Field Project Manager, Critical Power Systems

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🌲 North Carolina – Remote

🌲 North Carolina – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

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👷‍♀️ Project Manager

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SMT Inc.

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51 - 200 employees

🏭 Manufacturing

🤝 B2B

Manufacturing • B2B

SMT Inc. is a full-service sheet metal facility specializing in various fabrication processes including cutting, bending, welding (MIG/TIG/robotic), hardware insertion, powder coating, silkscreen, and assembly. With over 50 years of experience, the company operates out of a 200K sq ft facility, which includes a notable 30k sq ft conveyor powder line equipped with a Nordson ColorMax booth. SMT Inc. is ISO certified, woman-owned, and ITAR registered, emphasizing its commitment to quality and compliance in the consumer goods sector.

📋 Description

• Plan and execute factory witness testing, site acceptance testing, IST, ORT, energization, and turnover on RPP, PDU, and STS installations • Develop commissioning scripts and test procedures aligned with NETA and customer commissioning agent requirements • Coordinate with general contractors, electrical subcontractors, commissioning authorities, and customer facilities teams • Serve as the on-site technical authority for punch list closure, root cause analysis, and escalation to engineering • Scope, price, schedule, and execute preventive maintenance campaigns across distributed multi-site fleets • Plan around customer maintenance windows, change management processes, and concurrent maintainability constraints • Manage campaign budget, labor forecasting, parts logistics, and schedule adherence • Trend asset condition data to support condition-based maintenance and proactive replacement recommendations • Select, onboard, qualify, and manage third-party service vendors and independent technicians • Track vendor compliance across training currency, insurance certificates, site access clearances, test equipment calibration, and safety performance • Conduct field audits, assess work quality, and issue corrective actions • Own vendor scorecards, rate agreements, and network composition decisions • Author and maintain commissioning procedures, preventive maintenance protocols, service bulletins, and field report templates • Support the quality management system through nonconformance reporting, CAPA, and field-to-engineering feedback loops • Own field-level relationships with facilities managers, chief engineers, and reliability teams • Develop service revenue through agreement renewals and expansions, retrofits, spare parts programs, and training services • Support sales with technical scoping, site walks, and proposal input

🎯 Requirements

• 10 or more years of progressive experience in field service, commissioning, or project management in the electrical power industry • At least 5 years working directly on low- and medium-voltage power protection and distribution equipment in commercial and industrial environments • Demonstrated ability to plan and execute multi-site field programs, including scheduling, budgeting, subcontractor management, and reporting • Working knowledge of electrical one-line diagrams, schematics, control and wiring diagrams, submittal packages, and equipment specifications • Experience with electrical test equipment and methods, including insulation resistance testing, contact resistance testing, primary and secondary injection, power quality analysis, and thermographic inspection • Ability to establish credibility quickly with both craft-level technicians and customer engineering leadership • Valid driver's license and a passport, or the ability to obtain one • Ability to pass customer-required background checks and drug screening for data center and utility site access • Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or another STEM field is preferred; equivalent experience, a military technical background, or a completed electrical apprenticeship will be considered in place of a degree • Direct experience in hyperscale, colocation, or enterprise data center environments • Experience on the owner or end-user side with a hyperscale operator • Prior field service experience with an OEM in the critical power or electrical distribution space • Experience working with electric utilities or utility interconnection and service equipment • Familiarity with EPMS, BMS, and branch circuit monitoring integration and point mapping • Familiarity with ISO 9001:2015 quality management systems, including internal audit and CAPA processes • Experience building or scaling a third-party service delivery network • PMP, CMRP, or NETA Level III or IV certification • OSHA 30-Hour certification, General Industry or Construction; candidates with only OSHA 10-Hour must complete the 30-Hour course within 90 days of hire • NFPA 70E electrical safety training, current within the last three years, with qualified electrical worker status • First Aid, CPR, and AED certification

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance • Short Term Disability • Supplemental Insurance Options • Pet Insurance • 401k with company match • PTO and Paid Holidays