Data Center MEP Superintendent

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Pkaza

Data Center MEP Superintendent

El Paso, TX
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Data Center MEP Superintendent – El Paso, TX 
    This opportunity is working directly with a leading mission-critical data center colo developer / provider. This company provides turnkey data center solutions for High Performance Computing (HPC) to custom-fit to the requirements of their client's ever-changing mission-critical facility’s operational needs. They accomplish this by providing reliability of mission-critical facilities for many of the world's largest organizations (Hyperscale and Enterprise Customers). This opportunity provides a career-growth minded role with exciting projects with leading-edge technology and innovation as well as competitive salaries and benefits.

    The MEP Superintendent will be responsible for field activities associated with the project, including supervision of all field construction work by electrical, mechanical, and controls subcontractors / trades and self-performed work. Keep in constant contact with Subcontractors to ensure timely work to keep project on time / within budget. Ensures equipment purchased is in onsite at the project when needed. Shares responsibility with the construction project manager for developing and keeping to the project budget, actively participating in the preconstruction phase, and ensuring that the project is built on time, within budget, and according to company policies and procedures. Manages and mentors assistant Supers and Coordinators and other field personnel. Maintains a relentless focus on meeting and exceeding customer needs and expectations through the life of the project, with particular focus on colocation client requirements, turnover packages, SLAs, phased handoffs, and maintaining uptime / operational continuity during construction activities.

    Responsibilities:

    • Maintain liaison with primary client, A/E firm, Owner's Rep firm, Construction Project Manager, subcontractors and any other vendors needed to facilitate construction activities at the data center job site, including colocation operations teams, facility engineering, and multi-tenant stakeholder groups when applicable
    • Establishes and manages the critical work environment project objectives, performance standards, planning and Methods of Procedure and be within boundaries of corporate policies to ensure minimization of human error factors which could cause down time during work processes, including strict adherence to MOPs/SOPs, LOTO, critical switching, and change management typically required in colocation environments
    • Provides leadership of all field related MEP mission critical work activities and coordinates with Construction Project Manager and Subcontractors for proper execution, including phased construction sequencing, cutovers, temporary services, and live-site work planning
    • Keeps all relative parties informed of project’s progress throughout the life of the project, including weekly coordination with colocation stakeholders on outages, risk items, commissioning readiness, and turnover milestones
    • Detailed understanding of all MEP systems to include size up, costs, scheduling timeline, quality control focus points, system start-up, commissioning, troubleshooting, etc., including UPS systems, generators, paralleling switchgear, ATS/STS, CRAH/CRAC, chilled water / DX systems, hydronic distribution, BMS/EPMS, and critical power distribution pathways
    • Manage vendors to ensure that the equipment gets properly installed and commissioned. Electrical Systems, Mechanical Systems, and Control Systems installation, integration, and get them energized, including phased energizations for suites/halls, tenant-ready turnover, and integrated systems testing (IST) coordination
    • Ensures that project site and company assets are secure and maintains a safe and respectful working environment at all times by implementing programs for safety / OSHA, Equal Employment Opportunity / EEO, risk management, training, and quality control, with emphasis on live data center safety protocols and colocation operational controls
    • Confirms that extra charges from subcontractors/suppliers are reasonable and work is correctly executed. Coordinates with project manager for approval on extra charges, including scope clarifications tied to colocation tenant requirements and landlord/tenant demarcation
    • Facilitates weekly project progress and safety meetings with all subcontractor representatives and coordinates the upcoming week’s work to be accomplished. Attends all progress meetings with the owner’s rep / data center construction Project manager, including commissioning/operations readiness meetings and turnover planning sessions
    • Ensures that the project closeout process is finalized, demobilize all resources, and transition the project to the client, including colocation turnover documentation, training, O&M manuals, as-builts, test reports, commissioning records, and phased client acceptance

    Qualifications:

    • 5+ years of data center / critical facilities MEP construction experience. (project size, scope, and complexity the years of experience will also be a large factor), including colocation builds, fit-outs, expansions, or brownfield conversions
    • Experience working for a General Contractor or Trade, with preference for GC-led delivery models coordinating multiple MEP trades and vendor packages in mission critical environments
    • Detailed understanding of Mechanical and Electrical systems to include integrated testing, MOPs/ SOPs of installation, functionality and troubleshooting; etc., including live-site work planning and outage avoidance / mitigation typical to colocation facilities
    • Experience in directing and/or supporting the commissioning effort, including Cx agent coordination, IST planning/execution, functional testing, and readiness gates for phased turnovers
    • Willingness to relo - must be onsite M-F for duration of the project
    • Demonstrates solid presentation, verbal, written and communication skills
    • Demonstrates proficiency using a personal computer and company communication tools, such as email, internet, and Microsoft products (e.g., Word, Excel, Office, Outlook, PowerPoint, MS Project, Timberline, etc.)
    • Previous administrative experience managing change orders, billing, creating reports, etc.
    • Previous experience in the Military / Military Veterans a huge plus! Experience with Electrical / Mechanical: Navy nukes - EMN, ETN, MMNs, Seabees, Army - Power Generation, Air Force – Power Production, Generator Techs, Maritime, Coast Guard, Army National Guard, etc.
    Submittal Instructions:

    Please apply directly by clicking the link below, alternatively you can forward your resume directly to: rh68cnzqo55nze84qqpo4hm7ya@crelate.net

    After applying, if you have further questions, you may call 973-895-5200 and ask for Iggy. You can also submit via our career portal and take a look at other Critical Facility openings we are working on at, https://www.pkaza.com/jobs/

    If this job is not for you, feel free to forward this along. WE PAY FOR REFERRALS!!

    Company offers competitive salaries and benefits package including medical insurance, a 401(k) plan
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    Pkaza LLC is a third-party employment firm. All fees assessed by Pkaza LLC will be paid by our employer that we represent and not by the candidate