Sr. Construction Manager

Position Title: Senior Construction Manager

Location: HYBRID - Chicago

Your role

As a Senior Construction Manager you will oversee all phases of data center construction projectsfrom greenfield development through commissioning and lifecycle replacements. You will lead contractors consultants and equipment vendors to ensure projects are delivered on time on budget and in alignment with DLR Design Standards. Reporting to the Director of Delivery you will manage challenging schedules aggressive deliverables and complex stakeholder coordination across regional and occasionally outofregion assignments.

What youll do

• Partner closely with internal stakeholders including design managers procurement sales and building operations.
• Serve as the primary customer contact for BuildtoSuit projects to ensure daytoday responsibilities are met by design teams contractors and vendors.
• Ensure execution of standard projects in accordance with DLR internal design engineering standards.
• Manage multiple concurrent construction projects with competing priorities.
• Conduct project site visits for meetings audits and issue resolution.
• Support preparation and evaluation of RFPs for contractors consultants and equipment vendors.
• Negotiate and develop contracts with contractors consultants and vendors.
• Create and maintain project schedules and communicate updates to all stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with DLR Project Delivery / Management Standards across all participants.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with contractor consultant and vendor partners.

What youll need

• Bachelors degree (BA/BS) or equivalent education.
• 710 years of project management experience with technically complex projects (or strong motivation to grow with less experience).
• Strong project management organizational verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated success delivering projects and working effectively in a team environment.
• Ability to work independently with minimal oversight; highly selfmotivated.
• Working knowledge of construction terminology design principles and contract structures.
• Financial acumen to interpret and develop budgets estimates and cost analyses.
• Comprehensive understanding of electrical mechanical security/monitoring and fire/lifesafety systems.
• Familiarity with building code requirements and standard design/construction practices.
• Ability to interpret design drawings construction specifications contracts schedules and budget summaries; proficiency with MS Office and AutoCAD (preferred).

A bit about us

Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL the companys global data center platform provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300 facilities in 50 metros across 25 countries on six continents.

To learn more about Digital Realty please visit or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

A bit about our team

Our Operations team keeps our customers infrastructure running safely and securely. We get plenty of opportunities to take on a variety of tasks and develop our technical skills. From overseeing electrical power to cooling and fire suppression systems our team plays a vital role in making sure everything in our data centers operates as it should.

What we can offer you

Our rapidly evolving business sector offers the opportunity to be part of a courageous and passionate team who work together to understand and meet the changing needs of our global customers.

Join us and youll be part of a supportive and inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. As part of our team youll get to work with people from different business areas challenge the way we do things and put your ideas into action. Well also give you plenty of development opportunities so you can build a rewarding and successful career with us.

Apply today take charge of your career and grow your talents with us.

Health and Safety

Safety isnt just a priority here at Digital; its critical to everything we do. Safeguarding lives protecting assets and securing data arent just ideals - theyre essential pillars of our commitment to excellence for our people our partners and our customers. We have a culture of care where every member of Team Digital embraces a relentless pursuit of working safely across Digital Realty. Together we are Safely Powering Progress.

Our Compensation Philosophy

Digital Realty offers its employees a highly competitive compensation package excellent benefits and an environment that recognizes and rewards your contributions. Central to our compensation philosophy is rewarding our employees for achieving the values and objectives aligned to the companys overall goals and values.

Our published pay ranges reflect the minimum and maximum target for new hire pay for the full-time position determined by role level and geographical location. Individual pay is based on additional factors including but not limited to job-related skills experience and relevant education and/or training. Moreover an employees total compensation package varies by role and may include salary cash bonus or commissions and equity awards not quantified below.

Compensation range $150000 $175000. This compensation range represents the Companys good faith belief as to what it will pay as abase salaryfor this position at the time of this posting.

Benefits: For this role Benefits include medical dental vision life and AD&D insurance 401k match disability benefits wellness and education benefits employee stock purchase plan paid time off holidays and more.