Senior Data Center Construction PM - Lead Turnover Ready

Cumming; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 121,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k)

401(k) Matching

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

Short and long-term disability

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Cumming Group is seeking a Senior Project Manager - Data Center Construction to lead customer-specific construction and fit-out on large data center projects in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, and Des Moines, coordinating design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and turnover.

You will manage scope, schedule, budget, procurement, risk, and changes, serve as primary client interface, lead teams across design and operations, and ensure operational readiness with strong leadership

Qualifications

• Experience managing data center, mission-critical, industrial, or other complex construction projects.
• Strong understanding of data center design, construction, fit-out, commissioning, and turnover.
• Experience managing projects from design through construction and operational handoff.
• Working knowledge of mechanical, electrical, controls, security, and other critical systems.
• Experience with budgets, cost estimates, contracts, change orders, procurement, and commercial negotiations.
• Strong knowledge of construction sequencing, scheduling, long-lead procurement, and risk management.
• Ability to manage contractors, consultants, vendors, and multidisciplinary project teams.
• Strong customer-facing communication, leadership, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced construction environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead customer-specific construction and fit-out scope within large-scale data center projects.
• Coordinate customer requirements with design, engineering, construction, procurement, commissioning, and operations teams.
• Manage scope, budget, schedule, procurement, risk, and change management through turnover.
• Review customer requirements and impacts to architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, controls, security, and life-safety systems.
• Lead design coordination and technical reviews with customers, consultants, contractors, and internal teams.
• Develop scopes of work, bid packages, cost estimates, and procurement plans.
• Manage change orders, commercial impacts, and cost recovery related to customer-driven changes.
• Track long-lead equipment and materials and drive procurement to protect project milestones.
• Coordinate field execution with General Contractors, trade partners, vendors, commissioning teams, and customer representatives.
• Monitor progress, critical-path activities, and project risks; drive mitigation and recovery plans as needed.
• Serve as a primary customer interface throughout construction, commissioning, and turnover.
• Lead punch list, closeout, documentation, and operational readiness activities.
• Provide regular reporting on cost, schedule, procurement, risk, and key customer commitments.

Skills

Data center construction

Project management

Budgeting & cost control

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Customer-facing communication

Education

BS in Construction, Engineering, or related field

Job description

Cumming Group is seeking a Senior Project Manager - Data Center Construction to lead customer-specific construction and fit-out on large data center projects in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, and Des Moines, coordinating design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and turnover.

You will manage scope, schedule, budget, procurement, risk, and changes, serve as primary client interface, lead teams across design and operations, and ensure operational readiness with strong leadership