DC Project Manager

Description

Fermi America is seeking a Data Center Project Manager to assume single-point accountability for delivering all data center buildings associated with an assigned tenant account.

This role owns the outcome across the account—including scope, cost, schedule, quality, and the commercial position with the delivery partner—from the release of each building through commissioning and turnover to operations. This is an owner-side delivery role, not a coordination role. The Data Center Project Manager directs Fermi’s position with the design-build or construction partner executing the work. This individual makes and defends decisions with significant capital and schedule consequences.

Leadership holds this person accountable when a building is late or over budget. The Project Manager also serves as Fermi’s delivery representative to the tenant and is responsible for the credibility of Fermi’s commitments and reporting. The position exists to provide each tenant account with a dedicated delivery owner. The Director of DC Construction governs partner relationships, contracting strategy, and delivery standards across the portfolio, while the Data Center Project Manager is accountable for delivering the assigned account.

As additional tenants join the campus, the number of Project Managers will scale with the number of tenant accounts rather than the number of buildings.

This role reports to the Director of DC Construction and works closely with the DC Senior Technical Specialist, DC QA/QC and Commissioning, project controls, Procurement and Sourcing, safety, facility operations, and the tenant’s project team.

When a DC Construction Manager is assigned to the account, the Data Center Project Manager establishes that role’s day-to-day field priorities. The DC Construction Manager will continue to report to the Director of DC Construction. The Project Manager does not direct verification findings, progress confirmation, or maintenance of the field record. Those responsibilities remain independent of the cost and schedule position reported by the Project Manager.

The assigned scope may include buildings delivered through lump-sum turnkey, design-build, construction management at risk, or multiple-prime contracting structures. It may also include concurrent and sequential builds within the same tenant account.

• Serve as the single point of accountability for all buildings within the assigned tenant account throughout the complete delivery lifecycle, including design development, procurement, construction, commissioning, and turnover to operations.
• Own sequencing and prioritization across concurrent and successive buildings within the account, including the allocation of shared resources, contractor capacity, long-lead equipment, and campus infrastructure.
• Drive standardization and repeatability across the account by applying design packages, contracting terms, and execution approaches proven on earlier buildings, enabling each successive release to be delivered faster and with less variance.
• Manage interfaces with shared campus infrastructure serving multiple buildings within the account, including power interconnection, water, connectivity, and common site work.
• Develop and maintain the project execution plan, including the contracting approach, alignment of work and cost breakdown structures, organization and interface plan, risk register, and turnover strategy.
• Establish and defend the project baseline for scope, cost, and schedule. Control deviations through a formal change-management process.
• Administer the delivery agreement as Fermi’s representative, including notice obligations, milestone certification, pay-application recommendations, retention, and liquidated-damages…