Sr. Project Manager - Data Center

Flash Technology, LLC; Overland Park (KS); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) match

Paid time off

Educational assistance

Job summary

SPX Technologies in Kansas is seeking a Sr. Project Manager to lead large-scale HVAC, detection and measurement projects from intake through closeout, ensuring on-time delivery and cost control for client satisfaction.

You will coordinate cross-functional teams, manage risk, and maintain project margins while communicating progress to stakeholders and ensuring adherence to quality standards.

Qualifications

• Experience in the power plant or similar industry.
• Min. 2-3 years of project or construction management experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage projects from initiation to closeout.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams and subcontractors.
• Forecast revenues and manage cash flow for projects.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional leadership

SAP or ERP familiarity

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

SAP

ERP

Microsoft Project

Excel

Job description

Building the people that build the world.

With platforms in HVAC and Detection and Measurement, SPX Technologies builds innovative solutions that enable a safer, more efficient, sustainable world. Through our RiSE talent development framework, we Reach, Identify, Strengthen, and Engage our employees to support them in their continued development. We’re a global company of problem solvers, collaborators, and innovators, and our businesses build solutions that impact the world.

As part of HVAC Cooling, SPX Cooling Technologies is a leader in high quality industrial HVAC equipment used to cool large facilities like hospitals, data centers, and power plants. With cooling towers, fans, and refrigeration units, companies rely on brands like Marley, Recold, and SGS to provide comfort and mission critical and industrial cooling solutions.

SPX is a diverse t eam of unique individuals who all make an impact. As a Sr. Project Manager (PM) you will manage all aspects of a project from order intake to project close out, including some support responsibilities during the quoting and award phases. This entails ensuring that all project phases are completed in a timely and cost-effective manner, meet the required quality standard, and serving as the customer’s main contact. For each project, key responsibilities include customer relations, time scheduling and cost forecasting, reviewing and reporting progress, managing consortium partners, if any, and major subcontracts, managing change order process and claims management, project cash flow, and resolving all project related issues.

The PM is expected to “own” each assigned project and protect its gross margin by closely monitoring material and labor costs and taking action to correct and report variances of these costs. This role is responsible for resolving project problems in a timely manner, and maintaining project quality and adherence to schedule and budget.

The PM closes out each project after ensuring the completion of all required work and documents, all submittals required to the customer, and the final payment.

The PM communicates very effectively to ensure the satisfaction of both customers and internal resources. Interaction with organization is detailed within Standard Work Process Map (SWPM, “EVACI”).

What you can expect in this role (Job Responsibilities)

While each day brings new opportunities at SPX, your core responsibilities will be:

• Project Initiation & Planning
• PM shall be engaged in the Proposal Phase
• Set up and lead the SPX cross-functional Project Team. Identify the project targets and address tasks to the Project Team members, monitor the activities
• Set up meetings schedules and communication rules. (For example, this could include working with related groups, such as EH&S, on issues and resolution.)
• Project assignment is based on size and scope
• Communication & Stakeholder Management
• First line of communication with customers and consortium partners
• Regular communication with major sub suppliers, field construction, and SPX internal departments to address issues related to past, current, and future topics
• Travel to customer or internal meetings (offices, job sites, workshops)
• Contract management with interaction between all parties involved
• Financial responsibility to maintain target margin of project, forecast revenues with full visibility and costs associated with projects, incl. POC and progress, develop payment schedules (cash flow plan)
• Review project contracts, track deliveries, and time and material order processing
• Material costing and as-sold margin verification
• Project Execution & Control
• Project time schedule management between engineering, construction, and supply chain resources
• Responsible for maintaining accuracy of Project Status Report and provide regular updates to management
• Document control and responsibility for the DCL Document Control List
• Change order and claims management
• Insurance management
• Identify and support continuous Operational Excellence (OpEx) improvement initiatives
• Initiate and drive a successful Lessons Learned process to inform other projects and/or the proposal managers of new projects
• Act as agent of Company per corporate guidelines
• Responsible for managing projects in all countries in which SPX does business

What we are looking for (Experience, Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, Education)

We each bring something to the table, and we are looking for someone who has:

Required Experience

• Experience in the power plant or similar industry
• Min. 2-3 years of project or construction management experience

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Product knowledge
• Experience in accounting, engineering, construction management, and/or supply chain
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel and Project
• Experience with SAP or other ERP
• Solid base of leadership skills

Education & Certifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, business or engineering, or equivalent education and experience
• Certification according to the US PMI standard preferred
• Ability to travel up to 25 percent of the time
• Occasional lifting up to 50 pounds
• Keyboarding/typing
• Ability to read effectively from a computer screen and/or paper copy
• Ability to handle a large volume of work and perform multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to travel to job sites to meet with construction crews and customers on-site
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally
• Office environment with varying degrees of noise levels
• Outside at times; may be exposed to bad weather, excessive heat, and/or excessive noise
• Visit the construction jobsites for projects assigned.

How we live our culture

Our culture is at the center of what we do and, more importantly, who we are. Our core values set a standard for how we manage ourselves, and our Leadership Model sets the standard for how we engage with each other. Whether you are an individual contributor or you lead a large team, each of us leads at SPX.

What benefits do we offer?

We know that the well-being of our employees is integral. Our benefits include:

• Generous and flexible paid time off including paid personal time off, caregiver, parental, and volunteer leave
• Competitive health insurance plans and 401(k) match, with benefits starting day one
• Competitive and performance-based compensation packages and bonus plans
• Educational assistance, leadership development programs, and recognition programs

Our commitment to embrace diversity to build a culture of inclusion at SPX

We value different backgrounds, experiences, and voices at SPX, and we are committed to challenging ourselves, openly communicating, and striving to improve every day. We believe in creating an inclusive work environment where everyone has a voice and is encouraged to realize their fullest potential.

SPX is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer committed to making selection decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis.

ABOUT SPX

SPX is a diversified, global supplier of infrastructure equipment with scalable growth platforms in heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), detection and measurement, and engineered solutions. With operations in 17 countries and approximately $2.2billion in annual revenue, we offer a wide array of highly engineered products with strong brands.

At SPX, what’s in it for our employees transcends market-competitive compensation and benefits. Our Total Rewards program also includes opportunities for employees’ personal development, career growth, and recognition. These programs focus on alignment and assessment of organizational, team, and individual efforts toward achieving business results. Our development and career growth programs empower our employees to enhance their skills, develop new competencies, and pursue career goals. SPX benefits package provides choices designed to help employees manage their well-being. Our compensation programs are performance-based to recognize and reward employees who work hard, display the values and leadership practices we embrace, and deliver exceptional results.

OUR VALUES

• Integrity
• Accountability
• Teamwork
• Results

At SPX, our values are at the heart of everything we do. We use our values every day to help us make the right decisions. We embrace a common purpose and strive for improvement. We respect and value each other as individuals and recognizethat only by working together, as a team, can we reach our full potential. We take responsibility for our actions, build strong relationships with each other and our customers, and always act ethically. Our values inspire us to achieve the high standards of quality, safety, and performance that our customers expect and deserve.

WORKING AT SPX

Our work environment is established on a work-life philosophy supported by policies, programs, and practices that help employees achieve success within and outside the workplace.We believe in creating an inclusive work environment where employees strive to realize their fullest potential. We are an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer committed to making selection decisions without regard to race, color, religion,sex, sexual orientation, national origin,gender identity, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected basis.