Construction Manager CSA - Data Center
📍 Opfikon / Zurich region
Role and responsibilities
Lead and coordinate the execution of all Civil, Structural and Architectural (CSA) works on a large-scale Data Center project, ensuring delivery in line with safety, quality, budget and schedule requirements. Manage subcontractors, supervisors and site teams while driving short-term planning through 2-, 4- and 8-week look-ahead schedules and daily coordination activities. Oversee critical interfaces between CSA and MEP disciplines, ensuring work areas, rooms and systems are handed over to commissioning and installation teams on time. Monitor construction progress, productivity and resources, proactively identifying risks, constraints and recovery actions to maintain project milestones. Ensure full compliance with project specifications, Swiss regulations, SIA standards, fire protection requirements, HSE regulations and quality management processes.
Team / description
As a leading Swiss construction and property services provider, Implenia develops, builds and manages living spaces, working environments and infrastructure for future generations in Switzerland and Germany. Implenia also undertakes tunnelling and related infrastructure projects in other markets. The company brings together the expertise of highly qualified consultancy, development, planning and construction units under one roof to form an integrated, leading multinational construction and property services provider. Headquartered in Opfikon near Zurich, Implenia employs over 8,000 staff (FTEs) across Europe and achieved a turnover of CHF 3.5 billion in 2025.
Qualifications and Skills
8-10+ years of construction experience with significant site management responsibility, including the successful delivery of major CSA packages from construction through commissioning and handover
Proven experience on hyperscale Data Center, mission-critical, industrial or other highly complex construction projects, with a strong understanding of CSA and MEP interfaces
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple subcontractors simultaneously, driving short-term planning, look-ahead schedules, sequencing, productivity and constraint management
Strong technical understanding of construction drawings, BIM models, specifications and project schedules, combined with hands-on experience in quality inspections, snagging and structured handovers
Degree or equivalent qualification in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture or a related discipline; experience with Swiss construction standards (SIA/VKF), Tier-1 contractors and Primavera P6 is an advantage