Job Title: Metro Commercial Manager – Data Center Expansion

Location: Abilene, TX

Client: Hyperscale Data Center Operator

Salary Range: Starting $165k

Benefits: Full employer-paid healthcare (medical, dental, vision), 8% 401(k) contribution, life insurance, and education assistance

 

About the Role:

We are seeking an experienced and detail-oriented Metro Commercial Manager with project controls and estimating experience to lead the financial and contractual aspects of a major data center expansion in the Abilene, TX area. This role is pivotal in ensuring that all commercial activities align with project goals, budgets, and timelines. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in project controls – schedule and cost management, estimating, contract negotiation, and risk assessment within large-scale construction projects.

 

Key Responsibilities:

Pre-Construction & Estimating Services:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to provide integrated project controls and estimating services.
• Develop cost estimates and schedules for new builds and future sites within the region.
• Maintain and update the Current Working Estimate, tracking all changes from the initial baseline.
• Utilize Google’s Work Breakdown Structure (OneWBS) for all estimating activities.
• Ensure estimates encompass total project costs, including indirect costs, contractor fees, contingencies, and owner-furnished equipment.

 

Project Capital Estimates with Localization:

• Develop Order of Magnitude estimates using the Global Plan of Record (gPOR) design as a basis.
• Create budgetary and definitive estimates utilizing the latest design documents, typically at 65% or 95% completion.
• Employ a bottoms-up approach to itemize labor, materials, contingencies, and allowances.

 

Capital Planning and Project Funding:

• Develop and update cost commitment schedules to accurately represent funding needs over time.
• Allocate approved funding within Google’s cost management systems, ensuring alignment with project budgets.
• Provide recommendations on the allocation and appropriate use of approved project funding.

 

Contract Negotiation:

• Coordinate and support the review, negotiation, and agreement of contract sums and baseline schedules with general contractors, A/E firms, and other vendors.
• Facilitate project control workshops to establish contractual requirements and expectations.

 

Change Management:

• Implement a project change order log for tracking submissions, approvals, and rejections.
• Review and negotiate change order requests, assessing cost and schedule impacts.
• Categorize change orders appropriately and monitor allowance and contingency usage.

 

Risk Management:

• Collaborate with the project management team to identify and monitor cost and schedule risks and opportunities.
• Update estimated costs at completion and project schedules to reflect identified risks and opportunities.

 

Payment Application and Invoice Management:

• Attend monthly site walks to validate payment applications and ensure accurate progress claims.
• Review invoices from vendors, ensuring alignment with contractual billing milestones.

 

Cash Flow and Accruals:

• Review cost-loaded schedules and schedules of values to forecast earned value on contracts.
• Update cash flow reporting systems with the latest work-in-place forecasts.
• Analyze variances in financial accruals, providing justifications for any discrepancies.

 

Project Closeout:

• Coordinate with contractors and vendors to ensure timely financial closure of purchase orders.
• Assess remaining budget positions and identify opportunities to reduce approved project funding.
• Prepare documentation required to financially close the project and return any remaining funds.

 

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Finance, Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in commercial management within large-scale construction projects, preferably in data centers or mission-critical facilities.
• Proficiency in cost management software and tools.
• Strong understanding of contract law and experience in contract negotiation.
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Must have estimating and project controls experience.

 

Apply now by emailing your resume to contact@epcprojectconsulting.com!

EPC Project Management Consulting is seeking to hire an experienced and detail-oriented Cost Manager to join our team, serving a prominent hyperscale data center client in the DFW metroplex. The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing all cost management activities, ensuring that the project remains within budget while maintaining the highest standards of quality and efficiency. This position requires the candidate to be on-site throughout the week, performing functions such as walking the field to verify work completion. Please live in or around the DFW area, as relocation costs can be navigated for the right candidate.

 

📍 Location: Oklahoma

📅 Start Date: Negotiable

💼 Work Type: Full-time, on-site with travel as required

💰 Salary: Starting at $150k

 

✨ Benefits Include:

✔ 8% 401(k) Employer Contribution

✔ Employer-Paid BCBS Platinum Healthcare (for employee, spouse, and dependents)

✔ Dental & Vision Coverage

✔ Education Reimbursement

✔ $100,000 Life Insurance Coverage

 

 

 

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide support to Project Teams throughout the project lifecycle from pre-construction to closeout.

• Produce accurate project-level reports that provide detailed analysis of project cost, program estimates, program master planning, operations, and benchmarking.

• Develop and maintain project budgets from design concept through project completion.

• Assist with the change order management process, including estimating, negotiating, and tracking total project costs.

• Reconcile program and project controls data with the client’s fiscal and financial control systems.

• Manage payment applications and invoice management for the project.

• Develop and present key cost data to internal and external stakeholders and team members.

 

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Construction Management, OR a minimum of 7-10 years of experience in cost management, preferably within the construction, oil/gas, or data center industries.

• Strong knowledge of cost management principles, financial analysis, and budgeting.

• Ability to read and understand design information.

• Proven ability to engage positively with client stakeholders, contractors, suppliers, and internal team members.

• Working knowledge of cost and/or resource load schedules/schedule of values.

• Experience with contract negotiation.

• Proficiency in cost management software and Google Suite.

• Experience with Quickbase and e-Builder is a plus but not mandatory.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Strong communication and negotiation skills.

• Ability to work effectively under pressure and meet tight deadlines.

• PMP or CCM certification is a plus.

 

Apply now by emailing your resume to contact@epcprojectconsulting.com!

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated E2E Project Scheduler (EPS) to join our team in managing mission-critical data center projects. As the Project Scheduler, you will be responsible for developing, updating, and monitoring project schedules in alignment with industry best practices, ensuring comprehensive project scope coverage from inception to closeout. The EPS will work closely with general contractors (GCs) and internal cross-functional teams to facilitate scheduling, performance monitoring, and reporting throughout the project lifecycle.

 

📍 Location: Texas, Oklahoma

📅 Start Date: June

💼 Work Type: Full-time, on-site with travel as required

💰 Salary: Starting at $160k

 

✨ Benefits Include:

✔ 8% 401(k) Employer Contribution

✔ Employer-Paid BCBS Platinum Healthcare (for employee, spouse, and dependents)

✔ Dental & Vision Coverage

✔ Education Reimbursement

✔ $25,000 Life Insurance Coverage

 

Key Responsibilities:

• Conceptual Schedules
• Develop and maintain preliminary conceptual schedules in accordance with project specifications and industry best practices.
• Ensure strict adherence to Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) coding guidelines, proactively communicating with GCs and collaborating with cross-functional teams to include all project scopes.
• Create and refine summary schedules that capture all project phases.
• Facilitate regular interactive planning sessions with key stakeholders to review, update, and align schedules.
• Support the creation and continuous improvement of schedule templates for consistency across projects and regions.
• Assist in the development of early-stage schedule milestones (IMS/MMS/PBS/PSE) and provide optimization suggestions based on similar inflight projects.

GC and Baseline Schedules

• Collaborate with GCs to create fully integrated baseline schedules that meet contract requirements and industry standards.
• Facilitate discussions with contractors to ensure understanding and compliance with specifications, addressing variances and recommending solutions as needed.
• Review and address critical and near-critical paths, peak activity/resource periods, and alignment of progress tracking with subcontractors.
• Integrate detailed commissioning schedules into baseline schedules and ensure timely review and acceptance by stakeholders.
• Proactively monitor GC compliance with CPM specifications and audit schedule quality and accuracy, implementing continuous improvements as necessary.

Schedule Reporting/Execution Support

• Lead weekly meetings with GCs to review schedule performance, identify deviations, and implement corrective actions.
• Track progress of all project activities, analyze critical paths, and measure deviations from the baseline schedule.
• Monitor procurement progress for owner-furnished equipment (OFE) and assess impacts from deviations to the project’s procurement plan.
• Provide bi-weekly schedule analysis, forecasting project completion dates, and assessing cost implications and risks.
• Manage and sign off on weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly schedule updates, providing independent analysis and change recommendations where needed.

Schedule Analysis

• Regularly analyze the project schedule, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with contract specifications and industry best practices.
• Review contractor compliance with GMP contract specifications for cost and schedule management, approving exceptions or deviations as needed.
• Support supply scenario analysis (SSA) and “what-if” scenario planning to assist with program-level decision-making.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders (Client, PM, GC team, etc.) to provide timely schedule updates, risk analysis, and performance reporting.

Key Deliverables:

• Bi-weekly schedule narratives and analysis.
• Procurement and milestone reports.
• Earned value, program, and project-specific reports (e.g., QBR, Executive Summary).
• Comprehensive schedule tracking, monitoring, and updates in accordance with defined project processes and templates.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field experience.
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant construction scheduling experience, ideally with mission-critical/data center projects or critical environments such as hospitals or casinos.
• Expertise in Primavera P6 scheduling software and familiarity with Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) and other project scheduling methodologies.
• Strong communication skills, with experience facilitating planning sessions and working collaboratively with GCs, subcontractors, and internal teams.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills, with the ability to meet tight deadlines and manage multiple tasks concurrently.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to delivering high-quality, accurate reports.
• Strong knowledge of cost management principles, financial analysis, and budgeting.
• Ability to read and understand design information.
• Proven ability to engage positively with client stakeholders, contractors, suppliers, and internal team members.
• Working knowledge of cost and/or resource load schedules/schedule of values.
• Experience with contract negotiation.
• Proficiency in cost management software and Google Suite.
• Experience with Quickbase and e-Builder is a plus but not mandatory.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• PMP or CCM certification is a plus.

Apply now by sending us your resume on our Careers page!

Join our team where you’ll play a critical role in ensuring quality and operational readiness on a major hyperscale data center project. If you’re passionate about commissioning and quality assurance, this is your chance to lead and make an impact in the data center industry.

This is a pivotal role where you’ll be the eyes and ears on-site, ensuring everything meets the highest standards of safety, quality, and performance from pre-commissioning through project completion.

Details:

📍 Location: Multiple Site Positions Available

📅 Start Date: Immediate or as soon as possible

💼 Work Type: Full-time, on-site

💰 Salary: $160,000+

Benefits:

✔️ 8% 401(k) Employer Contribution

✔️ Employer-Paid BCBS Platinum Healthcare for you, your spouse, and all dependents

✔️ Option to Receive Back the Healthcare Contribution if coverage is not elected—great for those with VA disability benefits

✔️ Employer-Paid Dental and Vision Coverage

✔️ Education Reimbursement

✔️ $25,000 Life Insurance Coverage

Key Responsibilities:

✔️ Oversee both the general contractor and commissioning agent commissioning and quality control processes throughout the project lifecycle.

✔️ Lead efforts to ensure compliance with safety and quality standards.

✔️ Coordinate with general contractors, stakeholders, and project teams to resolve issues and maintain timelines.

✔️ Conduct QA/QC inspections and manage reporting to ensure the project is delivered to the owner’s satisfaction.

✔️ Oversee system testing, pre-functional and functional performance testing, and final commissioning activities.

✔️ Ensure proper documentation of commissioning processes and project milestones.

Qualifications:

🎓 5+ years of experience in commissioning or quality management roles, preferably within mission-critical/data center projects.

🔧 Strong knowledge of commissioning standards, QA/QC processes, and related tools.

🏗 Experience with electrical and mechanical systems in mission-critical environments.

💬 Exceptional communication and coordination skills with the ability to manage multiple stakeholders.

💡 Proficiency in systems testing, documentation, and reporting.

🎯 Certifications such as CxA, PMP, or LEEDare a plus.

This is your opportunity to be part of a high-performing team in one of the most critical and fast-growing industries. If you’re ready to ensure quality and performance at the highest level,

Apply Now!

We’re looking for a highly motivated Assistant Project Manager (Owners Representative) to support and oversee on-site construction, cost management, and project execution for one of the world’s leading data center clients.

 

******HUGE BONUS POINTS FOR A HEAVY COST MGMT AND/OR SCHEDULE BACKGROUND****

 

This role is hands-on, working closely with general contractors, vendors, and internal stakeholders to ensure smooth project delivery—from pre-construction through closeout. If you thrive in a fast-paced, technical environment and love driving projects to success, this is your chance to make an impact!

 

📍 Location: Multiple Locations

📅 Start Date: Negotiable

💼 Work Type: Full-time on-site (Paid relocation available)

💰 Salary: Starting at $160k

 

✨ Benefits Include:

✔ 8% 401(k) Employer Contribution

✔ Employer-Paid BCBS Platinum Healthcare (for employee, spouse, and dependents)

✔ Dental & Vision Coverage

✔ Education Reimbursement

✔ $25,000 Life Insurance Coverage

Key Responsibilities:

 

📌 Pre-Construction

✅ Assist in the development of the Master Project Schedule (P6 cost/resource-loaded)

✅ Establish the Master Project Budget, including soft/hard costs, bonds, contingencies, and allowances

✅ Support contractor pre-qualification, bid solicitation, bid analysis, and recommendations

✅ Assist in contract negotiations, helping define GC business terms, markups, insurance, and escalation

✅ Coordinate the Design Team and permitting processes with the Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ)

✅ Conduct constructability reviews of project documents to identify potential issues early

✅ Assist in cost estimating, value engineering, and cash flow projections

✅ Identify, scope, buy out, and schedule all Owner-direct vendors and consultants

 

📌 Construction Phase

✅ Oversee General or Prime Contractors and Owner-Direct Vendors on-site

✅ Manage Cost Control & Change Management, including reviewing, negotiating, and recommending change orders

✅ Track and analyze project schedules to ensure milestone adherence

✅ Lead budget management and tracking for cost control and reporting

✅ Ensure QA/QC standards are followed, identifying and resolving any issues

✅ Oversee document control, tracking RFI’s, submittals, invoices, payments, lien releases, etc.

✅ Process invoice and payment applications, ensuring proper approvals and reporting

✅ Manage Owner-direct vendors, consultants, and subcontractors to maintain alignment

✅ Lead Owner-Architect-Contractor (OAC) meetings and other key project coordination meetings

 

📌 Closeout & Handover

✅ Initiate the closeout process (2-3 months prior to project completion)

✅ Establish and track final closeout documentation requirements, including warranties, as-builts, O&M manuals, and occupancy permits

✅ Coordinate final city/authority inspections and secure occupancy approvals

✅ Oversee the punch list, substantial completion, and final completion processes

✅ Close out outstanding change orders, quality issues, and final disputes

✅ Process final invoices, retention payments, and budget reconciliation

✅ Assist with final project accounting and reporting

✅ Manage and coordinate Owner-direct vendors, consultants, and final site closeout activities

 

🎓 Qualifications & Experience:

🎓 5+ years of experience in construction project/program management

🏗 Experience in data center or mission-critical environments preferred

📋 Strong knowledge of budgeting, scheduling, cost control, and risk management

📡 Familiarity with P6 scheduling, contract negotiations, and vendor management

💡 Ability to read and interpret construction drawings and contract documents

💬 Strong communication and leadership skills to manage multiple stakeholders

📜 Certifications (PMP, CCM, LEED) are a plus

 

Why Join Us?

This is an exciting opportunity to work with some of the most innovative teams in data center construction. If you’re ready to be part of a high-performing team, drive successful project execution, and make a real impact in the industry, we want to hear from you!

Submit your resume on our Careers pages today!