Data Center Project Manager

Blayze Group; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESOP participation

Employee-owned

Accommodation when travel is required

Job summary

Blayze Group is seeking a Project Manager with genuine data center construction experience in Dallas. You will lead data center projects from preconstruction through turnover, coordinating MEP and mission-critical scopes while managing budgets and schedules.

You will work with owners, consultants, and trade partners, overseeing procurement, testing, and commissioning. Travel to project sites is required as work is awarded, and you’ll participate in an ESOP-driven, employee-owned environment.

Qualifications

• PM experience with a General Contractor delivering data center projects.
• Strong understanding of critical electrical and mechanical systems.
• Experience coordinating MEP and subcontractors on mission critical sites.
• Willingness to travel to project locations as required.

Responsibilities

• Manage data center projects from preconstruction through turnover.
• Coordinate subcontractors across MEP, CSA and mission critical scopes.
• Oversee RFIs, submittals, procurement, change orders, schedules and budgets.
• Coordinate electrical and mechanical infra including switchgear, UPS, PDUs, gens, busway and cooling.
• Understand sequencing, redundancy, and interfaces between power and cooling.
• Manage long-lead equipment procurement and installation.
• Collaborate with superintendents, commissioning teams, design consultants, owners and trade partners.
• Drive projects through testing, commissioning and handover.
• Travel to project locations as required.

Skills

GC experience

Data center / mission critical

MEP coordination

Subcontractor management

Travel flexibility

Job description

Competitive base salary, bonus, benefits, ESOP participation, and the opportunity to join a growing national General Contractor expanding its data center presence in Dallas.

Blayze Group is partnering with a well-established national General Contractor to appoint a Project Manager with genuine data center construction experience.

This position requires someone who understands the technical infrastructure behind mission critical facilities.

The Role

• Manage data center projects from preconstruction through construction, commissioning and turnover
• Coordinate subcontractors across MEP, CSA and mission critical scopes
• Manage RFIs, submittals, procurement, change orders, schedules and project financials
• Coordinate major electrical and mechanical infrastructure including switchgear, UPS systems, PDUs, generators, busway, cooling systems and associated controls
• Understand equipment sequencing, redundancy requirements and the interfaces between critical power and cooling systems
• Manage long-lead equipment procurement and installation
• Work closely with Superintendents, commissioning teams, design consultants, owners and trade partners
• Drive projects through testing, commissioning and final handover
• Be prepared to travel to project locations when required, depending on where work is awarded

Background Sought

• Project Manager experience with a General Contractor
• Direct experience delivering data center or mission critical construction projects
• Strong practical understanding of critical electrical and mechanical systems
• Familiarity with PDUs, UPS systems, switchgear, generators, transformers, busway, CRAH/CRAC units and cooling infrastructure
• Able to confidently discuss MEP coordination, equipment installation, energization, testing and commissioning
• Strong subcontractor management and project financial experience
• Based in Dallas/DFW, with the flexibility to travel for projects when required

The Opportunity

• 100% employee-owned business
• Participation in the company’s ESOP, allowing employees to build long-term ownership value as the business grows
• Competitive salary, bonus and benefits
• Growing data center platform in North Texas
• Strong long-term progression into senior project leadership
• National GC resources with the opportunity to help build an expanding Dallas operation
• Fully provided accommodation when travel is required for project delivery
• Exposure to complex, technically demanding data center projects