Project Manager - Datacenters

ETAP empowers customers to make informed decisions throughout the life cycle of their projects with innovative software solutions for electrical systems. By applying ETAP solutions, customers experience continuous intelligence during design and engineering and into operations and maintenance using a unified electrical digital twin platform. ETAP supports customers in their digital transformation and sustainable energy transitions for a green and smart future, helping them to prioritize safety, maximize reliability, and stay resilient.

Our employees' passion for excellence, innovation, and customer satisfaction is our most-prized resource. If you share that passion - and want to be part of a company that leads the energy transition towards a cleaner and more resilient world for future generations - we invite you to join us!

Job Title:

Project Manager – Data Center Solutions

Location:

Houston, TX (Approx. 30% travel to project sites)

Job type:
Full-time / Hybrid

We are seeking an execution-focused, technically fluent Project Manager to lead the delivery of real-time microgrid control and power management solutions for hyperscale and colocation data center clients. This role owns projects end-to-end - from contract execution through commissioning, energization, and final acceptance - and serves as the accountable leader for clients, commissioning teams, and internal engineering stakeholders. This is not a coordination role.

You will lead complex, mission-critical projects in live electrical environments, drive decisions, and ensure outcomes. While senior engineers own technical correctness, you must be technically credible enough to assess risk, challenge assumptions, and translate technical realities into commercial and client-facing decisions.

As the business scales, this role will grow into ownership of multiple data center sites or a broader project portfolio.

• Own full project execution across scope, schedule, budget, and contract, ensuring successful delivery through all lifecycle phases (design -> FAT -> SAT -> commissioning -> final acceptance)
• Serve as the accountable project leader, making decisions on schedule, scope, commercial outcomes, and acceptance readiness, while engineering teams own technical integrity
• Act as the primary client interface for hyperscale/colocation owners, commissioning agents (CxA), general contractors, and utility stakeholders
• Lead project reviews, coordinate witness testing, and manage escalations to resolution
• Drive technically credible conversations, tracking commissioning progress through integrated systems testing and identifying true risks vs. noise
• Manage financial performance, including payment milestones, invoicing alignment, and cash flow tracking against contractual deliverables
• Lead risk and change management, proactively identifying technical, schedule, and contractual exposures - particularly during commissioning, energization, and acceptance phases
• Coordinate cross-functional teams (engineering, controls, software, and client stakeholders) to ensure alignment with contractual and technical requirements
• Oversee project acceptance and handover, ensuring all deliverables are complete, documented, and approved prior to transition into support
• Own project reporting, including schedules, milestone tracking, financial performance, and executive-level updates
• Contribute to building scalable delivery practices, including standards, templates, and playbooks for consistent execution across multiple data center sites

• 5+ years of project management experience delivering engineering, power systems, automation, or industrial software projects
• Strong technical fluency in power systems or industrial automation, with the ability to engage in discussions on commissioning, controls, protection, and SCADA/EPMS systems
• Proven experience managing contract-driven projects with milestone-based payments and defined acceptance criteria
• Deep understanding of project lifecycle phases in field-delivered environments (design -> FAT -> SAT -> commissioning -> acceptance)
• Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills, with the…