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Job DescriptionJob Title: Project Executive - Data Center/Mission Critical Location: Little Rock, AR - Traveling Job Summary: We are seeking a results-driven Project Executive with deep expertise in data center construction to lead large-scale, mission-critical projects from concept to closeout. As a General Contractor, you will oversee all phases of construction, ensuring alignment with financial, technical, and quality goals. This role demands strategic leadership, operational excellence, and a strong command of MEP systems and commissioning protocols unique to data center environments. Key Responsibilities: • Lead the full lifecycle of data center construction projects — from preconstruction through commissioning and turnover, • Serve as the primary client interface, ensuring clear communication, satisfaction, and alignment of expectations, • Review and approve contracts, scopes of work, budgets, and schedules; proactively identify and mitigate risks, • Drive cost control and forecasting practices to maintain financial health and meet margin targets, • Oversee quality assurance programs to ensure compliance with client specs and industry standards, • Manage project risk and change control processes to address scope, schedule, and cost impacts, • Enforce safety protocols across all job sites in compliance with OSHA and company standards, • Optimize workforce planning, including subcontractor coordination and self-perform labor deployment, • Lead vendor management including prequalification, procurement, performance tracking, and compliance, • Apply deep knowledge of data center infrastructure — including power, cooling, redundancy, and commissioning standards — to guide project decisions, • Implement best-in-class project management tools and methodologies (Lean, BIM, Procore, etc.) to ensure consistency and efficiencyRequired Qualifications:, • Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or related field (advanced degree preferred), • 10+ years of construction management experience, with 5+ years in data center or mission-critical environments, • Proven success managing multi-million-dollar projects with complex MEP and commissioning requirements, • Strong understanding of prefabrication, modular assembly, and integrated systems testing (IST), • Exceptional leadership, negotiation, and communication skills, • Proficiency in project management software (Procore, Primavera P6, MS Project, or similar), • PMP, CCM, or similar certification is a plusCore Competencies:, • Cost Accounting, • Industry Knowledge – Data Center Design & Construction, • Contract Review and Recommendations, • Project Risk and Change Management, • Quality Management and Assurance, • Workforce Planning, • Occupational Health and Safety, • Processes, Methodologies and Tools, • Vendor Management Yates Construction provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal and state law requirements. Yates complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location where the company has facilities. About Yates Construction Ranked among the top commercial and industrial construction companies in the country by Engineering News-Record, Yates Construction is family-owned and provides a wide range of construction and building services. Incorporated in 1964 by William G. Yates Jr., we have steadily grown to become one of the top commercial and industrial construction companies in the nation. We are financially sound with a significant bonding capacity as well as vast personnel and equipment resources. Our portfolio includes commercial and industrial projects from various sectors including arts and culture, civil, commercial, education, entertainment and gaming, federal, healthcare, hospitality, manufacturing, municipal, retail, and technology. We work hard to understand our client’s business needs and continually look for opportunities to provide additional value to our clients and their projects. Our client relationships are the foundation of our success, and our primary goal is to help each of our clients achieve their vision. We do this by carefully managing the details and complexities of each project and communicating constantly with all team members. Yates Construction provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal and state law requirements. Yates complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.

Job DescriptionSalary: Rycon Construction is an employee-owned company (ESOP) that provides construction management, general contracting, and design-build services nationwide. An ENR Top 400 Contractor, ENR Top 100 Green Contractor, and BD+C Top 150 Contractor with nine offices, Rycon specializes in new construction, renovations, and adaptive reuse projects. From large-scale developments to small, fast-track interior fit-outs, Rycon is equipped to deliver a comprehensive range of services across all project types. Rycons portfolio includes projects in healthcare, higher education, industrial/warehouse, commercial, multi-unit residential, food service/dining, retail, financial, self-storage, governmental, and LEED facilities. We have an in-house Architectural Woodwork & Specialty Fabrication Division that ships/installs nationally. We are seeking an experienced Project Manager at our Irving, TX office. What you will do: • Reading of documents and contracts., • Writing Subcontracts., • Negotiating and awarding subcontracts., • Reviewing/preparing subcontractors scope of work., • Develop and maintain schedules using Microsoft Project., • Attend meetings and prepare minutes., • Review/prepare change orders., • Develop/track submittals, RFIs and cost reports., • Maintain owner relations., • Maintain overall project budget / Cost Forecasting. What you will need to be successful: • Minimum of three (5)+ years of experience as the lead project management individual on small to large projects from $1 million - $30 million in scope value., • Commercial project experience., • Senior living experience a plus., • Excellent communication skills., • Must have the ability to direct complex projects from concept to fully operational status., • Computer Skills Required Microsoft Project and Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook)., • Ability to create material take-offs., • Ability to read and interpret blueprints., • Should be highly organized, highly motivated and a detail directed problem solver., • College degree preferred, but not required., • Ability to periodically travel to out of town project jobsites., • Must be proficient at assembling and maintaining project budgets with 5-15 subcontractors. At Rycon Construction, Inc. we believe outstanding employees build the foundation necessary for excellence in business. It is with this belief that we are always looking for the best qualified and most talented employees to become part of our team. Rycon offers advancement opportunities along with an excellent salary and benefits package that includes, medical, dental, vision, ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan) and 401(k). Qualified candidates will be required to submit to a background screening upon acceptance of an offer. Rycon Construction Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Attention: All third-party agencies, headhunters and recruiters Rycon Construction is not accepting candidate submission by unsolicited third parties to any company email address. All unsolicited candidates will be rejected, and Rycon Construction will not be responsible for any fees associated with unsolicited candidates, nor will a contractual relationship be formed by the submission. Rycon Construction will not be obligated and will not under any circumstances pay any fees to said third party candidates in an unsolicited manner. Rycon Construction only forms contracts with recruiters with whom we have an established business relationship and with whom we have a signed agreement in place. All contact with Rycon Construction from third parties must be through our Human Resources department. Outside recruiters are not to contact hiring managers directly. Any contact made outside of Rycons Human Resources department by a third party will cancel any future business relationship between the third party and Rycon Construction.

Job Description Job Title: Project Executive - Data Center/Mission Critical Various Locations: Austin, TX, Hutto, TX, San Antonio, TX, Wichita Falls, TX- Ability to Traveling Job Summary: We are seeking a results-driven Project Executive with deep expertise in data center construction to lead large-scale, mission-critical projects from concept to closeout. As a General Contractor, you will oversee all phases of construction, ensuring alignment with financial, technical, and quality goals. This role demands strategic leadership, operational excellence, and a strong command of MEP systems and commissioning protocols unique to data center environments. Key Responsibilities: • Lead the full lifecycle of data center construction projects — from preconstruction through commissioning and turnover, • Serve as the primary client interface, ensuring clear communication, satisfaction, and alignment of expectations, • Review and approve contracts, scopes of work, budgets, and schedules; proactively identify and mitigate risks, • Drive cost control and forecasting practices to maintain financial health and meet margin targets, • Oversee quality assurance programs to ensure compliance with client specs and industry standards, • Manage project risk and change control processes to address scope, schedule, and cost impacts, • Enforce safety protocols across all job sites in compliance with OSHA and company standards, • Optimize workforce planning, including subcontractor coordination and self-perform labor deployment, • Lead vendor management including prequalification, procurement, performance tracking, and compliance, • Apply deep knowledge of data center infrastructure — including power, cooling, redundancy, and commissioning standards — to guide project decisions, • Implement best-in-class project management tools and methodologies (Lean, BIM, Procore, etc.) to ensure consistency and efficiencyRequired Qualifications:, • Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or related field (advanced degree preferred), • 10+ years of construction management experience, with 5+ years in data center or mission-critical environments, • Proven success managing multi-million-dollar projects with complex MEP and commissioning requirements, • Strong understanding of prefabrication, modular assembly, and integrated systems testing (IST), • Exceptional leadership, negotiation, and communication skills, • Proficiency in project management software (Procore, Primavera P6, MS Project, or similar), • PMP, CCM, or similar certification is a plusCore Competencies:, • Cost Accounting, • Industry Knowledge – Data Center Design & Construction, • Contract Review and Recommendations, • Project Risk and Change Management, • Quality Management and Assurance, • Workforce Planning, • Occupational Health and Safety, • Processes, Methodologies and Tools, • Vendor Management Yates Construction provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal and state law requirements. Yates complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location where the company has facilities. About Yates Construction Ranked among the top commercial and industrial construction companies in the country by Engineering News-Record, Yates Construction is family-owned and provides a wide range of construction and building services. Incorporated in 1964 by William G. Yates Jr., we have steadily grown to become one of the top commercial and industrial construction companies in the nation. We are financially sound with a significant bonding capacity as well as vast personnel and equipment resources. Our portfolio includes commercial and industrial projects from various sectors including arts and culture, civil, commercial, education, entertainment and gaming, federal, healthcare, hospitality, manufacturing, municipal, retail, and technology. We work hard to understand our client’s business needs and continually look for opportunities to provide additional value to our clients and their projects. Our client relationships are the foundation of our success, and our primary goal is to help each of our clients achieve their vision. We do this by carefully managing the details and complexities of each project and communicating constantly with all team members. Yates Construction provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal and state law requirements. Yates complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.