Data Center Projects Lead — Electrical & Infra

NextEdge; Spring (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

NextEdge seeks a Project Manager II to plan, coordinate, and execute medium-scale data center infrastructure projects for Micro Edge Data Center deployments, telecom colocation, and ISP infrastructure. You will work with carriers, electrical subcontractors, vendors, and client teams to meet scope, schedule, budget, quality, and safety requirements.

You will track progress, manage risks, prepare detailed documentation, and serve as the primary point of contact for stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, construction management, engineering, information technology, telecommunications, or a related field preferred; or equivalent experience.
• 2-4+ years of project management, construction, telecom colocation, ISP infrastructure, data center, electrical construction, or related infrastructure experience, with demonstrated exposure to projects requiring stronger electrical scope than a typical telecom site deployment

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, coordination, and delivery of data center projects and related infrastructure initiatives.
• Manage projects within telecom colocation and ISP environments, coordinating with carriers, internet service providers, cross-connect providers, facility owners, and network stakeholders.
• Manage project schedules, milestones, deliverables, and dependencies for timely deployments.
• Coordinate with internal teams, client stakeholders, subcontractors, vendors, and field resources to clearly define scope and execution plans.
• Coordinate electrical construction scopes beyond standard telecom site requirements, including utility service, switchgear, grounding, and energization readiness.
• Track progress, risks, and change impacts; develop mitigation plans.
• Create and maintain detailed project documentation, schedules, budgets, trackers, and customer/leadership updates.
• Analyze project data to generate metrics and actionable insights for leadership.

Skills

Project management

Electrical construction

Vendor coordination

Cross-functional leadership

Risk management

Communication

Schedule management

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in a related field

PMP Certification

Tools

MS Project

Excel

Dashboards

Job description

NextEdge seeks a Project Manager II to plan, coordinate, and execute medium-scale data center infrastructure projects for Micro Edge Data Center deployments, telecom colocation, and ISP infrastructure. You will work with carriers, electrical subcontractors, vendors, and client teams to meet scope, schedule, budget, quality, and safety requirements.

You will track progress, manage risks, prepare detailed documentation, and serve as the primary point of contact for stakeholders.