Special Projects Manager- Data Centers (Shackelford County, TX)

About the role

This role is responsible for managing project teams and driving projects from concept through commissioning and operational handoff, with accountability for budget, schedule, design coordination, permitting, construction oversight, safety, and stakeholder alignment.

Responsibilities

• Lead assigned remediation, retrofit, and special facilities projects from concept through design, permitting, construction, commissioning, and closeout.
• Manage project setup, including budget development, schedule creation, scope alignment, execution planning, and oversight through completion.
• Lead all phases of project delivery including pre-construction, design development, permitting and entitlements, competitive bid processes, contractor selection, construction oversight, commissioning, and turnover.
• Manage project managers, coordinators, external project resources, or assigned delivery personnel supporting remediation and retrofit execution.
• Act as the primary leader coordinating internal stakeholders across Facilities Operations, Engineering, Construction, Commissioning, Procurement, Finance, Security, and site leadership.
• Translate requirements from internal subject matter experts and operations teams into executable project scopes that preserve long-term operational sustainability.
• Lead design coordination across internal teams, design-build partners, consultants, and contractors to ensure technical and operational requirements are incorporated into the project.
• Oversee physical construction activities on site, including quality, safety, contractor performance, sequencing, and adherence to site work rules.
• Manage project scope, budget, schedule, risk, staffing, and partner performance while ensuring work is delivered in alignment with Oracle standards and campus operating constraints.
• Carefully coordinate OFCI equipment planning, logistics, and integration into project delivery.
• Lead commissioning and turnover activities for critical systems integration across existing data center environments and remediation scopes.
• Ensure complete and accurate turnover documentation is delivered to Operations, including closeout records, drawings, commissioning results, and other required project artifacts.
• Partner closely with site operations teams to coordinate remediation work with ongoing maintenance, operations, and customer-impact considerations in live facilities.
• Drive day-to-day project decisions to conclusion, escalating risk, business-impact, or resource concerns when appropriate.
• Own project resource allocation, workflow prioritization, and team utilization across assigned remediation programs.
• Support financial governance through forecasting, variance reporting, contractor billing review, approval packages, and coordination with finance partners.
• Lead lessons learned and continuous improvement efforts to strengthen future remediation and retrofit execution across the portfolio.
• Support hiring, onboarding, coaching, and development of project delivery staff aligned to the remediation program.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in project management, construction management, remediation, retrofit delivery, or technical infrastructure programs.

2+ years of experience leading project teams, project engineers, coordinators, or third-party project resources.

Strong experience in complex and technical construction environments, ideally including mission-critical, industrial, utility, healthcare, semiconductor, or data center facilities.

Experience delivering projects in live operational environments where safety, continuity, and coordination with ongoing operations are critical.

Strong understanding of both CSA and MEP scopes, with the ability to coordinate technical and operational stakeholders through construction and turnover.

Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or similar field preferred; equivalent experience also valued.

Skills And Competencies

• Strong project and people leadership with the ability to guide teams through complex remediation and retrofit work from concept through closeout.
• Strong budget, schedule, staffing, and contractor management capability.
• Strong communication and stakeholder coordination across technical, operational, and business functions.
• Ability to balance execution speed, safety, operational continuity, and long-term maintainability.
• Strong decision-making and problem-solving in dynamic project environments.
• Strong quality mindset with disciplined follow-through on documentation, turnover, and project controls.
• Ability to lead through influence while also reinforcing accountability, clarity, and execution discipline across project teams.

Preferred Skills / Certifications

• Experience in data center, critical facilities, or other uptime-sensitive construction environments.
• Experience with remediation, retrofit, tenant improvement, infrastructure upgrade, or brownfield construction programs.
• Familiarity with commissioning, turnover, operational handoff, and project closeout requirements in mission-critical environments.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and project management tools such as MS Project or Primavera P6.
• PMP, CCM, PE, or similar construction/project management credentials are a plus.
• Experience with contractor qualification, bid management, permitting coordination, project forecasting, and team resource planning is strongly preferred.

Qualifications

Disclaimer: Certain U.S. based or U.S. customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization/occupational health mandates, and/or drug testing requirements.

Hiring Range in USD: $102,300 - $209,500 per year.

May be eligible for bonus and equity.