Project Controls Specialist - Data Center
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Iron Mountain is seeking a motivated Project Controls Specialist to join our Data Center development team. You will implement a robust cost and commercial management process across the North America portfolio, partnering with the North America Commercial Director and project teams to ensure smooth financial operations from inception to completion.
The role requires 5–7 years of experience in mission-critical construction, strong budgeting skills, and the ability to influence stakeholders.
Qualifications
- 5-7 years of experience delivering mission-critical construction projects.
- Proficiency in budgeting, accounting, and cost control systems.
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Finance, or Business; PMP or P.E. desirable.
Responsibilities
- Lead Financial Oversight: Create and manage a cost and commercial management process while ensuring project forecasts align with current funding, billings, and month-end/yearly close-out activities.
- Drive Change Control: Evaluate budget revisions, review contractor invoices, and flag risks or changes transparently.
- Ensure Governance & Compliance: Develop governance/training materials and ensure projects operate within approved parameters.
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At Iron Mountain we know that work, when done well, makes a positive impact for our customers, our employees, and our planet. That’s why we need smart, committed people to join us. Whether you’re looking to start your career or make a change, talk to us and see how you can elevate the power of your work at Iron Mountain.
We provide expert, sustainable solutions in records and information management, digital transformation services, data centers, asset lifecycle management, and fine art storage, handling, and logistics. We proudly partner every day with our 225,000 customers around the world to preserve their invaluable artifacts, extract more from their inventory, and protect their data privacy in innovative and socially responsible ways.
Are you curious about being part of our growth story while evolving your skills in a culture that will welcome your unique contributions? If so, let's start the conversation.
Iron Mountain is seeking a motivated and experienced Project Controls Specialist to join our Data Center development team. In this role, you will be responsible for providing an effective cost and commercial management process and reporting mechanism across the North America portfolio of projects. You will work closely with the North America Commercial Director and Project Team Commercial Managers to ensure all financial processes run smoothly from project inception to completion.
In this role, you will:
Lead Financial Oversight: Create and manage a cost and commercial management process while ensuring project forecasts align with current funding, billings, and month-end/yearly close-out activities.
Drive Change Control: Support the change control process by evaluating budget revisions, reviewing contractor invoices, and flagging potential risks or changes in a timely and transparent manner.
Ensure Governance & Compliance: Contribute as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) to the development of governance and training materials while ensuring all projects operate within approved parameters and organizational standards.
The ideal candidate will have:
Extensive Experience: At least 5-7 years of experience in the delivery of mission-critical construction projects, specifically within corporate real estate or military settings.
Financial Expertise: Demonstrated proficiency in budgeting, accounting, and the use of cost control systems such as Oracle, Tririga, or Google Live Sheets.
Strong Leadership: Proven ability to influence stakeholders through logical arguments, think creatively, and operate with substantial independence.
Education: A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Finance, Business, or a related field; professional certifications like PMP or P.E. are industry-standard and highly desirable.
Total Rewards: Competitive compensation and benefits packages aligned with your experience level.
Work-Life Balance: Flexible work options and alternative work arrangements to support your personal well-being.
Time Off: Generous paid time off and holiday schedules.
Well-being: Comprehensive health, wellness, and retirement plans.
Growth: Meaningful opportunities for continuous learning and professional career growth.
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Reasonably expected salary range: $81,200.00 - $108,300.00
Please note that an employee's starting salary may vary based on a variety of factors. Where State, Municipal, Provincial, Territorial or other legal minimum wages exceed the federal minimum wage, employees are entitled to the higher rate.
Category: Real Estate & Facilities
Iron Mountain is a global leader in storage and information management services trusted by more than 225,000 organizations in 60 countries. We safeguard billions of our customers’ assets, including critical business information, highly sensitive data, and invaluable cultural and historic artifacts. Take a look at our history here.
Iron Mountain helps lower cost and risk, comply with regulations, recover from disaster, and enable digital and sustainable solutions, whether in information management, digital transformation, secure storage and destruction, data center operations, cloud services, or art storage and logistics. Please see our Values and Code of Ethics for a look at our principles and aspirations in elevating the power of our work together.
If you have a physical or mental disability that requires special accommodations, please let us know by sending an email to accommodationrequest@ironmountain.com. See the Supplement to learn more about Equal Employment Opportunity.
Iron Mountain is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity. We recruit and hire applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, gender identity, gender expression, or any other factor prohibited by law.
To view the Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law posters and the supplement, as well as the Pay Transparency Policy Statement, CLICK HERE Requisition: J0107107
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