Technical Project Executive
Job Ref: # 4577759
Date Posted: 3/18/2026 12:00:00 AM
City, State: Remote, VA
Description
Go to end ⇓This role is responsible for driving mission-critical construction programs from:
- Design development through issued-for-construction
- Procurement coordination and long-lead tracking
- Construction execution and contractor alignment
- Commissioning readiness and turnover
- Closeout documentation and operational handoff
The ideal candidate is someone who can operate at both the project level and the field level – building strong relationships with owners, consultants, and contractors while maintaining control of schedule, scope, cost, and risk.
Key Responsibilities
Project Leadership & Delivery Management
- Serve as the primary delivery lead across assigned projects, supporting owners and internal teams through design and construction.
- Manage multi-phase project schedules and track milestone delivery across multiple contractors and consultants.
- Drive accountability across the project team to ensure commitments are met.
- Coordinate cross-discipline alignment across MEP, CSA, controls, security, and commissioning.
Design Phase Oversight
- Manage design progression and deliverables from concept through IFC.
- Coordinate design reviews, constructability discussions, and technical decision tracking.
- Lead agenda-driven coordination meetings with internal and external stakeholders.
- Ensure design packages reflect owner standards, operational intent, and execution realities.
Construction Execution & Field Coordination
- Lead construction-phase coordination including:
- Submittal and RFI tracking
- Change management support
- Contractor and vendor coordination
- Schedule risk identification and mitigation
- Support field issue resolution with urgency and clarity.
- Maintain project documentation and ensure clean communication between stakeholders.
- Assist with procurement planning and long-lead equipment release tracking.
Commissioning, Turnover & Closeout
- Drive commissioning readiness across disciplines by tracking:
- Equipment status
- Documentation readiness
- Testing schedules
- Open issues and deficiency resolution
- Coordinate closeout activities including:
- As-built documentation
- O&M manuals
- Training requirements
- Turnover packages
- Ensure projects are closed cleanly with minimal punchlist drag and full documentation compliance.
Reporting & Stakeholder Communication
- Provide executive-level reporting on:
- Schedule progress
- Risks and blockers
- Change impacts
- Closeout readiness
- Maintain strong owner-facing communication and professional documentation.
- Support internal leadership with accurate forecasting and status reporting.
Must-Have Skills, Experience, and Education:
- 8+ years of experience delivering complex construction or infrastructure projects.
- Demonstrated success managing projects from design through construction closeout.
- Strong understanding of construction workflows including:
- Design milestones
- Procurement
- Submittals/RFIs
- Change management
- Commissioning and turnover
- Experience supporting mission-critical or high-reliability environments such as:
- Data centers
- Secure government facilities
- Healthcare, labs, or industrial infrastructure
- Ability to manage multiple stakeholders, timelines, and competing priorities.
- Strong written communication and documentation discipline.
Nice-to-Have Skills, Experience, and Education:
- Experience in mission-critical construction (data centers, hyperscale, colocation).
- Working knowledge of MEP systems and commissioning processes.
- Familiarity with redundancy concepts (N+1, 2N) and critical power infrastructure.
- Procore experience (or equivalent construction management platforms).
- Bluebeam proficiency.
- OSHA 30 certification.
- PMP, PMI-ACP, or similar program management certification (a plus).
Core Competencies
- Design-to-closeout program delivery
- Multi-stakeholder coordination
- Construction documentation management
- Risk identification and mitigation
- Schedule and milestone tracking
- Field-driven issue resolution
- Commissioning and turnover leadership
- Clear communication and accountability































