Project Manager, Infrastructure Buildout - SC

Project Manager, Infrastructure Buildout

Location: Onsite – Orangeburg, SC

Reporting to: Project Management Operations

At STN, we don't just adapt to the digital future, we engineer it. Our mission is to help organizations thrive in a rapidly evolving technology landscape through strategic insight, cutting-edge solutions, and a security-first mindset. We provide end-to-end services spanning cloud consulting, AI infrastructure, and enterprise security, enabling secure, scalable, and future-ready transformation.

As trusted advisors, we align IT investments with business outcomes that drive performance and growth, starting with deep strategic engagement and delivering tailored solutions built for long-term impact.

Our approach is innovation-led and rooted in cybersecurity, with a focus on leveraging the right technologies to solve real-world challenges. We invest in our people and foster a culture of growth, inclusion, and purpose because we believe empowered teams build transformative technology.

The Project Manager, Infrastructure Buildout is responsible for leading the planning, execution, and delivery of infrastructure deployment projects across multiple sites and stakeholders. This role manages end-to-end project activities including scope definition, budgeting, scheduling, vendor coordination, risk management, and cross-functional communication to ensure successful infrastructure buildouts delivered on time and within budget.

The ideal candidate has experience managing large-scale infrastructure, construction, network, data center, telecom, industrial, or facilities-related projects in fast-paced environments.

Project Planning & Execution

• Lead infrastructure buildout projects from initiation through completion.
• Develop detailed project plans, schedules, milestones, and resource requirements.
• Define project scope, deliverables, budgets, and timelines in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Manage multiple concurrent projects with varying complexity and timelines.

Stakeholder & Vendor Management

• Coordinate with internal teams including engineering, operations, procurement, IT, facilities, and finance.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for contractors, vendors, consultants, and external partners.
• Serve as primary liaison with the General Contractor (GC), architect, and engineer of record on schedule, scope, and field coordination.
• Reconcile GC construction schedule against internal engineering, procurement, and DCO commissioning milestones to maintain a single, unified critical path.
• Facilitate regular project status meetings and provide executive-level reporting.
• Ensure vendor deliverables meet contractual, quality, and timeline expectations.

Budget & Risk Management

• Track project budgets, forecasts, change orders, and expenditures.
• Identify project risks, dependencies, and mitigation strategies.
• Escalate critical issues proactively and drive resolution.
• Ensure compliance with safety, regulatory, and operational standards.

Infrastructure Delivery

• Oversee site readiness, permitting, procurement, installation, testing, and commissioning activities.
• Review and interpret GC-provided schedules (Primavera P6 or other); integrate critical path activities into the master program schedule to surface cross-workstream dependencies and risk to key milestones.
• Track long-lead equipment (generators, switch gear, chillers, UPS systems) to prevent critical path delays, partnering with GC scheduler.
• Monitor construction/buildout progress and coordinate issue resolution in real time.
• Ensure infrastructure deployments align with technical specifications and operational requirements.
• Support transition to operations and post-deployment handoff processes.

Documentation & Reporting

• Maintain accurate project documentation, schedules, and reporting dashboards.
• Prepare executive summaries, project updates, and post-project reviews.
• Drive continuous improvement in project management methodologies and processes.

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Project Management, Engineering, Construction Management, Information Technology, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience managing infrastructure,…