Data Center Projects Lead - Travel-Heavy, High Impact

Salute; Leesburg (VA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Salute is seeking a Project Manager to guide scope, organize documents, and coordinate onsite testing while ensuring project profitability. You will act as the communication hub among the team, client, and vendors, promoting the Iconicx culture and ensuring successful deliverables.

Candidates should have 3-5 years in project management within mission-critical environments, with strong budgeting, scheduling, and organizational skills. This role requires substantial travel and a home-office setup.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of project management experience in commissioning or mission critical environments.
• General understanding of mechanical and electrical building systems
• Experience budgeting and forecasting
• Strong communication and organizational skills
• Travel 50-75% annually; home-office capable

Responsibilities

• Develop project scope of work and pricing.
• Coordinate all communication with client and project personnel.
• Develop manpower requirements for a project.
• Develop Cx plans.
• Develop timeline for project deliverables, assign tasks and monitor completion.
• Populate and organize the project folder with all project documentation from the client / EOR / GC.
• Communicate with project team on various requirements and travel arrangements.
• Run meetings up to and during testing and create meeting minutes.
• Schedule and lead all punch list meetings.
• Assist testing engineers in punch list management.
• Coordinate and review reporting requirements.
• Monitor project budget and profitability.
• Analyze and make suggestions on our project process to gain efficiencies.
• Develop project plans in Smartsheet and actively manage them to drive better process and margins.
• Provide accurate project forecasts for revenue projections.
• Track project status and create invoices in Ajera (accounting software).

Skills

Leadership

Organization

Decision-making

Communication

Teamwork

Negotiation

Problem-solving

Planning

Data entry

Data processing

Stress tolerance

Tools

Smartsheet

Ajera

MS Office

Job description

Salute is seeking a Project Manager to guide scope, organize documents, and coordinate onsite testing while ensuring project profitability. You will act as the communication hub among the team, client, and vendors, promoting the Iconicx culture and ensuring successful deliverables.

Candidates should have 3-5 years in project management within mission-critical environments, with strong budgeting, scheduling, and organizational skills. This role requires substantial travel and a home-office setup.