Project Manager - Modular - Data Center

Cupertino Electric, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 107,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Cupertino Electric, Inc. is seeking a Project Manager - Modular for data-center initiatives with responsibility for day-to-day modular project operations, planning, and financial performance.

You will lead a high-performing team, manage project execution plans, and collaborate with product development and production to meet schedule commitments. The role requires 5+ years in electrical construction leadership, experience with union workforces, and proficiency in project cost accounting,

Qualifications

• Education: High School Diploma or GED required; Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Five years in electrical construction leadership managing multi-million-dollar projects
• Experience with union workforces and project cost accounting; strong scheduling skills

Responsibilities

• Manage and lead modular data center projects from qualification through closeout within budgets and timelines
• Establish execution plans and provide scheduling/coordination for each project; collaborate with product development and production teams
• Identify risks and develop recovery action plans; negotiate change orders
• Manage project financials, review invoices, track variances, and report on performance
• Serve as key contact with customers and subcontractors; develop relationships and ensure safety and quality

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Electrical construction

Budgeting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Business, Engineering or similar

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

MS Word

Excel

Project

Accubid Classic

Job description

Posting Title: Project Manager - Modular - Data Center
Reports To: Director, Project Management
Location:Edgerton, WI | Greater San Francisco Bay Area | Remote | Salt Lake City, UT | Houston, TX |
Salary Range: $106,500 to $160,000

*This position is eligible for the annual performance bonus plan.

Final determination of a successful candidate’s starting pay will vary based on a number of factors, including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, education and experience. The pay scale listed for this position is generally for candidates that meet the specified qualifications and requirements listed on this specific job description. We provide a competitive compensation package that recognizes your experience, credentials, and education alongside a robust benefits program to meet your needs. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets.

WHO WE ARE

Since 1954, Cupertino Electric, Inc. (CEI) has been powered by people who’ve built a reputation for delivering high-profile, complex projects. Real, tangible things that alter the landscape and improve lives. And we’ve done it with integrity for more than 70 years. We’re problem solvers and innovation seekers. We’re team players and safety fanatics. And we're proud to be part of Quanta Services (PWR:NYSE), North America's largest employer of skilled craft labor. Because what we do is important, but how we do it is everything.

THE MODULAR TEAM

Modular solutions by CEI anticipate and solve ongoing problems for data center operators. Our proven, factory-built and tested data center infrastructure products bring deployments online faster, more reliably, and with less risk than conventional methods.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Manufacturing & Construction Project Manager at Cupertino Electric, you will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of Modular projects and the successful management of a high-performing team. You will manage the planning, execution, and financial performance of your projects using business practices that are consistent with our company values – people, safety, integrity, innovation, and excellence. Some travel to the plant is required.

• Manage and lead projects and project teams successfully from qualification, through estimate, pre-construction, production, and closeout. Ensure all project and contractual agreements are met and performed safely and professionally within established budgets and timeframes.
• Establish project execution plan and provide scheduling and coordination for each project. Collaborate with product development and production teams to ensure projects are completed on schedule.
• Identify project risks and potential issues. Develop and execute recovery action plans.
• Manage project financials, review and approve invoices, track budget variance, job cost, and productivity, and report on financial performance.
• Successfully negotiate change orders.
• Act as key point of contact with customers and end-user owners. Manage and develop customer and subcontractor relationships.

ABOUT YOU

You possess dynamic leadership and management skills to influence and drive positive outcomes. You have thorough knowledge of the estimating, project cost accounting, scheduling, procurement, productivity tracking, and reporting methods necessary to profitably complete electrical construction projects. You have experience with union workforces and labor rate calculations. In addition to your technical knowledge, you have a history of successfully leading teams and are passionate about developing and growing employees to their full potential.

• Thorough knowledge of the estimating, project cost accounting, scheduling, procurement, productivity tracking, and reporting principles necessary to profitably complete electrical construction projects.
• Experience with union workforces and labor rate calculations.
• Verifiable experience of safe, reliable and integrity-driven work habits, including working in unsupervised field settings, and remote office locations when appropriate.
• Strong management and leadership skills, to include a history of leading teams with a passion for developing employees.
• Strong ability to influence and drive positive outcomes.
• Highly proficient in MS Word, Excel, and Project. Experience with Accubid Classic preferred.

WHAT YOU WILL GAIN

Upon joining the team at Cupertino Electric, you’ll be exposed to a new, diverse community of client, vendor and subcontractor partners. You will be empowered to build new relationships to enhance your future business development opportunities. As a Project Manager, you have an important responsibility of managing CEI’s projects in line with goals, financial parameters, and within the project timeline and specification with the purpose of optimizing revenue growth, profitability, and customer satisfaction. Armed with CEI’s top notch tools and copious internal resources, with the expertise you bring and a little elbow grease, you’re sure to be successful.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Any combination of education and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities as well as possession of any required licenses or certifications is qualifying.

Education: High School Diploma or GED required. Bachelor’s Degree in Construction Management, Business, Engineering, or similar preferred or equivalent experience required.

Licensure/Certifications: None required.

Experience: Five (5) years of experience in electrical construction or related activities in a leadership role managing multi-million-dollar projects. Five (5) years of experience managing people and electrical construction projects within the commercial, utility, alternative energy, or data center markets.

CEI is a place where every single person can—and does—have an impact on the work we do and the communities we serve. Here, you can build your own story and grow to your full potential. You can collaborate and celebrate with amazing people. And you’ll go home every day knowing you helped contribute to important work that shapes people’s lives. Our commercial, data center and energy projects may be complex, but our approach is simple. We build great things and we do it with great people.

The job duties listed are typical examples of work performed by positions in this job classification and are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Specific duties and responsibilities may vary depending on department, program or project needs without changing the general nature and scope of the job or level of responsibility. Employees may also perform other duties as assigned.

Cupertino Electric, Inc. (CEI) is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and affirmative action employer. We celebrate diversity and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law.

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