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Role purpose The Construction Manager (CM) is the Customer's senior on-site construction representative, providing independent oversight of construction delivery, milestone readiness and the integration of Developer/GC works with Customer fit-out, MEP systems, commissioning and technology deployment. The CM maintains an integrated view of physical progress, constraints, quality, safety, energisation, commissioning and turnover readiness, with particular focus on achieving contractual/customer milestones.

The CM coordinates and escalates issues across the Customer, Developer, GC, MEP contractors, commissioning teams and Customer delivery teams but does not assume the Developer/GC's contractual responsibility for design, construction methodology, supervision, quality or commissioning execution.

Construction and milestone readiness

Monitor the customer master schedule and readiness for customer milestones such as Early Floor Access (EFA), Floor Access (FA) and Ready for Service (RFS)

Maintain a rolling 6-12 week look-ahead,



identifying constraints and dependencies on critical or near critical path

Coordination and escalation of remedial actions with the responsible delivery parties

Manage milestone entry/exit criteria and evidence requirements for milestone acceptance

Validate reported construction and commissioning progress through regular site inspections

Interface management, commissioning and completions

Act of the Customer’s primary on-site point of contact with the developer, GC and construction teams

Support and coordinate interfaces between customer, developer, GC, MEP and commissioning teams

Coordinate task sequencing where customer fit-out overlaps with final construction and commissioning

Coordinate construction completion with commissioning sequence and system turnover requirements.

Monitor construction readiness for energisation and commissioning activities

Monitor ITP completion, NCRs, defects and punch-list closure affecting milestone readiness

Verify test records, certifications, as-built information and completions documentation

Coordinate interfaces between construction, commissioning, customer fit-out and technology deployment

Support progressive turnover from construction areas to controlled/commissioning/operational environments

Risk and issues management

Maintain the site CRAID log (change,



risk, action, issue and decisions)

Ensuring every item has a clear owner, due date and path to closure

Distinguish between customer-owned, Developer-owned and GC-owned actions

Daily and weekly reviews of critical and overdue items

Customer reporting

Provide transparent site status and milestone-readiness reporting to Customer leadership

Represent the Customer’s interests in site meetings and progress reviews

Maintain independent visibility of QA/QC and commissioning information

Background and experience

8 years+ major construction management experience

Construction management, engineering or equivalent relevant qualification

Leadership experience representing customer/owner in major construction context

Experience delivering hyperscale or large-scale data centre facilities

Knowledge of Australian WHS legislation and construction-site safety management, including high-risk construction work, SWMS, electrical safety, permit-to-work, isolation/LOTO and energisation

White Card required; Cert IV WHS or equivalent desirable

At Accenture, we are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. We believe that our people are our greatest asset and that diversity of thought, background and experience drives innovation and better outcomes for our clients and communities.

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, culturally and linguistically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ individuals and people of all ages.

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📌 Data Centre Program Construction Manager (Port Phillip City)
🏢 Accenture Australia
📍 Port Phillip City