Onsite Data Center Connectivity Engineer — Project Lead

TEKsystems; El Paso (TX); On-site; USD 124,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

TEKsystems in El Paso, TX is seeking a contract Project Controls Specialist to plan, manage, and report on data center construction projects on site. You will coordinate with vendors, manage schedules, budgets, and change orders while ensuring safety and quality standards, focusing on right-first-time delivery in a fast-paced environment.

This role requires strong communication with cross-functional teams and urban infrastructure partners to keep projects progressing from kickoff to closeout.

Qualifications

• Project management experience
• Experience engaging and guiding stakeholders.
• Experience providing solutions to construction related problems.
• Experience with MS Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and MS Project.

Responsibilities

• Create, maintain, and report on site project and program scope, schedules and milestones. Work closely with site project management team throughout the project lifecycle from the creation of project and program plans through project close out.
• Learnings - Continually review ongoing projects for efficiencies in schedule, budget, and opportunities to enable cross-functional partners to be successful. Document data points to assist with field coordination of projects. Support development of project management best practices and initiatives, coordinating SOPs/SIPs with vendors, and participating in global and regional standards. Coordinate lessons learned with the internal and external cross functional partners.
• Forecasting - Support project controls team with forecasting and budget efforts as required. Share current project status with upstream and downstream partners, ensuring crisp and complete handoffs between teams.
• Technical Reviews - Establish milestones for equipment purchase and track and report against these milestones Assist with the selection and review of a contractor to support the structured cabling work within a data center.
• Metrics - Report progress and risks on site projects and other initiatives to key stakeholders.
• Workflow - Work with installation partners to establish and track milestones. Conduct pre-project planning, project handoffs, and ensure design delivery and verification. Identify and respond to project risks and high-priority issues rapidly and effectively through effective action and appropriate escalation. Track and manage project change order requests.
• Vendor Field Management - Responsible for all connectivity activities within construction, projects on site including tracking and reporting actual progress related to schedule expectations. Set and communicate clear expectations together with the immediate site team, build key relationships with our installation partners, foster a safe, collaborative working environment and execute a goal of 'right first time.'
• Quality Assurance - Perform physical inspections to ensure vendor work meets DEC quality standards throughout the lifecycle of the data center. Validate physical installs, test reports, build accuracy, material and local code compliance including constructability reviews on multiple design phases.
• Technical Field Lead - Technical lead for industry standards, responsible to lead product evaluation, design, and installation methods in the field including scope clarification, design and installation details as the owner of the Request for Information process.
• Technical Coordination - Develop solutions to in-field scope-gap or clash issues. Partner with design and engineering teams to digitally support design reviews, BOM reviews, and as-built drawing validations.
• Communications & Cross functional team engagement - Liaise with construction partners to ensure deliverables are met during new builds and retrofits. Coordinate with logistics partners, vendors, and suppliers to ensure a smooth end to end flow of materials as needed. Work closely with the relevant teams to proactively communicate progress and project risks and initiatives to key stakeholders.
• Safety - Ensure that vendors adhere to safety obligations in accordance with local regulations and Safety best practices. Lead a 'safety first' experience while working with others, in support of shared goals. Foster an environment of open and transparent communication while acknowledging demonstrated experience in EHS practices.

Skills

Project Management

Structured Cabling

Fiber Optic Install

Data Center

Vendor Coordination

MS Office

MS Project

Quality Assurance

OSP Deployments

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

Job description

TEKsystems in El Paso, TX is seeking a contract Project Controls Specialist to plan, manage, and report on data center construction projects on site. You will coordinate with vendors, manage schedules, budgets, and change orders while ensuring safety and quality standards, focusing on right-first-time delivery in a fast-paced environment.

This role requires strong communication with cross-functional teams and urban infrastructure partners to keep projects progressing from kickoff to closeout.