Sr. Project Manager - Data Centers

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SUMMARY: The Senior Project Manager, Data Centers leads complex electrical construction projects in data center and mission-critical environments after project handoff, from mobilization and execution through commissioning support, turnover, and closeout. This role owns project delivery, financial performance, client relationships, safety, quality, scheduling, procurement, change management, commissioning readiness, and team development.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
▪ Lead assigned data center and mission-critical electrical construction projects after project handoff, from mobilization and execution through commissioning support, turnover, and closeout.
▪ Manage a portfolio of concurrent data center projects or one or more large, complex hyperscale, colocation, enterprise, cloud, AI, or mission-critical electrical construction projects.
▪ Partner with project executives, field leadership, superintendents, foremen, preconstruction, estimating, procurement, virtual construction, engineering, quality, safety, commissioning, and project support teams to plan and deliver work effectively.
▪ Own project delivery and manage financial performance, balancing scope, resources, schedules, cost control, forecasts, schedules of values, progress billings, cash flow, NOI, and profitability.
▪ Prepare and review monthly job projections, WIP updates, project controls reports, and financial forecasts; communicate performance, risks, efficiency opportunities, and recovery plans clearly.
▪ Identify, prepare, price, submit, negotiate, and manage change orders while maintaining appropriate documentation, proactively managing expectations, and communicating client value.
▪ Develop, track, and maintain detailed project schedules; adjust priorities and milestones based on changing client needs, phased turnover requirements, commissioning activities, resource availability, jobsite conditions, and project requirements.
▪ Review contracts and coordinate revisions, changes, notices, RFIs, submittals, purchase orders, subcontractor scopes, vendor commitments, and project correspondence.
▪ Lead project pre-planning efforts, including turnover meetings, labor task code setup, manpower planning, safety planning, logistics, material planning, prefabrication strategy, site coordination, and integration with field operations.
▪ Coordinate procurement, material submittals, equipment needs, long-lead items, switchgear, UPS systems, generators, PDUs, RPPs, distribution equipment, controls, and other critical-path electrical infrastructure to support schedule, field productivity, and turnover milestones.
▪ Build, mentor, and develop high-performing project teams, including Project Engineers, Assistant Project Managers, Project Managers, coordinators, and support staff, while reinforcing Baker standards.
▪ Serve as a primary liaison with clients, general contractors, owners, architects, engineers, inspectors, commissioning agents, subcontractors, vendors, operations teams, and internal stakeholders.
▪ Regularly visit projects and coordinate with foremen, superintendents, and field leadership to assess progress, quality, productivity, safety, installation sequencing, coordination constraints, and client satisfaction.
▪ Proactively identify complex project challenges, risks, delays, productivity issues, and changing conditions; apply sound judgment, implement corrective measures, and escalate significant concerns as appropriate.
▪ Manage project closeout and turnover, including punch list completion, final change orders, record drawings, manuals, warranties, commissioning support, systems documentation, client turnover packages, lessons learned, and team debriefs.
▪ Evaluate construction methods, project execution approaches, prefabrication opportunities, resource plans, and sequencing strategies to improve technical quality, cost effectiveness, efficiency, quality, safety, predictability, and NOI.

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION:
▪ 7+ years of electrical construction project management experience with an electrical contractor; 10+ years preferred, with demonstrated experience in data center, mission-critical, commercial, industrial, or large-scale technical environments.
▪ Demonstrated success managing large, complex electrical construction projects from preconstruction through closeout.
▪ Strong knowledge of electrical construction materials, methods, tools, contract documents, plans, specifications, sched