Senior Data Center Project Lead – Low Voltage & Fiber

Iron Systems, Inc; New Albany (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Iron Systems, Inc. is seeking a Senior delivery leader to execute low‑voltage / fiber projects on time and on budget, maintaining change control, client confidence, and clean turnover.

You will lead cross‑functional teams across engineering, field operations, logistics, testing, and vendors in multiple concurrent data center builds. The role requires a strong background in project controls, schedule management, and stakeholder communication, with a proven ability to manage complex, live‑facility

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field.
• Strong project leadership record delivering data center or other mission‑critical infrastructure programs with live‑facility constraints.
• Hands‑on command of project controls, schedule management, budget forecasting, change control, vendor coordination, and executive reporting.
• Working knowledge of low‑voltage and fiber build scope, including phased cutovers, testing and certification, labeling and documentation, and turnover requirements.
• Ability to enforce MOP and SOW discipline, manage competing priorities across concurrent jobs, and lead recovery plans when conditions change.
• Excellent stakeholder management, negotiation, and communication skills with clients, general contractors, subcontractors, and internal delivery teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead full project execution across one or multiple concurrent data center builds, controlling scope, schedule, budget, forecasting, staffing, and client commitments.
• Establish and maintain the integrated execution plan for phased build‑outs in live facilities, including milestone logic, access windows, MOP and SOW discipline, and commissioning readiness.
• Own commercial and contractual management: purchase orders, change orders, vendor and GC coordination, cost‑to‑complete, invoicing support, and variance recovery actions.
• Run project governance cadence, including status reporting, risk and issue management, action logs, submittal and RFI tracking, and decision escalation to client and executive stakeholders.
• Coordinate cross‑functional delivery between engineering, field operations, logistics, testing, network teams, vendors, and site leadership to remove blockers and protect the critical path.
• Ensure handover quality through disciplined document control, as‑built completeness, test package review, training records, punch‑list closure, and final turnover / commissioning documentation.
• Drive lessons learned, resource planning, and standardized delivery practices as the service line scales across multiple accounts or campuses.

Skills

Project leadership

Project controls

Schedule management

Budget forecasting

Change control

Vendor coordination

Executive reporting

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Communication with clients

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field

Job description

Iron Systems, Inc. is seeking a Senior delivery leader to execute low‑voltage / fiber projects on time and on budget, maintaining change control, client confidence, and clean turnover.

You will lead cross‑functional teams across engineering, field operations, logistics, testing, and vendors in multiple concurrent data center builds. The role requires a strong background in project controls, schedule management, and stakeholder communication, with a proven ability to manage complex, live‑facility