Senior Data Center Project Manager

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🕒 July 28

🌵 Arizona – Remote

🌵 Arizona – Remote

💵 $100.5k - $160.8k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

👷‍♀️ Project Manager

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ABB

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10,000+ employees

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

🚗 Transport

💰 $545.9M Post-IPO Debt - ABB on 2023-11

Consulting • Logistics • Transport

<ABB> ABB is a global technology company specializing in electrification, industrial automation, robotics, motion, and power products and services. It designs, manufactures and services hardware such as motors, drives, medium- and low-voltage equipment, transformers, EV charging infrastructure, and robotic systems, and provides software and lifecycle services to utilities, industry, transport and infrastructure customers to improve efficiency and enable a low-carbon, digitally connected future.

📋 Description

• Lead end-to-end start-up and commissioning projects for electrical power systems within data centers, from pre-functional checks through Integrated Systems Testing (IST) and handover • Develop and own commissioning project plans, including scope, schedule, budget, risk register, and resource plan • Serve as the single point of contact for commissioning activities with internal teams, customers, and contractors • Coordinate and oversee commissioning of medium- and low-voltage switchgear/switchboards, transformers, busway/bus duct, protection relays, and metering • Ensure commissioning complies with owner project requirements, design basis, specifications, and NFPA, IEEE, IEC, ASHRAE, and Uptime standards • Review and approve commissioning scripts, test procedures, and method statements • Document, track, and close deficiencies • Drive root cause analysis and corrective actions for issues found during L2–L4 commissioning and IST • Liaise with hyperscale cloud, enterprise, and colocation customers, EPCs, OEMs, Cx agents, and internal engineering/service teams • Run progress meetings and technical reviews; communicate status, risks, and recovery plans • Build working relationships on-site and represent ABB professionally • Champion zero-harm safety culture and enforce quality standards • Ensure documentation, test reports, as-builts, redlines, and turnover packages are complete and timely • Maintain commissioning schedules aligned with construction milestones and data center go-live dates • Track costs, change orders, and earned value; manage variances and opportunities • Provide project reporting including KPIs, risk/issue logs, punch lists, and lessons learned • Coordinate and direct multidisciplinary site teams, including field engineers, technicians, subcontractors, and third-party Cx agents • Mentor less-experienced engineers and support staff • Contribute to continuous improvement of commissioning procedures, templates, and tools

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical field; or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience • 7+ years managing complex technical projects, with at least 3+ years focused on start-up and commissioning of power or MEP systems • Direct experience in data centers, critical facilities, or heavy industrial power distribution environments • Strong understanding of electrical power systems (MV/LV), short circuit/coordination concepts, protective relays, and critical power architecture (N, N+1, 2N) • Demonstrated experience with commissioning processes (levels 1–5), electrical acceptance testing, and integrated systems testing • Familiarity with EPMS/BMS, SCADA, and controls integration is a plus • Proven track record managing scope, schedule, cost, risk, and stakeholders on multi-million-dollar projects • Proficiency in project management tools (e.g., MS Project, Primavera, or equivalent) and the MS Office suite • Willingness and ability to travel to project sites (10–20% travel) • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, comfortable presenting to both technical and executive audiences • Authorized to work in the United States • Preferred: experience leading commissioning for hyperscale or large colocation data centers • Preferred: hands-on background as an electrical field engineer, commissioning engineer, or Cx agent • Preferred: professional certifications such as PMP, PE, CxA, CPQ, or equivalent • Preferred: experience with major OEM low and medium voltage equipment and protective relay platforms • Preferred: familiarity with NFPA 70/70E, IEEE, IEC, and data center-specific standards/owner specifications • Preferred: demonstrated experience building and scaling processes for repeatable commissioning across multiple sites or regions

🏖️ Benefits

• Short-term incentive plan/annual bonus • Choice between two medical plan options: a PPO plan called the Copay Plan OR a High Deductible Health Plan (with a Health Savings Account) called the High Deductible Plan • Choice between two dental plan options: Core and Core Plus • Vision benefit • Company paid life insurance (2X base pay) • Company paid AD&D (1X base pay) • Voluntary life and AD&D – 100% employee paid up to maximums • Short Term Disability – up to 26 weeks – Company paid • Long Term Disability – 60% of pay – Company paid; ability to buy-up to 66 2/3% of pay • Supplemental benefits: accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance • Parental Leave – up to 6 weeks • Employee Assistance Program • Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation and virtual health, and infertility/adoption • Employee discount program • 401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions • Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP) • 11 paid holidays • Vacation under a permissive time away policy for salaried exempt positions • Remote work model