Assistant Project Construction Lead (MEP)

About the role

Act as the owner’s representative on large-scale data center construction projects, overseeing construction controls from early site works through close-out. You’ll lead vendors and contractors, protect the client’s schedule, budget, quality and safety requirements, and be the central point of contact across the project team.

What you’ll do

• Work with the client to define project objectives, functional requirements, budget, performance targets, and quality and safety standards
• Lead appointed vendors, suppliers and contractors across site logistics, early works, permitting and construction
• Ensure deliverables meet client specifications for quality, schedule, installation, commissioning, logistics and close-out, including warranty, spare parts and maintenance documentation
• Help develop scopes of work and RFPs, and evaluate and select the project team
• Build and maintain a work breakdown structure (WBS) and cost breakdown structure (CBS) for strong cost and schedule control
• Review contractor proposals and advise on specification, cost and program changes
• Review design documents at each stage (schematic design, design development, construction documents) against project goals, budget and schedule
• Provide input on constructability and identify value engineering opportunities without compromising quality or safety
• Align internal stakeholders (facilities, IT, operations) with design and execution
• Support permitting and make sure design deliverables meet procurement and permit timelines
• Monitor progress against the approved schedule through site inspections, and report weekly and monthly to the client
• Identify risks early (site conditions, regulation, material availability, market shifts) and put mitigation and contingency plans in place
• Resolve conflicts and disputes between contractors, designers and other stakeholders, while protecting the owner’s interests
• Recommend corrective actions and recovery plans when the schedule is at risk
• Run post-project reviews and document lessons learned

What you’ll bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Electrical, Mechanical or Construction Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field
• 12+ years in construction project management, including 6+ years on data center, mission-critical or large-scale infrastructure projects
• Experience as an owner’s representative, client-side project manager or senior contractor-side lead on multi-million-dollar projects
• Track record delivering projects through the full lifecycle: design, procurement, construction, commissioning and handover
• Strong command of cost control, scheduling and risk management, including WBS/CBS, forecasting and change control
• Experience writing SOWs and RFPs and running vendor selection
• Working knowledge of data center critical systems: power, cooling, security and network infrastructure
• Experience with commissioning and turnover into operations
• Proven ability to lead teams and manage contractors, designers and vendors without relying on formal authority
• Executive-level communication, including clear reporting and escalation
• Proficiency with MS Project, Primavera, Smartsheet or Procore

Nice to have

• PMP, PgMP or equivalent
• Uptime Institute ATD or AOS, or CDCP
• Hyperscale or cloud provider experience

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

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