Senior Project Manager - Data Center Construction

• Seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead large-scale data center construction projects from preconstruction through final delivery, ensuring strict adherence to schedule, budget, and quality standards.
• This role requires strong leadership and technical expertise to coordinate complex infrastructure, manage cross-functional teams, and deliver mission-critical facilities successfully.

Client Details

Our client is a Design-Build General Contractor based in Ohio with a major data center project set to break ground soon. They are seeking a Senior Project Manager who is eager to grow and lead alongside an experienced team and leverage extensive company resources. This opportunity offers highly competitive compensation, long-term career growth, and a collaborative company culture with a strong family-oriented environment.

Description

The Senior Project Manager Will Have:

• Lead all on-site project management activities, including setup, schedule oversight, cost and quality control, safety, communications, change management, and project closeout.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with clients, subcontractors, vendors, and internal teams to ensure smooth project execution.
• Review and analyze contract documents, plans, specifications, and geotechnical reports, performing constructability reviews and value engineering.
• Manage project communications, coordinate meetings, and proactively address issues with the project team and stakeholders.
• Oversee project planning, scheduling, budgeting, and reporting, including daily, weekly, and monthly field updates and change order validation.
• Supervise and mentor junior staff, ensuring adherence to company, client, and project policies and safety programs.
• Coordinate field inspection teams, materials testing, and documentation, maintaining project logs, as-built records, and inspection reports.
• Facilitate project closeout, including punch lists, final reporting, and ensuring all project requirements are completed and documented.

Profile

The Ideal Senior Project Manager Will have:

• 4-year engineering, construction management degree, or equivalent
• 10 or more years' experience as a Project Manager responsible for Profit and Loss of construction required in one or more of the following areas: Hyperscale Datacenters, Complex Industrial Projects, or Large Scale Vertical Construction
• Must be able to apply effective management techniques to maximize project performance.
• Thorough understanding of industry practices, processes, standards, etc. and their impact on project activities is essential.
• Excellent organizational, communication and interpersonal (tact, diplomacy, influence, etc.) skills.
• Must have previous experience managing construction projects on large, complex and on multiple projects, scheduling and maintaining financial control of the project.

Job Offer

The Senior Project Manager Will be offered:

• Salary: $145,000 - $175,000
• Annual Bonuses
• Cell Phone Reimbursment
• 401k plan
• Excellent health benefits
• Report direclty to the Director of Construction, CEO, and COO (team environment - all hands on deck and offers you a seat at the table)
• All local work in the Columbus metro area
• Mentorship oppurtunties

MPI does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local law. MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants.