Project Manager – Data Center Projects

NextGen | GTA: A Kelly Telecom Company; Overland Park (KS); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Executive impact

Performance bonus

Career growth

Global projects

Job summary

NextGen | GTA: A Kelly Telecom Company is seeking an experienced Construction Program Manager to lead multi-MW data center programs from concept through commissioning and turnover. You will serve as the executive interface to clients, steering strategy, risk, and commercial outcomes while standardizing practices across projects.

You will build and mentor PM teams, oversee governance, and report on KPI dashboards covering cost, schedule, risk, quality, and readiness for IT load.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in construction management with 8+ years in mission-critical/data center projects.
• Expert-level knowledge of MEP systems, commissioning sequences, redundancy topologies, and critical path scheduling.
• Proven success delivering accelerated multi-MW projects or programs to budget and schedule.
• Mastery of P6/MS Project, Procore, and enterprise cost control.
• High-impact leadership with polished client-facing communication.

Responsibilities

• Set program strategy and project governance; align scope, budget, schedule, and Tier resiliency goals across stakeholders.
• Build and mentor PM teams; coordinate tightly with Superintendents for constructability, sequencing, and turnover milestones.
• Provide executive reporting on KPI dashboards: cost, schedule, risk, quality, punch/defect burn-down, commissioning progress, and readiness for IT load.
• Oversee cost planning, GMP development, cashflow, buyout strategy, and contingency management.
• Drive value engineering without compromising availability.
• Manage enterprise-level cost controls and commercial outcomes across multiple projects.
• Direct commissioning strategy including test scripts, sequence of operations, load bank plans, and IST readiness.
• Lead L1–L5 execution and acceptance.
• Ensure design and field work conform to TIA-942 resiliency ratings, Uptime Tier intent, and ASHRAE TC 9.9 thermal guidelines.
• Verify BMS/EPMS integration and alarming.
• Orchestrate long-lead procurement across OEMs (switchgear, UPS, generators, chillers, cooling distribution).
• Coordinate logistics for phased energization and critical equipment delivery.
• Sponsor safety culture across all project teams.
• Review MOPs, SOPs, and EOPs for hot work, lockout/tagout, and live cutovers in active facilities.
• Drive readiness planning through commissioning and turnover.
• Manage external partners including CxA, AE, commissioning agents, utilities, and AHJ stakeholders.
• Coordinate permits, inspections, and energization approvals.
• Serve as the primary executive-level client interface throughout project delivery.

Skills

Program management

Leadership

Client-facing communication

MEP knowledge

Tools

P6/MS Project

Procore

Job description

About Us

We partner with hyperscale, enterprise, and colo clients to deliver multi-MW campuses and edge sites with speed, precision, and uncompromising safety and quality.

Position Overview

• Lead multiple concurrent or program-scale data center projects (1–20+ MW) from concept through commissioning and turnover.
• Serve as the executive interface to the client, steering strategy, risk, commercial outcomes, and cross-project standardization.

Key Responsibilities

• Set program strategy and project governance; align scope, budget, schedule, and Tier resiliency goals across stakeholders.
• Build and mentor PM teams; coordinate tightly with Superintendents for constructability, sequencing, and turnover milestones.
• Provide executive reporting on KPI dashboards: cost, schedule, risk, quality, punch/defect burn-down, commissioning progress, and readiness for IT load.
• Oversee cost planning, GMP development, cashflow, buyout strategy, and contingency management.
• Drive value engineering without compromising availability.
• Manage enterprise-level cost controls and commercial outcomes across multiple projects.

Commissioning & Technical Execution

• Direct commissioning strategy including test scripts, sequence of operations, load bank plans, and IST readiness.
• Lead L1–L5 execution and acceptance.
• Ensure design and field work conform to TIA-942 resiliency ratings, Uptime Tier intent, and ASHRAE TC 9.9 thermal guidelines.
• Verify BMS/EPMS integration and alarming.

Procurement & Logistics

• Orchestrate long-lead procurement across OEMs (switchgear, UPS, generators, chillers, cooling distribution).
• Coordinate logistics for phased energization and critical equipment delivery.

Safety & Operational Readiness

• Sponsor safety culture across all project teams.
• Review MOPs, SOPs, and EOPs for hot work, lockout/tagout, and live cutovers in active -facilities.
• Drive readiness planning through commissioning and turnover.

Stakeholder & Partner Management

• Manage external partners including CxA, AE, commissioning agents, utilities, and AHJ stakeholders.
• Coordinate permits, inspections, and energization approvals.
• Serve as the primary executive-level client interface throughout project delivery.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in construction management with 8+ years in mission-critical/data center projects.
• Expert-level knowledge of MEP systems, commissioning sequences, redundancy topologies, and critical path scheduling.
• Proven success delivering accelerated multi-MW projects or programs to budget and schedule.
• Mastery of P6/MS Project, Procore, and enterprise cost control.
• High-impact leadership with polished client-facing communication.

Preferred

• Familiar with Uptime Institute Tier methodology, ANSI/TIA-942 ratings, and ASHRAE TC 9.9 thermal guidance.
• Experience with multi-site rollouts, modular builds, and phased/live environment upgrades.
• Professional credential (PMP, CCM) and commissioning training.

What We Offer

• Executive-level impact on global infrastructure
• Competitive compensation with performance bonus
• Accelerated career growth in the mission-critical market
• Opportunity to lead complex, high-profile data center programs worldwide