who not to approach.
- 02
Market Mapping
You get: A map of the companies and projects where your future hire is working today.
- 03
Professional Contact Intelligence
You get: Verified direct contact routes to the people on that map, not job board replies.
- 04
Persistent Personalized Outreach
You get: Repeated, role-specific outreach to people who are not looking, in your words.
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Live Candidate Qualification
You get: Each candidate is screened live against your brief before you hear their name.
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Candidate Intelligence and Process Support
You get: A short list with candidate briefs, then support through interviews, offer and start.
Need this person?
No upfront fee. You pay only if you hire.
We offer a candidate replacement guarantee on standard search agreements. The applicable period and exact terms are set out in the signed client recruiting agreement.