Pre-Development & Planning Manager – Data Center Construction

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🌵 Arizona, Pennsylvania – Remote

🌵 Arizona – Remote 🔔 Pennsylvania – Remote

💵 $150k - $220k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

👔 Manager

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KALCON

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2020

🏗️ Construction

🏭 Manufacturing

🤝 B2B

Construction • Manufacturing • B2B

KALCON is a Tustin, California–based construction and project management firm focused on mission-critical, high‑tech facilities. KALCON specializes in construction and development for data centers, semiconductor fabs, and advanced manufacturing sites, and advertises management of 15+ gigawatts of data center capacity and over 30 million square feet of semiconductor facility area. Its services cover the full project lifecycle—project and construction management, cost and schedule control, safety, QA/QC, commissioning management, claims analysis, and site due diligence—serving owners, developers, and contractors across the United States.

📋 Description

• Lead and coordinate all pre-development activities for mission critical data center projects • Support site selection by evaluating development feasibility, infrastructure availability, utility capacity, and schedule risks • Coordinate due diligence investigations including geotechnical, environmental, survey, utility, traffic, and infrastructure assessments • Identify development constraints, permitting risks, and schedule impacts • Develop risk registers and mitigation strategies for site acquisition and development • Lead entitlement and permitting efforts and coordinate with jurisdictions, planning departments, agencies, and regulatory authorities • Monitor approval timelines and provide updates on entitlement status, permitting risks, and approval forecasts • Serve as primary owner representative for utility planning and infrastructure coordination • Coordinate with electric, water, wastewater, telecom, and natural gas providers • Validate utility capacity, infrastructure requirements, and off-site improvement scopes • Manage planning, engineering, environmental, and development consultants • Facilitate coordination among internal stakeholders, design teams, utility providers, landowners, and governmental agencies • Monitor consultant performance, deliverable quality, and project compliance • Develop and maintain pre-development schedules, milestone tracking, and readiness assessments • Monitor critical path activities and recommend schedule mitigation strategies • Support development budgeting, forecast reporting, and executive-level decision-making • Ensure completion of pre-development deliverables for design, procurement, and construction mobilization • Coordinate transition from development planning to design and construction execution teams • Track readiness milestones including land acquisition, permits, utility agreements, environmental clearances, and infrastructure commitments • Provide project status reports, risk assessments, and strategic recommendations to executive leadership

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, Real Estate Development, Urban Planning, or related field • Minimum 8 years of experience managing large-scale commercial, industrial, mission critical, infrastructure, or data center projects • Experience overseeing pre-development, entitlement, permitting, utility coordination, and site due diligence activities • Strong understanding of data center development processes, site selection criteria, and utility infrastructure requirements • Experience coordinating multidisciplinary consultant teams including civil, environmental, geotechnical, architectural, and engineering disciplines • Knowledge of permitting processes, zoning requirements, environmental regulations, and jurisdictional approvals • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple stakeholders, agencies, utility providers, and development partners • Strong project management, risk management, and executive communication skills • Ability to evaluate project schedules, budgets, development constraints, and delivery risks • Proficiency with project management software and Microsoft Office applications • Resume must include all educational achievements, professional licenses or certificates, awards received, and detailed employment history with firm or agency contact information, dates, and positions held

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical insurance • Dental Insurance • Vision Insurance • Life Insurance • Accident Insurance • Long Term Disability • 401(k) retirement plan with 4% KALCON match when an employee contributes at least 5% • 15 days of paid time off • 8 paid National Holidays • Reimbursement for professional licenses and certifications

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