Vice President, MEP Deployments and Project Delivery

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• Own portfolio delivery for multiple sites/projects with accountability for scope, schedule, budget, and outcomes.
• Lead preconstruction planning (constructability, sequencing, phasing, long-lead procurement, critical path management).
• Establish and enforce delivery standards for design readiness, change control, risk management, and reporting.
• Drive predictable execution across GC/CM, trades, OEMs, and commissioning agents through tight governance and field presence.
• Ensure smooth turnover to operations with complete documentation, training, spares, and warranty plans.

• Oversee electrical (MV/LV distribution, switchgear, UPS, generators, busway), mechanical (chillers/CRAC/CRAH, cooling distribution), and plumbing/fire systems delivery.
• Ensure MEP systems meet performance targets: capacity, redundancy, efficiency, maintainability, and reliability.
• Lead integrated testing and commissioning strategy (L0–L5 or equivalent), including witness testing and acceptance criteria.
• Partner with engineering to resolve field issues, RFI/submittals, and late-stage design gaps without jeopardizing safety or uptime.

• Own the build-to-deploy interface: rack delivery, staging, secure storage, install sequencing, and readiness gates.
• Coordinate power/cooling/network prerequisites and site acceptance for GPU hardware deployment at scale.
• Align deployment waves with capacity releases, commissioning milestones, and customer/business demand.
• Define repeatable “pod” or “module” deployment playbooks for rapid replication across sites.

• Design and enforce site logistics plans that optimize traffic flow for deliveries, cranes, forklifts, personnel access, and material laydown.
• Implement badging/access controls, delivery scheduling, routing, and staging to reduce congestion and improve safety.
• Drive labor productivity via pull planning, zone management, kitting, and just-in-time delivery.
• Establish constraints management and daily/weekly cadence (lookahead planning, Takt, Last Planner, or similar).

• Build and lead a high-performing team of project directors/managers, construction managers, and site deployment leaders.
• Create operating rhythm: KPI dashboards, executive reviews, site walks, risk registers, and decision logs.
• Manage vendor/OEM performance, contract compliance, and commercial outcomes (claims avoidance/management).
• Communicate clearly with executive leadership, operations, security, IT/network, supply chain, and EHS.

• Own quality management systems: inspections, ITPs, punch management, NCR/CAPA, and as-built accuracy.
• Ensure security and chain-of-custody practices for high-value GPU equipment and sensitive site areas.

• On-time, on-budget delivery against baseline schedule and approved scope.
• Commissioning pass rate and reduced rework/punch closure cycle time.
• GPU deployment throughput (racks/week) and time-to-ready from mechanical completion to compute availability.
• Safety performance (TRIR, near-miss reporting, audit outcomes).
• Site logistics efficiency (delivery dwell time, congestion events, crane utilization, material handling cycle time).
• Vendor performance (schedule adherence, quality defects, change order discipline).

• 12+ years in mission-critical construction and/or infrastructure delivery, including leadership of MEP-heavy projects.
• Proven experience delivering data centers, HPC facilities, or similarly complex industrial/critical environments.
• Demonstrated success leading multi-site portfolios and scaling standardized deployment playbooks.
• Deep understanding of commissioning processes, readiness gates, and integrated testing.
• Strong command of construction controls: scheduling (Primavera P6/MS Project), cost forecasting, risk management, and change control.
• Excellent stakeholder and vendor management skills; ability to drive alignment across engineering, operations, and external partners.

• Experience specifically with GPU/HPC cluster deployments (rack integration, high-density power/cooling constraints, phased cutovers).
• Familiarity with Lean construction methods (Last Planner, pull planning, Takt planning).
• Background in logistics/industrial engineering concepts applied to site flow and productivity.

• Bias for action with disciplined execution and transparent reporting.
• Systems thinker who can standardize without losing site-level practicality.
• Strong field leadership: comfortable on site, resolving issues quickly and safely.
• High bar for quality and operational readiness; relentless about closing gaps.

• Reports to: US Deputy President DCs
• Location: Multi-site; significant travel expected to active project locations