Data Center Mission-Critical Projects Lead

Upchurch; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 95,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Upchurch is seeking a Critical Environments Service Project Manager to lead service projects for mission-critical data center infrastructure. You will plan, coordinate, and execute projects from kickoff to closeout, managing budgets, schedules, and customer communications while ensuring safety and adherence to standards.

The role requires strong project management, customer-facing experience, and the ability to operate in live environments where uptime and risk mitigation are essential.

Responsibilities

• Plan, initiate, and manage service projects from kickoff through final closeout.
• Define project scope, objectives, milestones, deliverables, resource requirements, and execution strategies.
• Develop and maintain project schedules that align with customer requirements, maintenance windows, and operational constraints.
• Lead project execution while ensuring work progresses within approved schedules, budgets, and quality expectations.
• Identify project risks, obstacles, and resource constraints and implement corrective actions to mitigate impact.
• Coordinate project startup meetings, internal planning sessions, and customer progress reviews.
• Ensure project documentation remains current and accurately reflects project status and commitments.
• Coordinate service and/or construction projects within live operational or under construction data center environments where uptime and reliability are critical.
• Support customer change-management processes, maintenance activities, equipment upgrades, retrofits, corrective maintenance, commissioning, and emergency service projects.
• Ensure all work is planned and executed in accordance with approved MOPs, SOPs, Commissioning scripts, permits, customer requirements, and site‑specific operational procedures.
• Facilitate outage planning and coordination with customers, service managers, technicians, and operational stakeholders.
• Maintain awareness of electrical and mechanical system redundancy configurations, equipment dependencies, and operational risk during project execution.

Job description

Upchurch is seeking a Critical Environments Service Project Manager to lead service projects for mission-critical data center infrastructure. You will plan, coordinate, and execute projects from kickoff to closeout, managing budgets, schedules, and customer communications while ensuring safety and adherence to standards.

The role requires strong project management, customer-facing experience, and the ability to operate in live environments where uptime and risk mitigation are essential.