Project Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Directly oversee the execution of data center commissioning projects, ensuring budget adherence and safe site delivery.

• Facilitate the daily operations of specialized discipline engineers in collaboration with clients, general contractors, electrical/mechanical subcontractors, and equipment vendors.

• Manage projects from the initial contract award through to the final commissioning report delivery.

• Guarantee that Level 0 to Level 5 safety and performance scripts are executed punctually, within budget, and according to technical specifications.

• Create comprehensive, phase-by-phase commissioning schedules that align with the general contractor's construction timeline.

• Oversee daily field activities and manage milestone sequences from Level 2 to Level 5.

• Conduct daily site alignment meetings, monitor balance-of-plant issues, and resolve schedule dependencies.

• Provide project health metrics and progress updates to client stakeholders and internal executive leadership.

• Monitor project budgets, technical resource hours, travel expenses, and equipment rentals.

• Identify scope creep, draft change order requests, and communicate technical impacts to clients for their approval.

• Review and approve subcontractor invoices, vendor documentation, and expenditures for project materials.

• Manage the commissioning database, ensuring that issues, discrepancies, and construction field notes are properly logged, assigned, tracked, and resolved.

• Collaborate with lead commissioning engineers to validate technical scripts, safety procedures, and method statements against on-site conditions.

• Assist field teams in resolving technical conflicts related to factory settings, operational sequences, hardware components, and construction documentation.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Construction Management, or a related technical field; substantial hands-on military or heavy industrial engineering experience may be considered in lieu of a formal degree.

• At least 4 to 7 years of experience in project management or construction execution, with a minimum of 2 years in mission-critical infrastructure environments.

• Demonstrated experience in managing project financial tracking and contract execution processes.

• Strong foundational knowledge of data center MEP architectures, including medium/low-voltage equipment, static/rotary UPS systems, generation systems, central chiller plants, CRAH/CRAC nodes, direct-to-chip heat exchangers, and EPMS/BMS telemetry.

• Expertise in professional commissioning tracking databases like CxAlloy and general project tracking tools.

• Proficiency in scheduling software, particularly Microsoft Project or Primavera P6.

• PMP certification is strongly preferred.

• LEED AP, OSHA 30-Hour Construction, or commissioning-specific credentials such as CxA or CCP are highly valued.

• Excellent written communication skills, with a proven ability to produce clear, logical technical reports and closeout packages under tight client deadlines.

• Willingness to travel 50% to 65% of the time.

• Must be physically able to conduct thorough construction site walkthroughs in varying weather conditions.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health insurance

• Dental insurance

• Vision insurance

• Life insurance

• 401(k) retirement plan

• Paid time off

• Relocation assistance available