Data Center Project Manager

About the role

Are you a strategic builder who thrives in fast-paced, high-stakes environments? We’re looking for an experienced Project Manager to lead large-scale hyperscale data center construction projects—ensuring safety, precision, and performance from planning through completion. In this role, you’ll be the on-site leader driving execution, communication, and collaboration across teams. You’ll align project scope, schedules, and resources while maintaining the highest standards of quality and compliance.

What You’ll Do

• Lead with Clarity. Build with Purpose. Own the Project: Serve as the primary site contact for customers, general contractors, and partners, ensuring alignment on goals, progress, and expectations.
• Drive Execution: Oversee daily construction activities for hyperscale data center projects—tracking progress, identifying obstacles, and keeping milestones on schedule.
• Cookieresources: Manage staffing, materials, and logistics to meet installation and project requirements while minimizing downtime and delays.
• Collaborate Across Teams: Lead daily and weekly coordination meetings with field staff, clients, and leadership to drive clarity, address issues, and ensure accountability.
• Maintain Quality & Compliance: Ensure adherence to project drawings, Division 27/28 specifications, and QA/QC standards. Oversee submittals, RFIs, and documentation.
• Lead by Example: Partner with field leadership to mentor Foremen, Field Engineers, and technicians—building capability and advancing career development.
• Monitor & Report: Oversee change orders, documentation, and project close-out deliverables while maintaining accurate progress tracking and margin visibility.
• Champion Safety: Partner with safety teams to enforce protocols, conduct toolbox talks, and support a zero-incident culture on every site.
• Communicate Proactively: Keep leadership and clients informed through timely reporting, issue escalation, and forward-looking planning.
• Deliver with Precision: Manage inspections, punch list resolution, and MVP turnover with a focus on operational excellence and customer satisfaction.

What You Bring

• 6–10 years of experience managing large-scale data center or critical infrastructure projects.
• 3–5 years in project management, site leadership, or supervisory capacity.
• Strong understanding of structured cabling, OSP/ISP, and low-voltage systems.
• Working knowledge of Division 27/28 systems, commissioning, and QA/QC workflows.
• Proficiency in Smartsheet, Bluebeam, Procore, Power BI, and other project management tools.
• OSHA 30 and First Aid certifications preferred.
• Exceptional communication and leadership skills to align diverse teams and stakeholders.
• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• RTPM, PMP, or BICSI Technician certification required; RCDD preferred.

Why Join Us?

• Impact: Lead some of the most complex, high-performance data center projects in the industry.
• Growth: Build your career in a company that invests in development, leadership, and innovation.
• Collaboration: Partner with skilled teams across engineering, safety, and operations.
• Excellence: Work with cutting-edge infrastructure and technology that shape the digital future.
• Culture: Be part of a team that values integrity, accountability, and professional growth.

Work Environment & Physical Requirements

• Work performed on active construction sites—adherence to safety protocols required.
• Regular standing, walking, climbing, and use of tools and technology.
• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds and perform site inspections as needed.
• Occasional travel may be required to support project sites or regional operations.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.