Data Center Closeout Manager - Project Manager

AMTS is hiring a Data Center Closeout Manager / Project Manager , this person is responsible for leading projects through the final phases of construction, commissioning, turnover, commercial closeout, and transition to operations.

This role serves as a critical connection between engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, contractors, vendors, project controls, and the owner/operator. The successful candidate will ensure that projects are not only physically complete, but also fully documented, tested, accepted, and ready for safe and reliable operation.

The position requires strong project-management skills, attention to detail, technical understanding of critical infrastructure, and the ability to drive multiple stakeholders toward defined completion and turnover milestones.

• Manage assigned projects or project closeout activities from late-stage construction through final completion.
• Establish and maintain project schedules, milestones, deliverables, and closeout plans.
• Coordinate engineering, construction, procurement, commissioning, vendors, and subcontractors.
• Monitor scope, schedule, cost, quality, risks, and outstanding project issues.
• Lead project meetings and communicate status, risks, decisions, and required actions.
• Identify potential delays and develop recovery strategies.
• Maintain clear accountability for open items and ensure timely resolution.

• Lead the transition from substantial completion to final completion.
• Establish and maintain comprehensive punch lists and deficiency logs.
• Assign responsibility and due dates for outstanding deficiencies.
• Coordinate with contractors and subcontractors to drive corrective actions to completion.
• Verify completed work in the field and coordinate retesting where required.
• Track critical deficiencies that could affect commissioning, turnover, occupancy, or operational readiness.
• Coordinate final inspections and acceptance activities.

• Coordinate with the commissioning team to ensure systems are ready for testing.
• Track commissioning prerequisites, pre-functional checklists, functional testing, and integrated systems testing activities.
• Coordinate resolution of commissioning deficiencies.
• Monitor completion of testing documentation and system turnover requirements.
• Support transition from construction completion to operational readiness.
• Coordinate with owner operations and facility teams to ensure required training, documentation, spare parts, and operational information are delivered.

Develop working knowledge of and coordinate completion activities associated with critical systems including:

• Medium- and low-voltage electrical distribution
• Switchgear and transformers
• Generators and emergency power systems
• UPS systems and battery systems
• Automatic transfer switches
• Mechanical cooling systems
• Chillers and cooling towers
• Pumps and hydronic systems
• CRAH/CRAC systems
• Building Management Systems (BMS)
• Electrical Power Monitoring Systems (EPMS)
• Controls and instrumentation
• Fire detection and suppression
• Security and life-safety systems
• Structured cabling and communications infrastructure

• Develop and maintain project closeout and turnover matrices.
• Track required deliverables from contractors, subcontractors, vendors, and engineering teams.
• Coordinate collection, review, correction, and acceptance of:
• • As-built drawings
  • O&M manuals
  • Equipment documentation
  • Test reports
  • Startup records
  • Commissioning documentation
  • Warranties
  • Training records
  • Spare-parts inventories
  • Certificates and certifications
  • Inspection records
  • Equipment schedules
  • Final project documentation
• Ensure…