Senior Construction Project Manager

Purple Drive Technologies; Abilene (TX); On-site; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Purple Drive Technologies, a global technology leader, seeks a Senior Project Manager to oversee critical infrastructure and data center projects from pre-sales through commissioning. You will manage scope, schedule, budgets, resources, and customer relationships across global sites.

Travel about 25–30% and use Oracle, Smartsheet, and Power BI for reporting. PMP is preferred; strong communication and risk management are essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of project management experience.
• Experience with critical infrastructure, data centers, or large-scale construction projects.
• Knowledge of electrical and mechanical contracting/construction.
• Strong customer-facing, communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience managing project budgets, schedules, resources, and contractors.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects to meet scope, schedule, quality, safety, and financial targets.
• Coordinate with order management, manufacturing, logistics, contractors, field services, and warranty teams.
• Manage project resources and establish clear responsibilities across functional teams.
• Work closely with customers, contractors, and jobsite teams to ensure successful project execution.
• Monitor project budgets, costs, margins, schedules, and overall financial performance.
• Identify and resolve project risks, issues, and potential schedule or cost impacts.
• Conduct project meetings, presentations, and stakeholder communications.
• Support a strong safety culture throughout project execution.
• Use project management and reporting tools such as Oracle, Smartsheet, and Power BI.
• Travel to customer/job sites approximately 25–30%.

Skills

Project management

Client facing

Communication

Resource coordination

Budgeting

PMP certification

Tools

Oracle

Smartsheet

Power BI

Job description

Join a $10B+ global technology leader in critical digital infrastructure, supporting the systems that power data centers, telecommunications, industrial facilities, and other essential operations worldwide. With a global presence across nearly 70 countries, the organization is at the forefront of delivering innovative infrastructure solutions that keep the connected world running.

This is an opportunity to work with a highly respected, global organization where innovation, operational excellence, continuous improvement, and customer focus are central to the culture..

Position Overview:

We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead critical infrastructure and data center projects from pre-sales through equipment installation, startup, and commissioning. The role will manage project scope, schedule, budget, quality, resources, customer relationships, and overall project execution.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead projects to meet scope, schedule, quality, safety, and financial targets.
• Coordinate with order management, manufacturing, logistics, contractors, field services, and warranty teams.
• Manage project resources and establish clear responsibilities across functional teams.
• Work closely with customers, contractors, and jobsite teams to ensure successful project execution.
• Monitor project budgets, costs, margins, schedules, and overall financial performance.
• Identify and resolve project risks, issues, and potential schedule or cost impacts.
• Conduct project meetings, presentations, and stakeholder communications.
• Support a strong safety culture throughout project execution.
• Use project management and reporting tools such as Oracle, Smartsheet, and Power BI.
• Travel to customer/job sites approximately 25–30%.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of project management experience.
• Experience with critical infrastructure, data centers, or large-scale construction projects preferred.
• Knowledge of electrical and mechanical contracting/construction.
• Strong customer-facing, communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience managing project budgets, schedules, resources, and contractors.
• PMP certification preferred.
• Knowledge of engineering, manufacturing, commissioning, UPS, thermal, battery, or monitoring systems is a plus.