Project Manager, Facilities Operations - Memphis

About the Role

We’re seeking an experienced Facilities Operations Project Manager with a strong engineering background to lead mission-critical facilities work across our Southaven and Memphis sites. As a key on-site leader on the facilities operations team, you’ll bring technical credibility, engineering expertise, and steady project leadership to fast-paced, high-impact work in live, technically advanced facilities.

Responsibilities

• Act as the facilities operations project representative for the Southaven and Memphis sites, managing relationships with contractors, vendors, partners, and internal stakeholders.
• Oversee end-to-end execution of facilities operations projects, from scoping and planning through installation, commissioning, and handover into day-to-day operations.
• Develop, plan, and execute site improvement, retrofit, and activation projects in accordance with overall business objectives and strategy, including mechanical/HVAC, electrical, compressed air, plumbing, and related campus systems.
• Coordinate multiple vendors and trade partners, ensuring seamless communication between field teams, facilities supervisors, technicians, engineering disciplines, and technical stakeholders.
• Proactively identify and mitigate risks to ensure high-quality delivery, safety, schedule adherence, and operational readiness on a live campus.
• Drive project progress, resolving roadblocks and keeping complex, multi-phase timelines on track while minimizing disruption to ongoing operations.
• Create and align facilities project schedules and deliverables with SpaceXSI's broader infrastructure and AI supercomputing goals through cross-functional collaboration.
• Partner with construction, engineering, and commissioning teams to take work from build into operations and to resolve technical issues efficiently.
• Deliver regular updates using well-designed KPIs, dashboards, and reports for internal and external stakeholders.
• Perform quantity take-offs, field verifications, and progress monitoring to support accurate forecasting and reporting.
• Manage change orders, identifying value-engineered solutions to minimize unnecessary changes and control costs.
• Manage vendor and contractor finances; work with SpaceXSI buyers and accounts payable to assure accounts are maintained.
• Lead site safety initiatives on facilities project work, knowing and applying SpaceXSI safety procedures, observing contractor work, and allowing no work to be performed when conditions are considered unsafe.
• Adapt to evolving needs, supporting cross-functional partners as required, regardless of original job scope.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• 5+ years of experience managing facilities operations or infrastructure projects.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Demonstrated success leading on-site project teams with authority and building trust with vendors, partners, and technical stakeholders.
• Experience managing programs involving multiple vendors, dynamic priorities, and complex coordination in an operating facility.
• Previous experience in data center, hyperscale, or industrial facilities operations (not greenfield construction as the primary background).
• Knowledge of building management and automated facilities monitoring systems and processes such as HVAC systems, fluid plumbing systems, generators, compressed air systems, or fuel storage systems.
• Experience with commissioning, MEP systems, or site development for technical facilities.
• Experience managing budgets and third-party vendors; experience negotiating contracts and comparing service costs to achieve maximum value.
• Experience with asset management / CMMS software and construction or project management tools (Procore, Primavera P6, Bluebeam, etc.).
• Proficiency in Microsoft applications such as Excel, Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to work independently with little direction, meet deadlines in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment, and anticipate needs with innovative solutions for continuous improvement.

Additional Requirements

• Based at the Memphis / Southaven sites.
• Position is subject to pre-employment drug and random drug and alcohol testing.
• Comfortable working in an environment requiring exposure to noise, operating equipment, and construction or maintenance activity.
• Available to work evenings and weekends, as the schedule varies depending on site operational needs; flexibility is required.
• Ability to provide 24/7 on-call support for emergencies and critical facility issues as assigned.
• Ability to lift 25+ pounds.

SpaceXSI is an equal opportunity employer.