MEP Technical Senior Project Manager

Description

The team is hiring a mechanical and controls project manager to lead new-build Data Center construction projects, with a focus on hyperscale sites.

You will oversee contractor compliance with construction agreements and manage the overall project budget and schedule.

The role calls for a solid background in MEP construction management and a proven record of running capital projects.

Responsibilities

• Build the master project timeline with the contractor and the A&E design team, using the critical path and key milestones.
• Help order goods, write scopes of work, work with internal and external vendors, support scope development, and take part in contractor selection.
• Set up the master project budget covering both soft and hard costs.
• Support contractor prequalification, bid solicitation, bid analysis, and recommendations.
• Coordinate the design team's activities and the constructability review of project documents.
• Collect cost estimates from subcontractors and other vendors for scope gaps and changes.
• Review cash flow projections monthly or quarterly, as needed.
• Run cost and change control at program level, including reviewing, negotiating, and recommending change orders and analysing delays.
• Coordinate value engineering.
• Manage and track the budget.
• Make sure key project documents are tracked and enforced, including submittals, RFIs, change orders, invoices, payments, and lien releases.
• Coordinate and manage all owner-direct vendors alongside supply chain and consultants.
• Periodically confirm that the general contractor and vendors follow safe construction practices.
• Start closeout two to three months before completion, working with the document control team to set timelines and owners.
• Define closeout documentation requirements and collect every closeout document, including warranties, as-builts, and O&M manuals, through to completion.
• Oversee the punch list and the completion and final completion process with the onsite construction management team.
• Negotiate, resolve, and close any open change orders, quality issues, or disputes.

Requirements

• You need a bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university and at least 5 to 7 years of related project experience, or 10+ years of related experience without a degree.
• You bring 10 years of mechanical systems management experience.
• You have experience in technical project management or coordination.
• You have project management experience on mission critical or industrial facilities.
• You must be authorized to work in the United States now, without visa sponsorship now or in the future.
• You can use standard office software and have some knowledge of BIM, ACC, and P6, and you can help with cost and issue management.
• Preferred: experience on hyperscale data center projects.
• You must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily; the listed requirements describe the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed, and reasonable accommodations are available for people with disabilities.

Conditions

You may have to take on SOX control responsibilities, which you must follow where they apply.

On-site presence and requirements may change based on the client's needs.

The company is an equal opportunity employer that encourages applications from all parts of the community.

Candidates are never asked to pay a fee at any stage of recruitment, and any agency working with the company must follow the same rule.

Benefits

• The company supports a flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.
• Employees get the chance to have a say and drive change.