Network Project Manager: Data Center Delivery & Handover

Tract Capital Management; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401K program

Paid holidays

Unlimited PTO

Job summary

Tract Capital Management is seeking a Network Project Manager to lead the integrated pre-construction and construction delivery for communications infrastructure across our data center campuses. You will coordinate scope, schedule, budget, vendors, and RFIs, working with OSP, ISP, Network Engineering, and operations.

This design-and-build role covers commissioning and turnover, not 24/7 monitoring. The ideal candidate has 8+ years in telecom or data center delivery, PMP is a plus, and a strong

Qualifications

• 8+ years in project management, construction management, telecommunications, network infrastructure, data center delivery or equivalent
• Experience leading complex infrastructure projects from planning and design through construction, commissioning and operational handover
• Experience in data center, colocation, mission-critical, telecommunications or similarly schedule-sensitive environments
• Strong working knowledge of project controls, including schedules, milestones, budgets, risks, issues, changes, actions and status reporting
• Experience managing RFIs, submittals, design reviews, field coordination, testing, punch lists, commissioning and as-built turnover
• Experience coordinating engineering firms, vendors, carriers, contractors, subcontractors and internal stakeholders without direct authority over all contributors
• Working knowledge of physical and active communications infrastructure including fiber, structured cabling, LAN/Wi-Fi, carrier connectivity, wireless, Private 5G/CBRS, ERRCS and safety systems
• Proficient with Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint and project-management or scheduling tools; valid driver’s license

Responsibilities

• Lead integrated delivery planning from stakeholder kickoff through pre-construction, construction, commissioning handover and operational transfer
• Establish and maintain project controls across multiple concurrent campus projects, including integrated schedules, milestones, budget coordination, procurement activities, decision and action logs, risk and issue registers, change control and leadership status reporting
• Coordinate scope, dependencies and sequencing across OSP Engineering, ISP Engineering, Network Engineering, Carrier & Vendor Relations, Design & Engineering, Fleet’s Construction department, the general contractor’s project-management team and Daily Operations
• Own the pre-construction delivery rhythm, including scope definition, budget alignment, permitting schedule coordination, stakeholder kickoff, design-review cadence, vendor RFP coordination, procurement dependencies and project readiness gates
• Work closely with Fleet’s Construction department and the general contractor’s project-management team to coordinate construction schedules, site logistics, field sequencing, subcontractor activities, safety requirements, inspections, punch-list closure and commissioning
• Manage the project’s RFI, submittal, action-item, decision and change-management processes and coordinate review of drawings, bills of material, schedules, method statements, test plans, redlines and as-built documentation
• Track engineering firms, vendors, carriers, subcontractors and other delivery partners against scope, schedule, quality, safety, commercial commitments and required deliverables; coordinate escalations with the accountable functional manager
• Facilitate resolution of cross-functional dependencies involving fiber routes, pathways, MDF/IDF and rack layouts, carrier entrances, network architecture, wireless and Private 5G, DAS, ERRCS, safety systems, site access, permitting and construction sequencing
• Coordinate carrier and connectivity delivery activities, including circuit orders, carrier handoffs, meet-me-room or entrance-facility dependencies, temporary construction connectivity, ready-for-service dates and acceptance testing with engineering and Carrier & Vendor Relations
• Plan and manage integrated site commissioning, including readiness reviews, test scheduling, punch-list management, deficiency resolution, acceptance documentation and approval of complete turnover packages
• Drive clean handover to the Daily Operations / Network Operations teams and maintain project records, including as-builts, configuration and asset documentation, monitoring onboarding, operational requirements, escalation paths, runbooks, support contacts, readiness sign-off and reusable delivery standards across campuses

Skills

Project Leadership

Collaboration and Influence

Organization and Follow-Through

Communication and Judgment

Risk and Quality Mindset

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Telecommunications, Information Technology, Business or related discipline

PMP certification or progress toward it

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

SharePoint

Project-management tools

Job description

Tract Capital Management is seeking a Network Project Manager to lead the integrated pre-construction and construction delivery for communications infrastructure across our data center campuses. You will coordinate scope, schedule, budget, vendors, and RFIs, working with OSP, ISP, Network Engineering, and operations.

This design-and-build role covers commissioning and turnover, not 24/7 monitoring. The ideal candidate has 8+ years in telecom or data center delivery, PMP is a plus, and a strong