PROJECT MANAGER – ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION / DATA CENTER
Role Overview
The Project Manager is an early- to mid-level project management role responsible for supporting the successful planning, execution, and closeout of electrical construction projects, with a focus on complex data center and mission-critical environments.
This role may manage several small to medium projects or portions of a larger, more complex data center project under the guidance of a Senior Project Manager and Project Executive.
The Project Manager is responsible for developing strong electrical construction project management fundamentals while learning to manage scope, schedule, cost, labor, procurement, quality, and client relationships. Success in this role requires close coordination with field leadership, project teams, vendors, subcontractors, and customers to ensure electrical work is installed safely, accurately, efficiently, and in alignment with project requirements.
Key Responsibilities
Project Execution & Coordination
- Plan, organize, and manage assigned electrical construction projects or defined portions of larger data center projects under the direction of senior project leadership.
- Coordinate day-to-day project activities, schedules, priorities, deliverables, and workflow.
- Work closely with Foremen, General Foremen, and Superintendents to monitor field progress, labor needs, productivity, material availability, and schedule performance.
- Review drawings, specifications, electrical one-lines, equipment requirements, and other project documentation to understand scope and support project execution.
- Coordinate electrical installation activities with other trades, the general contractor/construction manager, vendors, and project partners.
- Support planning for electrical distribution systems, equipment installation, raceway, feeders, branch systems, and other project-specific electrical scope.
- Identify project risks, constraints, schedule impacts, or coordination issues early and escalate appropriately while helping develop practical solutions.
- Support BIM/VDC, prefabrication, material planning, and field coordination activities as required by the project.
- Assist with project closeout, punch-list completion, testing, commissioning support, documentation, and turnover requirements.
Procurement, Estimating & Financial Management
- Prepare project estimates and pricing through detailed review of plans, specifications, bid documents, field conditions, and scope requirements.
- Support procurement and tracking of electrical materials and equipment, including long-lead items critical to data center schedules.
- Assist with management of project financials including budgets, cost tracking, labor performance, equipment rentals, purchasing, billing, and forecasting.
- Prepare and maintain monthly cost reports and project forecasts under the guidance of senior project leadership.
- Monitor project costs and identify potential budget or productivity concerns early.
- Support accurate and timely progress billing and required project financial documentation.
Change Management
- Identify changes in scope, field conditions, design, schedule, or customer requirements that may impact cost or execution.
- Prepare change-order pricing, estimates, supporting documentation, and change quotations.
- Track potential and approved changes to ensure impacts are communicated and incorporated into project planning.
- Support change-order discussions and negotiations under the guidance of senior project leadership.
Client & Project Team Collaboration
- Support customer and general contractor communication related to project scope, schedule, coordination, and execution.
- Participate in project meetings and represent CCE professionally with customers, general contractors, vendors, subcontractors, and other project partners.
- Communicate project status, risks, constraints, and required decisions clearly and promptly.
- Review documentation prepared by Assistant Project Managers or project support staff prior to submission.
- Coordinate effectively with Estimating, BIM/VDC, Prefabrication, Workforce, Safety, Accounting, Project Controls, and other internal CCE teams.
- Build trusted working relationships that support successful project delivery and long-term customer partnerships.
Safety, Quality & Project Readiness
- Support CCE's safety expectations and reinforce safe planning and execution with project and field teams.
- Partner with field leadership and Safety to identify and address project-specific risks.
- Support quality-control processes and ensure project requirements, specifications, and installation standards are understood.
- Help ensure required information, materials, equipment, approvals, and resources are available before work is scheduled to begin.
- Support testing, commissioning, energization, and turnover planning in coordination with field leadership and project partners.
Development & Growth
- Learn and consistently apply CCE policies, procedures, project-management practices, safety expectations, and electrical construction standards.
- Continue developing knowledge of data center electrical systems, project sequencing, commissioning requirements, and mission-critical construction.
- Develop stronger financial, scheduling, forecasting, and risk-management capabilities as project responsibility increases.
- Begin mentoring and supporting Assistant Project Managers as skills and experience develop.
- Seek feedback from senior project and field leaders and apply lessons learned to future work.
- Develop customer and industry relationships and assist in identifying future business opportunities.
What You’ll Need to Be Successful
- Strong organizational and time-management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and project deliverables.
- Working knowledge of electrical construction means, methods, sequencing, and field operations.
- Ability to read and interpret electrical construction drawings, specifications, one-lines, and project documentation.
- Understanding of construction safety requirements and a commitment to safe project execution.
- Strong attention to detail and the ability to identify issues before they affect field installation, schedule, or cost.
- Developing knowledge of project financials, estimating, change management, procurement, scheduling, and forecasting.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively with field leaders, customers, general contractors, vendors, subcontractors, and internal support teams.
- Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced environment with changing project conditions and priorities.
- Professional demeanor, sound judgment, accountability, and a collaborative team-oriented mindset.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word, and Excel; Accubid experience preferred.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Electrical Engineering, or a related field preferred.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in electrical construction, project management, or a related construction role.
- Electrical construction experience strongly preferred.
- Data center, mission-critical, industrial, or other complex electrical project experience preferred.
- Equivalent combinations of education, electrical construction experience, training, and demonstrated project-management capability will be considered.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $110,000.00 - $140,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
