Data Center East Region Construction Manager

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple new ideas have a way of becoming great products services and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and theres no telling what you could Places we dont sit back and let things happen we make things happen and we do this in service to all Apple employees and customers. We develop and manage Apples global real estate portfolio lead all related capital construction projects provide outstanding facilities and site services develop and lead sustainability initiatives to reduce the environmental impact of all Apple facilities including commute and renewable energy programs and do everything we can to ensure the health and safety of all Apple personnel facilities and customers in our facilities around the Global Design and Construction team is a collaborative program-wide organization responsible for delivering mission-critical data center construction projects. Working alongside fellow project managers engineers and program leaders we contribute to a broad portfolio of new data center construction and major capital the Data Center East Region Construction Manager you will lead a team of Construction Project Managers responsible for delivering some of the most innovative and energy-efficient data centers in the world. You will oversee Apple-owned data center (AODC) construction programs across the Eastern United States managing capital construction portfolios with budgets exceeding $750 million. This is a leadership role at the forefront of the owner-operator data center market where your decisions directly shape Apples infrastructure for generations to come.n

As the Data Center East Region Construction Manager you will provide strategic leadership and day-to-day management oversight for a team of Construction Project Managers executing ground-up expansion and retrofit projects across Apples East Region AODC campuses. You will be accountable for the full lifecycle of large-scale construction programs from initial planning and design through commissioning and closeout while ensuring projects are delivered on schedule within budget and to Apples quality position requires expertise in the owner-operator data center market including an understanding of hyperscale infrastructure delivery owner-controlled procurement models and long-term campus master planning. You will serve as the primary construction leadership interface for East Region executive stakeholders and cross-functional partners.n

Lead and develop a team of Construction Project Managers supporting AODC campuses across the Eastern US providing ongoing mentorship performance feedback workload balancing and career development the regional construction portfolio managing concurrent programs with total capital budgets exceeding $750M ensuring rigorous financial discipline forecast accuracy and executive-level program delivery across new ground-up data center campus construction building expansions critical infrastructure upgrades and modifications within live production as Apples senior owner representative at all project meetings with General Contractors Design Consultants specialty subcontractors and utility providers setting expectations and holding partners accountable to Apples cross-functionally with Real Estate Legal Design u0026 Engineering Environment Health u0026 Safety (EHu0026S) Energy Network Infrastructure and Data Center Operations u0026 Engineering teams to align construction delivery with business procurement strategy for major construction contracts including competitive bidding contractor prequalification contract negotiation and ongoing commercial and approve all major proposals change order requests and claims from General Contractors Consultants Suppliers and Subcontractors; direct your PM team in preparing and presenting comparative cost and maintain master program schedules identifying critical path risks and driving mitigation strategies in collaboration with project teams and commissioning programs ensuring appropriate commissioning agent oversight review of sequence of operations test script development and integrated systems testing across all safety and sustainability across all East Region construction activities upholding Apples EHu0026S standards and supporting Apples environmental goals on every improve construction delivery methodologies tools and workflows fostering a culture of innovation efficiency and accountability within the PM team.n

Construction Management Engineering or Architecture degree (B.S. or equivalent).n15 years of progressive experience in data center or large-scale mission-critical construction including a minimum of 5 years in a people management role directly overseeing construction project managers or a comparable construction leadership managing construction programs with total capital budgets of $500M or in the owner-operator data center market including hyperscale and enterprise AODC delivery models owner-controlled insurance programs (OCIP) and owner-direct procurement across data center construction disciplines including critical mechanical systems (cooling computer room air conditioning/air handling CRAC/CRAH chilled water) electrical systems (medium-voltage switchgear uninterruptible power supply UPS generators data center infrastructure management DCIM) process piping plumbing civil/site work and structural leading construction in live operating data center environments coordinating work within energized facilities without impacting production leading the full contract lifecycle from request for proposal (RFP) and bidding through negotiation execution change order management and final closeout for large general contractor and major subcontractor presenting construction program updates financial forecasts and executive-level risk summaries to senior and executive leadership

Advanced degree or professional licensure such as Professional Engineer (PE) Certified Construction Manager (CCM) or Project Management Professional (PMP).nExperience managing construction portfolios with total capital budgets exceeding $ as an owners representative for hyperscale co-location or enterprise data center campus development programs with knowledge of owners project delivery with utility infrastructure coordination including high-voltage transmission interconnects substation construction and municipal utility negotiations supporting large-scale data center of data center commissioning frameworks (e.g. ASHRAE 90.4 Uptime Institute Tier standards TIA-942) and experience leading commissioning programs on Tier III/IV equivalent managing and developing geographically distributed teams of construction professionals including hiring onboarding and performance to build consensus and influence outcomes across cross-functional teams and stakeholders without direct building diverse inclusive teams and fostering a culture of collaboration and psychological safety.