Senior Project Manager

Metric DCX; Wisconsin; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Metric DCX is seeking a Senior Project Manager to own the commercial and operational delivery of large-scale data center developments. You will lead project teams and act as a key interface between the contractor, client and partners.

Responsibilities include managing budgets, forecasting, schedules, procurement, and risk mitigation, while mentoring junior staff and maintaining safety and quality standards on complex, multidisciplinary projects.

Qualifications

• Experience in data center construction or mission-critical environments.
• Strong leadership and team development capabilities.
• Excellent client-facing and stakeholder-management skills.
• Strong commercial, scheduling and contract-management capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of large-scale data center projects from preconstruction through closeout.
• Manage project budgets, forecasting, schedules and overall commercial performance.
• Lead and mentor Project Managers, Project Engineers and wider project teams.
• Oversee subcontractor procurement, contracts, change management and performance.
• Coordinate with field leadership, design teams, trade partners and commissioning teams.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with clients and key project stakeholders.
• Identify project risks and implement strategies to maintain schedule and budget.
• Drive high standards across safety, quality and project execution.

Skills

Data center

Project management

Budgeting

Contract management

Stakeholder management

Job description

We are working with a leading national general contractor that is expanding its data center and mission-critical construction platform across the US. As part of this continued growth, they are looking to appoint an experienced Senior Project Manager to take a leadership role across major data center projects.

The Role

The Senior Project Manager will take ownership of the commercial and operational delivery of large-scale data center developments, leading project teams and acting as a key interface between the contractor, client and project partners.

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead delivery of large-scale data center projects from preconstruction through closeout.
• Manage project budgets, forecasting, schedules and overall commercial performance.
• Lead and mentor Project Managers, Project Engineers and wider project teams.
• Oversee subcontractor procurement, contracts, change management and performance.
• Coordinate with field leadership, design teams, trade partners and commissioning teams.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with clients and key project stakeholders.
• Identify project risks and implement strategies to maintain schedule and budget.
• Drive high standards across safety, quality and project execution.

The Ideal Candidate

• Strong background working for a general contractor within data center/mission-critical construction.
• Strong commercial, scheduling and contract-management capabilities.
• Experience leading and developing multidisciplinary project teams.
• Strong understanding of MEP-intensive construction environments.
• Excellent client-facing and stakeholder-management skills.

This opportunity would suit an experienced data center construction professional looking to take greater ownership of major projects while joining a contractor with an expanding mission-critical pipeline.