Engineering Project Manager – Data Center

Engineering Project Manager – Data Center

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At I.C. Thomasson, a Salas O’Brien Company, we tell our clients that we’re engineered for impact. This passion for making a difference applies just as much to our team as it does to our projects. That’s why we’re committed to living our values every day: inspiring, achieving, and connecting as shared owners of our success with a focus on a sustainable future.

Building for the long-term means that all of our team members can expect to work on amazing projects with a people-first approach to problem solving. It also means that each member of our team has truly limitless potential to build a unique, meaningful, and high-impact career—and they’ll receive great total rewards along the way. The Engineering Project Manager – Data Center is a member of the technical staff and fills a pivotal role as a design team leader who effectively manages schedule, budget, and technical scope to reduce risk and manage dynamic and changing projects.

The ideal candidate would be a detail-oriented professional who also has problem-solving project manager experience on large data center and mission-critical infrastructure projects, with a focus on delivering high-reliability, energy-efficient facilities under tight timelines. Experience in optimizing data center designs for sustainability metrics, such as Power & Water Usage Effectiveness (PUE/WUE) and understanding the variety of available energy sources, is highly desirable.

• Receive and review project requirements and obtain clarification on any conflicting, missing, or vague items.
• Plan project activities, costs, and schedules based on team inputs and client scopes.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure data center designs meet reliability standards, including redundancy in power, cooling, and IT systems to achieve constant uptime.
• Initiate newly awarded projects with team and client stakeholders and establish the performance baselines.
• Interface with clients, locations, and information that may be of sensitive or secure nature.
• Incorporate client requirements for project speed, such as fast-track construction and modular design approaches, to accelerate time-to-market for data center operations.
• Coordinates with the project coordinator to create meeting minutes.
• Manage internal cross discipline coordination.
• Ensure quality control meets company standards throughout the project.
• Control project scope when issues or changes surface and coordinate the changes with company management and clients.
• Closeout design projects ensuring all deliverables have been provided and project documentation is complete.
• Track lessons learned and communicate with management to support continuous improvements in company processes.
• Communicate and coordinate with Salas O’Brien engineering leadership on project status.
• Promote and represent the firm in a professional manner.

• Confident and ambitious problem solver.
• Creative and Innovative.
• Self-starter.
• Dependable.
• Understands the culture of business.
• Detail oriented.
• Effective interpersonal skills and strong communication (written and verbal).
• Proficient in managing projects with a focus on critical environment systems, including uninterruptible, redundant power systems, precision cooling, and fault-tolerant infrastructure.
• Knowledgeable in data center-specific standards and best practices, such as ASHRAE 90.4 for energy efficiency and Uptime Institute Tier certifications for operational reliability.
• Awareness of sustainable practices for energy efficiency and green building certifications like LEED, Green Globes or ENERGY STAR.

• ABET accredited Bachelor’s degree required.
• 5-7 years technical experience in an engineering/construction environment.
• Minimum of 3 years project management experience (Data center or mission-critical facility projects preferred).
• Proficient in project management skillsets like critical path, negotiation, cost control, cost estimating, risk management, contract management, and communication.
• Understanding of cost, schedule, and scope management.
• Projec…