Location: Northern Virginia preferred
Work Type: On-site data center work with project-based travel
Salary: $120,000-$135,000 annually
Position Summary
We are seeking a Junior Project Manager with direct data center experience to support infrastructure projects from scope review and estimating through field execution, testing, turnover, and closeout. This hands-on role combines estimating, on-site coordination, project controls, and a path toward broader project ownership.
Responsibilities
- Support data center infrastructure projects from kickoff through turnover and closeout while tracking milestones, risks, actions, and status.
- Review scopes, drawings, bills of materials, schedules, access requirements, site conditions, and project documentation.
- Perform labor and material takeoffs and support estimates for cabling, fiber, racks, equipment, travel, and field work.
- Coordinate manpower, materials, logistics, subcontractors, technicians, field leadership, and customer representatives.
- Provide on-site coordination, monitor production and quality, conduct site walks, and elevate scope, schedule, material, access, or quality issues.
- Support testing, commissioning, punch lists, as-built documentation, turnover, and closeout in live data center environments.
Required Qualifications
- At least 3 years of direct data center project or field experience in active data center environments.
- Knowledge of structured cabling, copper, fiber, racks, cabinets, cable management, and data center field execution.
- Ability to interpret scopes, drawings, bills of materials, schedules, and project documentation and support labor and material takeoffs.
- Ability to coordinate technicians and subcontractors, maintain accurate documentation, and communicate clearly with customers.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, and Teams, plus the ability to work on-site and travel for projects.
Preferred Qualifications
- Hyperscale or large enterprise data center experience.
- Low-voltage estimating and supervision of technicians, field crews, or subcontractors.
- Fiber testing, rack and stack, decommissioning, change control, access control, or Spanish-language experience.
Compensation And Benefits
- $120,000-$135,000 annual salary.
- First-day medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage, plus an HSA option and company-paid life, AD&D, and short-term disability insurance.
- 401(k) plan with company matching contributions, paid time off, paid holidays, a paid birthday, and a floating holiday.
- Tuition reimbursement, language learning, and company-paid OSHA and industry certifications, subject to plan terms and policies.