Mission-Critical Data Center Project Manager (Hybrid)

Advastar, Inc; Kansas City (MO); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401K with match

PTO

Holidays

Job summary

Advastar, Inc. Kansas City area seeks a Mission Critical Project Manager to own manufacturing projects end-to-end for data-center clients. You will drive schedules from order handoff through closeout, coordinating engineering, manufacturing, shipping and quality to keep milestones on schedule.

The role emphasizes strong ownership, risk management and cross-functional leadership, with a hybrid onsite work arrangement and travel to support multiple concurrent projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, project management or related field, or equivalent hands-on experience.
• 3+ years managing technical, schedule-driven projects in industrial manufacturing or ETO environments.
• PMP certification or equivalent formal training strongly preferred.
• Experience delivering mission-critical or data center projects strongly preferred.
• Ability to read engineering drawings, specifications and submittals, and spot discrepancies.
• Track record managing RFIs, submittals, change orders, and customer approvals through closeout.
• Experience coordinating across engineering, manufacturing, quality, procurement, shipping and construction to protect the critical path.
• Comfort working with general contractors, engineering firms, owners and large commercial customers.
• Strong ownership, urgency and follow-through; able to lead cross-functional teams without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Own customer projects end to end, from sales handoff through closeout, as single point of accountability.
• Build and actively manage schedules, milestones and critical-path activities to hit delivery dates.
• Identify scope gaps, drawing discrepancies and risks early and drive to resolution.
• Move engineering submittals, RFIs, customer comments and change orders to closure without stalls.
• Keep engineering, manufacturing, quality, procurement, shipping and construction aligned and moving.
• Provide customers and internal stakeholders with clear, current status on risks, decisions and actions.
• Manage several concurrent projects with accuracy and follow-through.

Skills

Project management

Reading drawings

RFIs & submittals

Change orders

Cross-functional coordination

AutoCAD

ERP

CRM

Project scheduling

Critical path

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Construction Management/Project Management or equivalent

Tools

AutoCAD

ERP software

CRM software

Job description

Advastar, Inc. Kansas City area seeks a Mission Critical Project Manager to own manufacturing projects end-to-end for data-center clients. You will drive schedules from order handoff through closeout, coordinating engineering, manufacturing, shipping and quality to keep milestones on schedule.

The role emphasizes strong ownership, risk management and cross-functional leadership, with a hybrid onsite work arrangement and travel to support multiple concurrent projects.