Senior PM - Data Center Development & Preconstruction

Catapult Federal Services; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Catapult Federal Services seeks a Senior Project Manager to lead owner-side planning and preconstruction for a power-first data center campus. You will coordinate scope, schedule, budget, design, permitting, utilities and stakeholders from development through notice to proceed, owning the integrated development plan across campus phases.

The ideal candidate brings 8+ years in hyperscale data centers with strong MEP, project controls, and executive communication skills, and is comfortable

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, or a related field.
• 8+ years of project management experience in hyperscale data centers or mission-critical facilities.
• Experience guiding projects through development and preconstruction, not only field execution.
• Strong knowledge of data center MEP systems, utility power, substations, backup generation, and BESS.
• Excellent project controls, contract administration, risk management, and executive communication.
• Willingness to travel regularly to East Texas and other project locations.

Responsibilities

• Own the integrated development plan for assigned buildings, infrastructure packages, or campus phases from concept through construction handoff.
• Coordinate design, estimating, constructability, permitting, procurement, utility interconnection, onsite generation, and customer requirements.
• Develop milestone schedules, decision logs, risk registers, budgets, and executive status reports.
• Support EPC/GC, designer, consultant, and major-equipment procurement strategies and participate in bid evaluations.
• Drive scope definition and change control across civil, structural, electrical, mechanical, controls, and technology workstreams.
• Lead recurring coordination meetings and elevate decisions affecting energization, tenant readiness, cost, or schedule.
• Support regulatory, tax-abatement, community, and local-agency coordination as needed.
• Ensure construction turnover, commissioning, and operational-readiness requirements are incorporated early in design.

Skills

Project management (8+ yrs)

Stakeholder communication

Risk management

Project controls

Travel readiness

Power infrastructure

Data center MEP

Scheduling & budgeting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Construction Management

Tools

Primavera P6

Procore

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Job description

Catapult Federal Services seeks a Senior Project Manager to lead owner-side planning and preconstruction for a power-first data center campus. You will coordinate scope, schedule, budget, design, permitting, utilities and stakeholders from development through notice to proceed, owning the integrated development plan across campus phases.

The ideal candidate brings 8+ years in hyperscale data centers with strong MEP, project controls, and executive communication skills, and is comfortable