Program Manager Non Tech IV
Ascendion · Michigan City, IN · 1 mo ago
On-siteProject ManagementContract
Role Overview
Join a large-scale data center delivery program for a global enterprise client. This role offers tremendous flexibility and variety, overseeing critical utility service scopes—including transmission, distribution, and substation delivery. You will serve as the primary on-site liaison, tracking equipment deliveries, photographing construction progress, and coordinating cross-functional teams to ensure milestones are achieved safely and on schedule.
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as the Single Point of Contact for utility service providers, managing all utility and substation scope while securing cross-functional engineering sign-offs.
- Facilitate weekly design and progress meetings with engineering, construction, energy teams, and local permitting authorities.
- Track purchase orders, establish budgets, manage cost estimates, and ensure all new scope routes through formal change management before proceeding.
- Publish and maintain a detailed project schedule, identify critical path activities, verify long-lead equipment delivery dates, and actively mitigate delays.
- Conduct weekly quality and safety site walks, providing updated progress reports to the wider engineering and project management teams.
- Coordinate pre-energization walks and submit comprehensive safety and Method of Procedure plans before energization.
Qualifications & Requirements
- Proven background as a Power Utility Construction Manager, ideally with major infrastructure or data center experience.
- Proficiency with Bluebeam and Primavera P6, along with experience using AutoCAD and BIM360 for design coordination.
- Must provide and utilize required personal protective equipment (PPE), including a Class 2 safety helmet, composite toe leather work boots (minimum 4-inch over ankle), and high-visibility weather gear.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Long-term disability insurance
- Short-term disability insurance
- 5 personal days accrued each calendar year (meets applicable paid sick and safe time laws)
- 10-15 days of paid vacation time
- 6 paid holidays and 1 floating holiday per calendar year
- Ascendion Learning Management System