Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cologix is a North America network-neutral interconnection and hyperscale edge data center company. The Senior Director of Field Operations oversees construction operations in the US and Canada, leading field teams and ensuring environmental health and safety, quality control, scheduling, and successful project execution.
Responsibilities
- Leads EHS program requirements and works with field leadership to prevent incidents, identify and correct hazards, and maintain regulatory and company compliance
- Develop, implement, and enforce the project/site safety plan and safety procedures
- Perform routine site inspections, safety observations, and audits to identify hazards and unsafe conditions
- Verify compliance with OSHA requirements, company standards, and applicable safety regulations
- Work with project management, field supervision, contractors, and craft personnel to correct safety issues
- Deliver or coordinate safety training, including safe work practices and emergency procedures
- Investigate accidents/incidents, determine causes, and recommend corrective/preventive actions
- Maintain required safety records, including inspections, incidents, corrective actions, OSHA records, and training documentation
- Coordinate emergency procedures and interaction with government inspectors or other outside authorities
- Promote an overall culture in which field teams consistently follow the project's safety requirements
- Leads the project's quality-control process and verifies through inspections, testing, and documentation that materials and installed work meet the contract requirements before turnover
- Develop, implement, and maintain expectations for Quality Control Plan requirements
- Verify that inspections for installed work in compliance with drawings, specifications, codes, approved submittals, and quality requirements are met
- Verify that preparatory, initial, and follow-up inspections for definable features of work are performed
- Establish and verify processes are executed to ensure delivered materials conform to approved submittals and are properly handled, stored, installed, and accepted
- Establish and verify processes to identify and document deficiencies/non-conformances, track corrective actions, and verify resolution are executed
- Coordinate required inspections and testing with third-party inspectors, testing laboratories, contractors, and authorities
- Establish and verify processes to maintain inspection records, daily QC reports, QC logs, as-builts, and other required quality documentation are executed
- Coordinate and supports document system testing and commissioning activities
- Support project closeout, including O&M manuals, as-builts, warranties, and other turnover documentation
- Leads day-to-day field execution of construction and fitout activities, coordinating partners, sequence, schedule, constructability, inspections, and turnover to safely deliver the required systems and spaces
- Lead and supervise day-to-day field construction activities
- Coordinate and sequence subcontractors and trades, including architectural, MEP, and IT fitout scopes
- Drive execution of the project schedule and maintain short-term/look-ahead schedules with project management
- Coordinate handoffs and resolve field conflicts that could affect progress
- Enforce the project safety plan in the field and ensure work complies with site-specific requirements
- Ensure work is installed in accordance with drawings, specifications, approved methods, and quality requirements
- Support daily coordination meetings, toolbox talks, and site walk-downs
- Monitor field progress, productivity, and manpower
- Support and verify coordination of inspections with AHJs, third-party inspectors, and commissioning teams
- Support commissioning, integrated systems testing (IST), and phased turnover
- Verify field documentation such as daily reports, RFIs, and punch lists
- Manage field issues and escalate risks affecting safety, quality, or schedule
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or a related field, or equivalent experience
- 15+ years of experience in construction project management, with ideally 5 years in the mission-critical or data center industry
- Proven leadership in managing complex, large-scale construction projects, with a focus on data centers or similar facilities
- Exceptional organizational and time-management skills, with the ability to oversee multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
- Superior interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills to engage with clients, contractors, vendors, and cross-functional teams
- Strong leadership and people management skills, with experience mentoring and developing project teams
- Proficiency in project management and scheduling software, Microsoft Office Suite, cloud-based commissioning platforms, and financial management tools
- Deep understanding of building codes, zoning regulations, and construction practices
- Must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States
- Valid driver's license
Benefits
- Remote work arrangement
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