KALCON
Field Project Manager - Data Center Construction
Buffalo, NY; FluidStack - Buffalo, NYUnited States
Manager · Field PM
POSTED 18 SEPT
54 days opentrue age
$140k–200kposted
▲ +36% vs market median $125k
$80k$200k
- Market p25–p75
- $80k–$163k
- KALCON p25–p75
- $170k–$188kn=24
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KALCON is seeking an experienced and proactive Field Project Manager to support the successful delivery of mission-critical data center construction projects. Acting as an extension of the Owner's Representative team, this role provides day-to-day field oversight and coordination of construction activities, contractor performance, project interfaces, schedule execution, quality assurance, commissioning readiness, and project turnover. The Field Manager serves as the owner's on-site representative and works closely with contractors, consultants, vendors, commissioning teams, operations personnel, and other stakeholders to support safe, efficient, and successful project delivery.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, Building Science, or a related field preferred.
- 5+ years of experience supporting commercial, industrial, mission-critical, data center, healthcare, manufacturing, or large-scale infrastructure construction projects.
- Experience serving as a Field Manager, Field Engineer, Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, Assistant Construction Manager, Owner's Representative, Project Engineer, or similar construction leadership role.
- Strong knowledge of construction means and methods, project sequencing, scheduling, procurement, quality control, safety practices, commissioning, and project closeout processes.
- Experience coordinating contractors, subcontractors, consultants, vendors, and owner stakeholders in active construction environments.
- Ability to read and interpret construction drawings, specifications, schedules, contracts, and technical project documentation.
- Experience tracking and coordinating RFIs, submittals, procurement activities, inspections, commissioning activities, turnover requirements, and project documentation.
- Familiarity with CPM schedules, look-ahead planning, milestone tracking, and construction progress reporting.
- Working knowledge of quality assurance, quality control, contractor safety programs, and punch-list management.
- Experience supporting projects in occupied facilities, live environments, phased turnovers, or operational settings preferred.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams, and construction management platforms such as Procore, Autodesk Construction Cloud, Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Unifier, or similar systems.
- Strong organizational, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to effectively interact with contractors, consultants, vendors, clients, and project stakeholders.
- Ability to work independently while managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced construction environment.
- Ability to perform regular site walks and provide field-based oversight throughout all phases of construction.
- Ability to travel as required based on project assignments.
Duties and Responsibilities
Daily Field Management
- Maintain an active field presence and observe construction activities for general conformance with contract documents, approved submittals, design intent, project requirements, and planned execution.
- Assess daily and weekly progress, validate reported completion, and identify emerging constraints before they affect cost, schedule, safety, quality, commissioning, or operations readiness.
- Perform routine field verification walks and provide photo-documented status updates regarding construction progress, quality, safety, and schedule risks across civil, structural, architectural, electrical, mechanical, low-voltage, connectivity, and white space installations.
- Coordinate base-building, tenant fit-out, retrofit, and live-facility interfaces, including site access, logistics, deliveries, work areas, temporary conditions, and phased turnover activities.
- Coordinate owner, general contractor, fit-out contractor, direct vendor, commissioning team, and third-party activities in the field.
- Conduct pre-construction readiness walks to verify work areas, materials, logistics, permits, SOPs, and required procedures are in place before work begins.