Project Manager

Orise; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Orise is seeking a senior project leader to manage large-scale data center delivery in Houston, coordinating engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning through handover.

You will own scope, schedule, budget and safety, lead cross-functional teams, and ensure milestones and risks are clearly communicated on active construction sites.

Strong judgment, clear communication, and the ability to travel to customer sites are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical discipline.
• Substantial project management experience in data centers or high-availability environments.
• Experience coordinating multiple building trades and managing interfaces across design, construction and commissioning.
• Working knowledge of building automation and controls (BMS/EPMS/PLC/SCADA) and OT networks.
• Strong project controls and commercial skills including schedule management and change orders.

Responsibilities

• Own project scope, schedule, budget, quality, safety, risks and customer communication from handover through close-out.
• Build and maintain an integrated delivery plan covering engineering, procurement, installation, testing, commissioning and handover.
• Lead regular project reviews and provide clear, forward-looking reporting on milestones, forecast, risks and decisions.
• Manage several workstreams or projects simultaneously with clear priorities.
• Coordinate interfaces among electrical, mechanical, controls, BMS/EPMS, network/OT and other trades.
• Maintain active risk and opportunity registers, ensure quality and safety compliance, and oversee commissioning and turnover documentation.
• Act as primary customer contact and escalation point for assigned projects.

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Job description

Job Description

Customer and team leadership

• Own project scope, schedule, budget, quality, safety, risks and customer communication from handover through close-out.
• Build and maintain an integrated delivery plan covering engineering, procurement, installation, testing, commissioning and handover.
• Lead regular project reviews and provide clear, forward-looking reporting on milestones, forecast, risks, decisions and recovery actions.
• Manage several workstreams or projects simultaneously while maintaining clear priorities and accountability.
• Trade and site coordination
  • Coordinate interfaces among electrical, mechanical, controls, BMS/EPMS, network/OT, fire protection, security and other building trades.
  • Align Orise activities with general contractors, construction managers, equipment vendors, commissioning agents and customer teams.
  • Identify interface gaps, access constraints, sequencing conflicts and readiness issues before they affect installation or commissioning.
  • Maintain strong site presence during critical execution phases and ensure disciplined issue escalation and closure.
• Commercial and financial management
  • Maintain project budgets, cost-to-complete forecasts, resource plans, invoicing and cash-flow visibility.
  • Protect scope and margin through disciplined change control, timely notices, substantiated change orders and documented customer decisions.
  • Monitor planned versus actual effort, subcontractor commitments and schedule impacts, and initiate corrective actions early
• Risk, quality and commissioning
  • Maintain an active risk and opportunity register with owners, due dates and mitigation actions.
  • Ensure compliance with Orise and customer quality and safety requirements.
  • Oversee design reviews, submittals, FAT, SAT, integrated systems testing, commissioning support, punch-list closure and turnover documentation.
  • Confirm that systems, documentation and training are ready for reliable operations at handover.
  • Act as the primary customer contact and escalation point for assigned projects.
  • Lead cross-functional, multicultural project teams and create clarity on deliverables, interfaces, decision rights and priorities.
  • Build trusted working relationships and communicate issues transparently, with solutions and clear recommendations.
  • Capture lessons learned and improve Orise project delivery standards and repeatability.

Your Profile

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management or a related technical discipline, or equivalent relevant trade and project delivery experience.
• Substantial project management experience in data centers, mission-critical facilities, complex commercial buildings or comparable high-availability environments.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating multiple building trades and managing technical interfaces across design, construction and commissioning.
• Working knowledge of building automation and controls environments, such as BMS, EPMS, PLC/SCADA, instrumentation, OT networks and associated electrical or mechanical systems.
• Strong project controls and commercial skills, including schedule management, forecasting, change orders, subcontractor management and customer reporting.
• Experience managing site execution, testing, commissioning and handover in an active construction environment.
• Clear written and verbal communication, sound judgment and the ability to lead without relying solely on formal authority.
• Authorization to work in the United States and ability to travel regularly to customer and project sites.

Preferred

• Experience delivering hyperscale or colocation data center projects.
• PMP, PMI, PRINCE2 or comparable project management certification.
• OSHA 30 or comparable construction safety training.
• Experience with critical-path scheduling tools and structured project controls.
• Experience with vendor-agnostic systems integration and global delivery teams.

Responsibilities for Health, Safety and Environment include:

• Work in compliance with divisional health, safety, and environmental procedures
• Refrain from removing or altering safety devices or guarding unless hazardous energies are controlled through lockout-tagout methods
• Report any unsafe conditions or unsafe acts
• Report defect in any equipment or protective device
• Ensure that the required protective equipment is used for the assigned tasks
• Attend all required health, safety, and environmental training
• Report any accidents/incidents to supervisor
• Assist in investigating accidents/incidents
• Refrain from engaging in any prank, contest, feat of strength, unnecessary running, or rough and boisterous conduct

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations.