Sr. Project Manager- Data Center

About the role

The Senior Project Manager serves as an ambassador for the Company and is responsible for the overall direction, completion, and financial outcome of multiple projects of various sizes. They lead, direct, and manage a team of project resources to deliver value and exceptional results to clients.

Responsibilities

• Safeguard company safety protocols and promote company core values.
• Lead and manage assigned project management team members.
• Manage assigned projects in accordance with schedule that supports favorable performance indexing that meets or exceeds the expectations of the project plan.
• Effectively manage subcontractor/vendor performance to ensure compliant project delivery.
• Provide progress updates, reports, and performance metrics.
• Manage installation strategies to ensure industry best practices, means and methods are leveraged to complete the project on schedule and within budget.
• Ensure project deliverables are completed timely, efficiently, and correctly.
• Accountable for the financial performance of assigned projects and expected to manage all costs against planned budgets.
• Oversee and present project cost reports as required or requested within defined timelines.
• Manage organizational resources to control variables that contribute to project costs such as labor, materials, and equipment in order to comply with project schedules and budgets.
• Cultivate and foster positive relationships with teammates, customers, and vendors to maintain, secure and expand business opportunities.
• Develop resource plans and evaluate needs in conjunction with project requirements.
• Partners with internal and external teams to provide subject matter expertise related to estimating, construction feasibility, and value engineering.
• Leverage companies' construction technology platforms, automation, and software to drive safety, quality, efficiencies, and cost savings.
• Foster an innovative mindset that empowers employees to seek out unique and applicable solutions for existing challenges that provide opportunities to optimize processes.
• Encourage and support continuous improvement activities and Lean initiatives across the site to align with strategic goals.
• Anchors training programs to effectively develop employees and drive workforce continuity.
• Lead by example. Provide opportunities for technical and professional development through internal training and industry certification courses.

Requirements

• AAS or BS in Construction Management or Construction Engineering.
• Minimum of 8 years of progressive experience in the construction industry in a management or leadership role.
• Experience overseeing and managing large structured cabling projects and/or data center construction projects highly preferred.
• Experience overseeing Union Crews, local union relationships, and collective bargaining agreements.
• Extensive experience managing large scale multi-million-dollar project work across different construction vertical markets.
• Experience managing the installation of mission critical infrastructure for data center new build and retrofit projects is highly preferred.
• Experienced in managing all contracting and project delivery methods - lump sum / fixed price, cost plus, GMP, unit price / rate, design-build, time and material.
• Experience managing construction teams of 50-100+ technicians on project sites.
• Experience with industry leading manufacturer products and solutions.

Preferred

• Professional certifications: OSHA-30 Hour certification (if not certified at time of hire, certifications must be obtained within first six (6) months of employment), BICSI Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD), BICSI Registered Telecommunications Project Manager (RTPM), PMI Project Management Professional (PMP).