ABOUT Company

Company is a Louisiana-based, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) with more than 30 years of experience delivering structured cabling, fiber optic, wireless, security, and low-voltage infrastructure for industrial and commercial clients across the Gulf South.

POSITION SUMMARY

Company is entering the data center construction market at a time of unprecedented investment in the Gulf Coast region, with multiple hyperscale and AI campus projects under construction or announced statewide. Because prime and major trade contracts on these projects are largely awarded, company's entry strategy is partner-led rather than bid-led. The Data Center Division Manager will build those partner relationships, convert them into working agreements, and personally deliver the first projects. This is a player-coach role. You will be the company's resident expert on hyperscale ICT construction and the person who turns company's proven industrial safety culture, skilled workforce, and SDVOSB status into a durable position in the fastest-growing construction market in the state.

Relocation assistance is available for the right candidate.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Partner & Market Development (approx. 40%)

• Build and own relationships with the national electrical and ICT contractors holding awarded scope on Louisiana data center projects, positioning V.I. as a second-tier capacity partner for crews, overflow, and schedule recovery.

• Identify unnamed incumbent ICT subcontractors through site-level intelligence, job postings, industry networks, and direct site presence - the awards that matter most to company are rarely announced publicly.

• Complete and maintain vendor registrations, prequalification's, and service-partner pre-approvals with general contractors, developers, and national primes.

• Position V.I.'s SDVOSB certification, Louisiana domicile, and zero-incident safety record within general contractor local-content commitments, supplier diversity goals, and federal subcontracting plan requirements.

• Pursue construction-phase and adjacent scopes awarded informally rather than competitively bid: temporary site networks and WIFI, jobsite security and surveillance, gate access control, trailer complex cabling, and substation and transmission communications work in the utility buildout.

• Represent V.I. at regional economic development sessions, trade partner outreach events, and industry associations serving these projects.

Commercial Structuring & Pricing (approx. 15%)

• Develop and maintain fully-burdened labor rate structures, unit rates, and crew-based pricing for second-tier and time-and-material work, protecting margin when VIC performs under another contractor's supervision and schedule.

• Review subcontract terms before execution and escalate commercial risk to the CEO - including flow-down provisions, indemnity language, limitation of liability, insurance requirements, back-charge exposure, and pay-when-paid or pay-if-paid payment terms.

• Price data center scopes when competitive opportunities do arise, accounting for mission-critical cost drivers: labor density, QA/QC and test documentation, labeling standards, schedule compression, and remote-site logistics.

Capability Building & Workforce (approx. 15%)

• Develop company's data center delivery playbook: installation standards, test and certification documentation regimes, labeling and administration standards (TIA-606), and QA/QC procedures aligned to TIA-942 and hyperscale owner requirements.

• Guide the company's certification roadmap, including BICSI installer credentialing for field technicians and manufacturer data center certification tracks.

• Train and mentor existing foremen and technicians in high-density fiber installation (MPO/MTP trunk systems, mass fusion splicing), data hall workflows, and hyperscale site protocols.

• Partner with leadership on crew retention: data center projects place V.I. technicians alongside national contractors actively recruiting skilled labor at competitive wages. Deliberate crew assignment, career development, and early identification of retention risk are explicit responsibilities of this role.

Project Delivery (approx. 30%)

• Serve as project manager for the company's initial data center engagements, including work performed under a higher-tier contractor: manpower loading, schedule compliance, daily reporting, submittals, RFIs, change management, and closeout documentation.

• Coordinate with the Director of Field Operations on crew assignments, site supervision, badging and site access com