Senior Data Center Construction Leader

System One; Quanah (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

System One is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to provide overall leadership for complex, mission critical and data center construction projects in Texas. You will oversee preconstruction through turnover, ensuring safety, quality, schedule, and financial performance align with client expectations.

You will lead cross-functional teams, manage budgets and contracts, and drive proactive risk management, with senior-level communication to owners and executives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, Business, or related field preferred; or 15 years of relevant construction experience in lieu of a degree.
• 10+ years of commercial, industrial, mission critical, or technically complex construction experience, including significant project management responsibility.
• 8+ years in a Project Manager or Senior Project Manager capacity with demonstrated accountability for large or complex projects.
• Direct and relevant experience managing data center, mission critical, electrical infrastructure, or similarly complex construction projects.
• Strong knowledge of contracts, project financial management, forecasting, procurement, CPM scheduling, change management, and project closeout.
• Strong leadership, communication, negotiation, decision-making, and client-management skills.
• Proficiency with standard construction-management, scheduling, financial reporting, and Microsoft Office platforms.
• Ability to travel to and work from project sites as required.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership and accountability for mission critical and data center projects from preconstruction through final turnover and closeout.
• Set the project management strategy and establish expectations for execution, reporting, accountability, and decision-making across the project team.
• Maintain contract requirements, project scope, owner expectations, specifications, schedule, contingencies, and risks.
• Lead alignment between Project Management, Field Operations, Preconstruction, Safety, Quality, and Mission Critical leadership.
• Serve as senior point of contact for owners, developers, design professionals, trade partners, vendors, and executive stakeholders.
• Lead major project meetings, executive updates, risk reviews, and recovery planning as required.
• Anticipate risks and direct mitigation or recovery plans; escalate issues with recommendations.
• Manage CPM schedule, look-ahead planning, procurement milestones, design deliverables, inspections, commissioning, and turnover.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Negotiation

Decision making

Client management

Education

Bachelor's degree or 15 years experience

Tools

Procore

Bluebeam

Microsoft Project

Primavera P6

Job description

System One is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to provide overall leadership for complex, mission critical and data center construction projects in Texas. You will oversee preconstruction through turnover, ensuring safety, quality, schedule, and financial performance align with client expectations.

You will lead cross-functional teams, manage budgets and contracts, and drive proactive risk management, with senior-level communication to owners and executives.