Senior Utility Project Associate

At Rowan Digital Infrastructure, we are transforming data center delivery for speed and scale. Our mission is to deliver best-in-class data center solutions to hyperscale customers who share our commitment to sustainability, and to do so with an unwavering focus on efficiency, quality, and flexibility. Our data center solutions are tailored to our customers’ needs and delivered by our exceptional end-to-end team.

Rowan is assembling a strategic portfolio of data center sites in Tier 1 markets across the United States at various stages of development, and we’re looking for incredible and passionate people to help us advance our company and our commitment to building a more sustainable future.

Rowan is backed by Quinbrook, a leading investor in the energy transition, and Blackstone, the world’s largest alternative asset manager.

Rowan Digital Infrastructure is looking for a Utility Project Manager to support the project lifecycle for reliable and cost-effective infrastructure for our growing portfolio of data center locations. As the Senior Infrastructure Projects Associate, you’ll support the delivery of Rowan’s power and water infrastructure solutions by working with leading utilities partners to deliver critical projects on time and on budget to meet Rowan’s capacity and reliability requirements, and partner with customers to meet Rowan’s sustainability objectives.

The successful candidate will be a self-starter with experience managing multiple large-scale technical infrastructure and interconnection projects, possess a strong project management background, and a passion for carbon free energy and sustainability. In this role, you will work directly with utilities, customers, and project partners during the engineering, procurement, and construction phases of a project. Internally, you will partner closely with site development, engineering, construction, and operations team to drive successful project delivery and in-service dates.

To succeed, candidates need to understand the technical nature of this work, effectively manage a critical path schedule, reliably deliver in constrained and ambiguous environments, and tactfully escalte and report to organizational leaders and partners.

Ability to travel up to (30%) for company gatherings, utility meetings and project site visits.

Denver, CO or Seattle, WA (hybrid in-office role)

$110K - $130K (Offers Bonus)

• Execute project implementation for a rapidly growing portfolio of water conveyance and wastewater infrastructure projects (raw water intake, transmission pipelines, pump stations, storage tanks and distribution networks, wastewater collection and treatment, effluent discharge and water reuse/reclaim systems) serving hyperscale data center sites
• Manage multiple water/wastewater utilities, water districts, and specialty contractors to deliver conveyance and treatment infrastructure from project agreement through permitting, construction, commissioning, in-service, and handoff to operations
• Review and validate hydraulic modeling, pipeline and pump station sizing, and treatment system design prepared by engineering consultants; evaluate cooling system water demand (evaporative cooling towers, adiabatic systems, liquid cooling loops) against site water supply and wastewater discharge capacity
• Develop and execute creative bridging solutions with water/wastewater utility partners, municipalities, and contractors for last-mile water conveyance and wastewater distribution projects
• Coordinate communication and deliverables between water/wastewater utility partners, environmental and regulatory agencies, and internal stakeholders

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Environmental, or Water Resources Engineering, Construction Management, or a related technical field, or at least five (5) years of experience in project management in the data center, water, or wastewater industry
• At least three (3) years of technical water conveyance and/or wastewater infrastructure project experience (5 years preferred)
• Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) (preferred)
• Technical…