Data Center Project Manager
Data Center Project Manager Black & Veatch is seeking a Project Management Consultant (PMC) Project Manager to support Owner's Representative Project Management for complex energy and mission-critical infrastructure programs. This role is home office–anchored, providing project management, integration, and controls leadership across a portfolio of projects, with targeted on-site engagement during key execution phases. The position supports multi infrastructure solutions including, but not limited to data centers, industrial/manufacturing, substations, BESS, water treatment/water supply, and onsite generation programs, requiring cross-sector expertise in large-scale infrastructure delivery. The PMC Project Manager serves as a trusted advisor to the client, ensuring alignment, integration, and execution assurance across engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and turnover—without performing EPC or construction directly.
Key Responsibilities:
- Home Office Project Leadership & Integration
- Lead project-level coordination, governance, and decision support from the home office
- Serve as a strategic advisor to the client and shareholders on execution approach, risk, and performance
- Drive alignment across multi-project portfolios, stakeholders, and delivery partners
- Project & Program Oversight
- Oversee scope, schedule, cost, risk, quality, and safety across concurrent projects
- Coordinate complex interfaces across power generation, electrical infrastructure, and mission-critical facilities
- Support integrated delivery across EPCs, OEMs, and contractors
- Program Controls & Reporting
- Partner with home office and client teams to maintain: Integrated Master Schedules
- Cost forecasts, commitments, and change management logs
- Risk registers and mitigation strategies
- Deliver consistent, executive-level reporting and insights
- Commercial & Risk Management
- Support change management, claims avoidance, and commercial alignment
- Identify and mitigate program risks across both data center and generation scopes
- Commissioning & Closeout
- Coordinate integrated commissioning and turnover strategies
- Support transition to operations, documentation closeout, and lessons learned
Staffing Model / Work Environment:
- Primarily based in the Black & Veatch home office, supporting multi-project programs
- Augmented by targeted on-site visits during critical execution phases
- Works in close coordination with site management, controls, and discipline SMEsRole evolves across project lifecycle (development ? execution ? commissioning)
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related discipline OR 15+ years of equivalent field experience in complex infrastructure project execution
- Minimum 12 years of progressive experience in large-scale infrastructure or energy projects
- Demonstrated experience in Owner's Representative, PMC, or client-side program roles
Minimum Qualifications:
- Mega-project execution in large energy infrastructure
- Mission-critical or data center delivery
- Program-level coordination across multiple contractors, EPCs, and stakeholders
- Home office project management and controls leadership (schedule, cost, risk)
- Construction oversight, commissioning, and turnover support
- Key Capabilities: Ability to lead from the home office while maintaining strong field integration
- Strong program controls acumen and executive communication skills
- Proven ability to manage complexity across mixed asset classes
Competencies:
- Builds networks
- Develops talent
- Customer focus
- Directs work
- Drives vision and purpose
- Financial acumen
- Manages complexity
- Manages conflict
- Tech savvy
- Values differences
- Business insight
- Salary Plan PMT: Project Management Job Grade 017