Project Manager - Mission Critical

About the Role

The Project Manager - Mission Critical is responsible for the overall management, coordination, financial performance, and successful delivery of assigned mission-critical scopes. This role leads the project team from preconstruction through closeout and maintains accountability for safety, quality, schedule, cost, documentation, commissioning readiness, and client relationships in schedule-driven, technically complex environments.

Responsibilities

General Responsibilities

• Supervise and develop direct reports, including Project Engineers, Superintendents, and assigned field personnel; align the office and field teams around project priorities and expectations.
• Assume overall responsibility and accountability for the project's safety, quality, schedule, cost, documentation, client service, and team performance.
• Support estimating and preconstruction efforts by reviewing scope, constructability, logistics, schedule, risk, and pricing assumptions and by assisting with budgets as required.
• Manage relationships with clients, prospective clients, vendors, design professionals, inspectors, and project participants with consideration for successful delivery and future opportunities.
• Attend, lead, and participate in project meetings; establish clear action items, ownership, and follow-through.
• Perform other duties that may not be listed here but are part of the role's assigned responsibilities.

Trade Specific Responsibilities

• Raised access flooring
• Hot aisle/cold aisle containment
• Structural ceilings
• Security fencing
• Accessories

Project Startup/Preconstruction

• Conduct the initial plan and specification review, participate in the project kickoff meeting, and develop a thorough understanding of the contract documents, scope, constraints, and execution strategy.
• Review the Prime Contract in its entirety and ensure all requirements, obligations, notices, deliverables, and documentation procedures are understood and incorporated into project controls.
• Develop the project chart of accounts and cost-code structure using standard cost codes.
• Maintain schedule and align procurement, submittals, material deliveries, staffing, change management, and milestone activities with the required completion dates.
• Coordinate with the Field Safety Manager to prepare the project safety plan, communicate expectations, and establish site-specific controls before work begins.

Project Construction

• Maintain a current understanding of all drawings, specifications, addenda, bulletins, deltas, RFIs, submittals, and other document revisions; communicate impacts to the project team promptly.
• Lead by example in complying with the project safety plan and safety requirements; partner with field leadership to correct unsafe conditions and reinforce accountability.
• Manage project costs, budgets, commitments, forecasting, billings, cash flow, and financial reporting.
• Report project costs to the Vice President of Operations and, when required, the client in accordance with standard monthly cost-reporting procedures.
• Manage change events from identification through pricing, notice, negotiation, authorization, execution, and collection while maintaining complete supporting documentation.
• Coordinate the work of field personnel, vendors, subcontractors, design teams, and project stakeholders to protect safety, quality, schedule, and cost objectives.
• Ensure work is installed in accordance with approved documents, applicable codes, manufacturer requirements, and the Quality Control Plan.
• Maintain timely, accurate project records, including meeting minutes, correspondence, logs, forecasts, schedules, cost reports, procurement status, and decision documentation.

Project Completion

• Develop and manage the project closeout plan, including punch lists, inspections, testing, commissioning support, training, turnover documentation, and final acceptance.
• Manage closeout of all subcontractor and vendor contracts in accordance with standard procedures, including final change reconciliation, lien releases, warranties, and completion documentation.
• Complete final billing, cost reconciliation, collections, retention release, and project financial closeout.
• Ensure all record documents, operation and maintenance information, warranties, keys, attic stock, and client deliverables are complete and submitted on time.

Qualifications

• 3 to 7 years of relevant construction-industry experience, including progressively responsible project-management experience.
• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or a related field preferred; an equivalent combination of relevant construction experience and education will be considered.
• OSHA 10 or OSHA 30 certification preferred.
• Preferred experience supporting data centers, semiconductor facilities, hospitals, laboratories, advanced manufacturing, or other mission-critical/technically complex projects.
• Experience managing one or more relevant scopes such as raised access flooring, exterior metal panels, retrofit work, containment systems, structural ceilings, security fencing, building accessories, or coordinated overhead support systems.
• Demonstrated ability to manage accelerated schedules, phased turnovers, long-lead procurement, BIM coordination, owner standards, quality documentation, commissioning support, and work in controlled or secure environments.
• Working knowledge of MEP interfaces, energization constraints, equipment-protection requirements, turnover sequencing, and mission-critical safety and quality expectations.
• Understanding of scheduling software such as MS Project and/or Primavera P6.

Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to read, interpret, and communicate drawings, specifications, contracts, and technical requirements.
• Ability to lead project teams and a demonstrated desire to teach, mentor, and develop Project Engineers and field employees.
• Strong planning, organization, financial-management, problem-solving, negotiation, and decision-making skills.
• Working proficiency with various estimating software, Microsoft Office, including Excel, Outlook, and Word.
• Positive attitude and willingness to adopt new technology, systems, and tools that improve project delivery.