Project Manager - DATA CENTER Frederick Maryland

The Project Manager - Data Center BAS & EPMS is responsible for leading mission-critical Building Automation System (BAS) and Electrical Power Monitoring System (EPMS) projects from design through commissioning and turnover. This role ensures high-reliability delivery for hyperscale, colocation, and enterprise data center environments where uptime, accuracy, and compliance are essential. The Senior Project Manager acts as the primary client interface, oversees multi-disciplinary teams, manages budgets and schedules, and ensures that all systems are delivered to data center industry standards.

• Lead a portfolio of large-scale data center BAS and EPMS projects.
• Ensure alignment with client SLAs, commissioning milestones, MOP/EOP standards, and critical-path schedules.
• Drive planning, coordination, and execution while managing risks unique to mission-critical facilities.
• Mentor junior PMs and associate PMs as well as Project Superintendents in data center delivery standards.

• Coordinate internal engineers, programmers, field technicians, electricians, and commissioning partners.
• Oversee subcontractors responsible for controls installation, metering installation, fiber/copper networks, and panel fabrication.
• Evaluate performance and enforce adherence to safety, QA/QC, and data center specifications.

• Develop detailed project budgets for BAS/EPMS scope, including labor, materials, commissioning support, and change management.
• Maintain cost control, forecast accurately, and ensure alignment with SOV and billing cycles.
• Support cash flow management and revenue recognition.

• Maintain project documentation: RFIs, submittals, panel shop drawings, I/O summaries, device maps, sequences, network diagrams, and commissioning artifacts.
• Provide status reporting to internal and external stakeholders—including GC, MEP engineers, commissioning agents, and end users.
• Ensure documentation meets data center owner standards (e.g., Cx checklists, closeout binders, turnover packages).

• Identify scope gaps related to design changes, sequence revisions, metering packages, or network requirements.
• Create CO estimates and obtain customer approval.
• Coordinate integration of approved changes into project budget and schedule.

• Manage procurement of controls hardware, EPMS meters, network switches, panels, sensors, and commissioning equipment.
• Track lead times for long-lead items (e.g., advanced power meters, SCADA servers).
• Ensure materials are staged, inspected, and deployed to site on schedule.

• Proactively identify risks related to power shutdowns, network cutovers, commissioning windows, and operational impacts.
• Develop mitigation strategies and elevate issues when appropriate.
• Support dispute resolution with vendors or subcontractors.

• Lead BAS and EPMS system startup, loop checks, point-to-point testing, and functional testing.
• Manage integration with SCADA, BMS front ends, and electrical infrastructure.
• Support Level 1-5 commissioning, including test script execution and issue resolution.
• Oversee final turnover, training, documentation delivery, and transition to service.

• Ensure adherence to data center owner standards, industry codes, electrical safety requirements, and internal quality processes.
• Monitor adherence to cybersecurity, network segmentation, and naming conventions.
• Stay informed on emerging data center technologies and compliance updates.

• Enforce strict safety protocols around energized equipment, high-voltage work, confined spaces, and elevated locations.
• Conduct site…