Project Manager - Data Center
Childress, TX
Experience: 0
Category: Engineering
Contractor Work Model: Onsite
Brand: System One
Compensation Range: 175000.00 - 190000.00
Job ID: 343023
Date Posted: 11/17/2025
Shortcut: http://jobs.systemone.com/oWIXxm
Job Title: Project Manager - Data Center
Location: rural West Texas
Type: Direct Hire
System One is assisting a client in hiring a Project Manager for their Data Center project based in rural West Texas.
What You Will Do
Seeking a highly skilled Project Manager to oversee the delivery of complex electrical infrastructure projects from Notice to Proceed through energization and turnover to Operations. This role will supervise EPC contractors, manage multiple work scopes, and ensure compliance with safety, quality, budget, and schedule objectives. The ideal candidate thrives in fast-paced environments, excels at stakeholder management, and can lead multidisciplinary teams to achieve ambitious project goals.
Key Responsibilities:
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Single-Site Ownership: Serve as the primary point of contact for internal/external stakeholders, subcontractors, and site trades. Lead scope, schedule, budget, risk, and change control across multiple projects, ensuring integration into main grid-connected substations and utilities for site clients.
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Team Leadership: Manage high-performing teams across Mechanical, Civil, Electrical, Power, SCADA, IT, Technology, Commercial, and Site Operations. Foster a collaborative culture that motivates team members to excel.
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EPC Oversight: Direct and monitor tier-1 EPC/EPCM contractors delivering HV AIS substations and 3rd-party power integration systems. Manage performance guarantees, liquidated damages, change orders, and claims.
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Controls for Volatile Loads: Ensure plant controllers, EMS, and SCADA systems meet requirements for fast ramp buffering, export/import modes, and price/dispatch signals. Collaborate with the Technical Development team during development, testing, and large-scale deployment.
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Engineering Oversight: Supervise EPC and Owner’s Engineering in protection & controls, metering, communications/teleprotection, grounding, and relay settings. Ensure compliance with utility/ISO/client interconnection standards and power-quality metrics.
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Procurement Management: Orchestrate procurement of long-lead items including transformers, breakers, reactors, capacitors, HV cables, transmission equipment, and 3rd-party BESS/Nat-Gas hardware. Track expediting, FATs, and logistics.
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Construction Management: Enforce EPC safety standards (LOTO, lift plans, energized work), QA/QC processes, RFI/submittal discipline, and field productivity. Resolve roadblocks and optimize work sequencing.
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Testing & Commissioning: Oversee pre-energization checkouts, relay/SCADA testing, staged energization, islanding/black-start trials, and microgrid performance validation.
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Stakeholder & Regulatory Management: Coordinate with utilities, ISOs, AHJs, and data center counterparts. Ensure full lifecycle compliance with permits and environmental commitments.
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Reporting & Controls: Maintain executive dashboards, track earned progress against financial milestones, and manage documentation and decision logs.
What We Want From You
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Four (4) year degree in Electrical Engineering or technical degree with extensive practical work experience in high 100’s MW electrical and electro-mechanical applications, specifically with extensive electrical construction experience, advanced degree, and Electrical PE qualification (or similar experience).
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PMP Certification preferred
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15–20+ years in utility-scale power operations (HV substations, microgrids, storage, generation) with 5+ years leading 24/7 operations or a control room and experience dealing with emergencies.
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Able to work with confidential information in a professional manner.
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Abilities as a demonstrated team builder for not only safety and security culture, but also morale.
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Demonstrated success meeting strict SLAs for industrial or data-center customers, by experience with Hands-on with protection & controls, EMS/SCADA, plant controllers, and PQ troubleshooting, with expert 3rd party assistance.
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Strong vendor/OEM management and contract performance enforcement (LTSA, KPIs, LDs). Excellent incident command, Root Cause Analysis, and stakeholder communication skills.
What We Will Provide
Our benefits and perks add to a total rewards experience for our employees that foster a supportive, flexible, and inclusive environment. Current full-time employee benefit offerings include:
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Employer-subsidized health, dental, and vision benefits
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$50,000 of basic term life insurance coverage paid for by company, as well as 100% of short-term disability premiums. Additionally, we provide options for additional life insurance coverage for employees, their spouses, and children. Employees also have the option to enroll in long-term disability coverage (LTD) at their own expense.
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Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Limited Purpose Flexible Spending Accounts, and Health Savings Accounts (with employer contribution; $400 employee only coverage, $700 for all other tiers of enrollment in our HDHP).
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Flexible (Unlimited) Time Off
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Paid parental leave
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11 paid holidays
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Fidelity safe-harbor 401(k) with 100% match up to 4%
System One, and its subsidiaries including Joulé, ALTA IT Services, and Mountain Ltd., are leaders in delivering outsourced services and workforce solutions across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.
System One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
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