Low Voltage Project Manager

About the role

The Low Voltage Project Manager will represent the owner's interests in planning, coordination, execution, quality, integration, commissioning, and turnover of automation, low-voltage, and instrumentation/control systems for a semiconductor or advanced manufacturing facility.

Responsibilities

• Manage owner-side project execution for automation, low-voltage, and I&C scopes from design coordination through construction, commissioning, startup, and turnover.
• Represent the owner in meetings with design teams, general contractors, trade contractors, system integrators, vendors, commissioning agents, and operations stakeholders.
• Review design documents, specifications, control narratives, sequence of operations, network architecture drawings, panel drawings, I/O lists, instrument indexes, cable schedules, submittals, RFIs, change requests, and turnover documentation.
• Cook up automation and controls scope across mechanical, electrical, process piping, process gas, chemical, life safety, security, IT/OT, and tool-install teams.
• Maintain contractor progress against project schedule, milestones, constraints, procurement status, installation readiness, commissioning windows, and turnover requirements.
• Manage low-voltage and controls field execution, including cable tray, conduit, cabling, panels, instrumentation, control devices, network hardware, terminations, labeling, testing, and integration.
• Track project risks, issues, action items, design gaps, field conflicts, RFIs, change orders, nonconformances, punch list items, and commissioning deficiencies through closure.
• Coordinate with QA/QC teams to verify installation quality, testing documentation, calibration records, loop checks, point-to-point checks, network testing, and functional performance testing.
• Support controls software and system integration activities, including PLC logic, SCADA graphics, BAS programming, alarm management, historian integration, and vendor package interfaces.
• Facilitate interface coordination between facility automation systems and process tools, including hookups, utilities, monitoring points, permissives, alarms, and data exchange requirements.
• Monitor and support cybersecurity, access control, network segmentation, backup, disaster recovery, and owner IT/OT compliance requirements.
• Review contractor and vendor deliverables for completeness, constructability, maintainability, operability, and compliance with owner standards.
• Support factory acceptance testing, site acceptance testing, integrated systems testing, commissioning, operational readiness, and handover to facilities operations.
• Prepare regular owner-facing status reports covering safety, quality, schedule, cost, risks, constraints, and critical decisions.
• Escalate unresolved technical, commercial, schedule, or quality issues to owner leadership with recommended actions.

Requirements

• Minimum 10–12 years of project management, automation, low-voltage, controls, instrumentation, commissioning, or facilities engineering experience.
• Experience on semiconductor, pharmaceutical, battery, data center, cleanroom, industrial manufacturing, or mission-critical projects strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of building automation systems, industrial controls, PLC/SCADA platforms, instrumentation, low-voltage systems, controls networks, and system integration.
• Ability to read and interpret electrical drawings, controls drawings, P&IDs, network diagrams, control panel drawings, I/O lists, cable schedules, sequence of operations, and specifications.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary construction scopes across engineering, construction, commissioning, IT/OT, vendors, and operations teams.
• Knowledge of installation, testing, and commissioning practices for instrumentation, controls, low-voltage cabling, network systems, and automation platforms.
• Familiarity with applicable codes and standards, including NEC, NFPA 70E, ISA standards, IEEE, TIA/EIA, BICSI, UL 508A, IEC standards, NIST/IT cybersecurity guidance, and project-specific owner requirements.
• Experience managing RFIs, submittals, change orders, schedules, budgets, punch lists, risk registers, issue logs, and turnover documentation.
• Strong communication, leadership, documentation, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple contractors, vendors, priorities, and stakeholders in a fast-paced construction environment.