Remote Field Project Manager - Data Center Projects

Eaton Group; Pleasanton (CA); Remote; USD 99,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton Corporation is seeking a Field Project Manager for a remote role within 50 miles of any Eaton office west of the Mississippi River. You will lead end-to-end, engineered-to-order datacenter projects, coordinating with customers, sales, engineering, and manufacturing to ensure profitable, on-time delivery.

The role requires strong leadership, technical liaison skills, and the ability to manage complex project documentation and stakeholder relations across multiple U.S. time zones.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
• Minimum 5 years electrical industry experience
• Minimum 2 years project management experience
• Possess and maintain a valid and unrestricted driver's license
• Relocation is not available. To be considered for the role candidates must currently reside within a 50-mile radius of an Eaton facility west of the Mississippi River.
• Eaton will not consider applicants for employment, immigration sponsorship or support for this position.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end execution of complex, engineered-to-order datacenter projects, ensuring technical accuracy, schedule adherence, and customer satisfaction across the full project lifecycle.
• Serve as the primary technical liaison between customers, sales, engineering, and manufacturing to manage order configuration, documentation, change management, and warranty resolution.
• Review and interpret contract drawings, specifications, and engineered-to-order designs; manage technical changes to bills of material and ensure alignment with customer and Eaton requirements.
• Drive financial performance by improving project profitability, negotiating internal resources and priorities, and leveraging competitive intelligence to strengthen Eaton's market position.
• Coordinate and leverage centralized and cross-functional resources to develop, manage, and deliver complete and compliant project documentation and technical deliverables.
• Act as the customer advocate by communicating urgency, escalating risks and issues appropriately, and maintaining strong, trusted relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Skills

Drive for results

Customer centricity

Negotiation skills

Strong organizational skills

Travel 25%

Education

Bachelor's degree

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Business

PMP Certification

Tools

Vista

Bidmanager

SAP

Salesforce

Adobe Acrobat

AutoCAD

Bluebeam

Microsoft Office

Job description

Eaton Corporation is seeking a Field Project Manager for a remote role within 50 miles of any Eaton office west of the Mississippi River. You will lead end-to-end, engineered-to-order datacenter projects, coordinating with customers, sales, engineering, and manufacturing to ensure profitable, on-time delivery.

The role requires strong leadership, technical liaison skills, and the ability to manage complex project documentation and stakeholder relations across multiple U.S. time zones.