Senior Data Center Network Delivery Lead (Remote)

Iren Group; Childress (TX); Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Relocation support

Job summary

IREN is seeking a Senior Project Manager to own the delivery of telecommunications, network infrastructure, fiber, and supporting technology for a data center campus. The role covers campus-wide scope and off-campus fiber routes, with 100% renewable energy and a focus on sustainable solutions.

You will report to the Director of Network Delivery and lead project management, scheduling, budgeting, risk, and vendor coordination in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of telecommunications, network infrastructure or data center industry experience.
• 5+ years of proven project management and people leadership delivering telecommunications or network infrastructure on mid to large data center or mission-critical projects of similar complexity to IREN’s.
• Qualifications in an engineering, telecommunications or related discipline, or demonstrable experience and technical knowledge in data center network and fiber infrastructure.
• Deep technical expertise in outside-plant and inside-plant fiber, carrier and MMR delivery, and data center structured cabling and network infrastructure.
• Executive presence and reporting: proven ability to document and communicate project risks, schedule and budget clearly and consistently to senior leadership, in writing and in person.
• Experience in a fast-paced growth environment and in solving complex problems with company-wide impact.
• OSHA 30.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Suite (Project, Excel, Word, Outlook).

Responsibilities

• Coordinate fiber counts and rack layouts in engineering drawings before construction.
• Review network designs for completeness, identify gaps and conflicts, and coordinate changes before field problems.
• Lead design and constructability reviews for network scope through IFC; ensure lessons learned and construction improvements are incorporated.
• Define carrier entrance, diverse-route and MMR requirements early in campus planning and confirm they are protected.
• Coordinate carrier and service-provider builds to the campus, including route design, right-of-way and entrance dependencies, construction progress, splice and test acceptance, and service turn-up.
• Manage service orders and provider milestones against the campus schedule; track due dates, expedite slippage and hold providers to committed delivery.
• Coordinate campus-to-campus and campus-to-carrier connectivity, including DWDM and high-capacity services, with Network Engineering.
• Manage the contracting process for telecommunications and network scope, providing input into the commercial structure and technical scope of subcontracts, vendor agreements and service-provider contracts.
• Review quotes, submittals and vendor proposals; support purchase-order, long-lead equipment and material tracking against the schedule.
• Work with project controls to maintain and report the network delivery cost plan, including forecasting of risks and contingency; advise early of cost impacts and communicate budget variances to the Director of Network Delivery.
• Manage change orders within delegated authority; support contract and payment processes, including review of pay applications against work completed.
• Develop and deliver the network delivery program of works within each building’s integrated master schedule and the campus master schedule, sequencing OSP, ISP, MMR fit-out, backbone, equipment installation and service turn-up against building milestones.
• Maintain look-ahead planning for scope, capex, long-lead equipment and carrier deliveries; identify and resolve dependencies on civil, electrical, mechanical and building trades.
• Lead recurring coordination meetings between technical and construction teams to identify infrastructure gaps, resolve ownership issues and keep dependencies from impacting project milestones.
• Lead network risk assessments and maintain the risk register; report to prescribed frequencies and requirements.
• Coordinate telecommunications contractors and vendors on site; conduct site inspections and work with site superintendents to verify installations are progressing according to design and schedule.
• Establish measurable KPIs for subcontractors, vendors and service providers; verify fiber testing (OTDR, insertion loss), labeling and workmanship against specification; drive non-conformance close-out and defect rectification.
• Ensure all personnel, including subcontractors, under their management are inducted and trained in line with company requirements.
• Comply with IREN’s Risk, QA and HSE management systems; drive for zero harm and act as a role model for a positive HSE culture on site.
• Drive NetBox/DCIM as the single source of truth for physical and logical infrastructure at new facilities: racks, rack units, PDUs, switches, routers, fiber panels, ports, cables, jumpers, VLANs, IP addressing, naming conventions and connectivity.
• Coordinate collection and validation of this information during construction, with contractors and vendors contractually obligated to deliver it in the required format, so Operations and Engineering have an accurate infrastructure record from day one.
• Own network readiness for building and campus commissioning, including fiber and service acceptance testing, OT network dependencies for integrated systems testing, and open-issue closure.
• Ensure handover documentation – as-builts, test results, labeling schedules, DCIM records and asset information – is complete, satisfactory and filed; lead the network handover to Operations against an agreed acceptance standard.
• Run network project control meetings with clear action items and deliverable dates for the project team, contractors, vendors and service providers.
• Provide concise, reliable network delivery status to the Director of Network Delivery and the campus Project Director for consolidated reporting to senior leadership; elevate incidents, issues and concerns as required.
• Take a professional leadership approach to contractor, carrier and vendor interactions; keep stakeholders informed and engaged; strengthen relationships with carriers, service providers, utilities and local government.
• Collaborate closely with IREN construction managers, procurement managers, Network Engineering and Operations with a team-first, project-first mentality.
• Give day-to-day direction to any Project Manager(s) supporting network delivery, including performance feedback and an agreed development plan.
• Contribute to evaluations of project performance; facilitate lessons-learned workshops at building and campus close-out and carry those lessons, and the resulting standards, into the next campus.

Skills

Microsoft Suite

Project management

Leadership

Communication

Telecommunications

Education

Engineering background or related discipline

Tools

NetBox

Primavera P6

SAP

Job description

IREN is seeking a Senior Project Manager to own the delivery of telecommunications, network infrastructure, fiber, and supporting technology for a data center campus. The role covers campus-wide scope and off-campus fiber routes, with 100% renewable energy and a focus on sustainable solutions.

You will report to the Director of Network Delivery and lead project management, scheduling, budgeting, risk, and vendor coordination in a fast-paced environment.