Data Center Project Manager

Black & Veatch; Overland Park (KS); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Black & Veatch seeks a Data Center Project Manager to lead medium to large-scale design and development efforts across multiple sites. You will oversee performance, budget, schedule, and quality, ensuring safety and client satisfaction while staffing and directing multi-disciplinary teams.

As part of a fast‑growing technology‑led arena, you’ll coordinate engineering, procurement, construction, and startup activities and contribute to proposals and contract negotiations with clients.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant experience in the data center industry.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Manage medium to large engineering projects across all phases (analyses -> design, build, commissioning, operations).
• Lead project planning, cost, schedule, quality, and safety management; ensure contractual compliance and client satisfaction.
• Provide successful staffing for the project and lead multi-disciplinary teams.
• Coordinate activities of engineering, procurement, construction, and startup, including third-party contributors.
• Support project estimates, proposals, and contract negotiations with clients.

Skills

Project management

Contract negotiation

Team leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Construction Management or related field

Job description

Date: Sep 25, 2026
Location:
Overland Park, KS, US Houston, TX, US Dallas, TX, US Darien, IL, US Cary, NC, US Greenville, SC, US Walnut Creek, CA, US Garner, NC, US
Company: Black & Veatch Family of Companies
Together, we own our company, our future, and our shared success.
As an employee-owned company, our people are Black & Veatch. We put them at the center of everything we do and empower them to grow, explore new possibilities and use their diverse talents and perspectives to solve humanity's biggest challenges in an ever-evolving world. With over 100 years of innovation in sustainable infrastructure and our expertise in engineering, procurement, consulting and construction, together we are building a world of difference.
Company : Black & Veatch Corporation
Req Id : 117320
Opportunity Type : Staff
Relocation eligible : Yes
Full time/Part time : Full-Time
Project Only Hire : No
Visa Sponsorship Available: No

Why Black & Veatch?

At Black & Veatch, you’ll be part of work that matters—designing, creating, and building the infrastructure communities rely on every day, from concept through execution.
We care about how the work gets done as much as what we build. Safety is built into every decision, and people look out for each other—speaking up, collaborating, and doing the right thing because it affects real lives.
You’ll work alongside teams solving complex challenges and turning ideas into solutions that perform in the real world—gaining hands‑on experience across projects, technologies, and disciplines.
Ownership shows up in how we work. We take responsibility for outcomes, follow through on commitments, and take pride in what we deliver. As a 100% employee‑owned company, employees share in the long‑term success we build together.
With flexible ways of working and meaningful development opportunities, you’ll build a career you can be proud to stand behind.

The Opportunity

As the Data Center Project Manager, you will have the opportunity to:

• Manage all aspects of medium to large date center development and detailed design projects, including risk & opportunity, budget, schedule, and quality management.
• Be responsible for the day‑to‑day successful execution of project scope in the areas of performance, financial metrics, planning, schedule, quality, contractual compliance, safety, and client satisfaction
• Provide for the successful staffing of the project
• Manage and lead small and medium sized teams of multi‑discipline professionals
• Coordinate and integrate the activities associated with the engineering, procurement, construction, and startup elements of the project team, including the activities of all third party companies contributing to the initiative

The Team

Black & Veatch’s Technology, Commercial & Industrial is a specialized group of capabilities focused on the latest needs for clients in a fast-growth technology‑led arena of advanced manufacturing, and generative AI computing including gigafactories, bio/ag tech, data centers and distributed infrastructure. By joining our market sector, you will have the opportunity to be involved in cutting‑edge technology and work with a team that moves quickly with decisions and expectations. As a project manager on our Data Center team you will be working with some of the industry’s most knowledgeable engineering and development teams who specialize in data center site development and detailed design for tomorrow’s data centers including direct to chip liquid cooling and immersion cooling technologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Project Complexity - Manages medium to large engineering projects involving multiple clients or partners, or small EPC projects with minimal risk. Proven experience delivering projects through all phases of the engagement – analyses, design, build, commissioning, and operations.
• Project Execution - Uses Black & Veatch project management phases and methodology including, project initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and control, and closeout to direct work, manages changes and risk on scope, cost, schedule, quality, and safety based on available resources and client requirements. Lead project performance reviews for assigned projects.
• Client Management - Responsible for maintaining and nurturing relationships with assigned clients and identifying key client interests and drivers on projects and pursuits and communicate with team members. Obtains new/repeat business on medium to large size projects.
• Business Development - Support and develop project estimates and proposals including scope, cost and schedule according to client requirements and bid process. Support and develop proposal preparation, client presentations and contract negotiations with clients.
• Risk to Black & Veatch - Manages risk which may include time and material, fixed price, new technology, non domestic markets or new clients. Works with engineering team to identify and resolve problems or issues related to design, schedule, change management and quality.

Management Responsibilities

Acts as a project manager. Among responsibilities is management of a project team. The individual comprising this team may vary by project.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant experience in the data center industry
• Prefer four-year bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related field
• Contract negotiation skill including knowledge of terms, risks, pricing and payment terms
• Team development, mentors and coaches professionals, delegates project work, practices behaviors supporting diversity and inclusion, and collaboration to achieve results
• Communicates clear expectations, goals, and vision
• Data Center Design Building, GMP, Lump Sum experience desired

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• All applicants must be able to complete pre‑employment onboarding requirements (if selected