Project Manager - Mission Critical

Description

The Project Manager - Mission Critical is responsible for the overall management, coordination, financial performance, and successful delivery of assigned ALL 5'S mission-critical scopes. This role leads the project team from preconstruction through closeout and maintains accountability for safety, quality, schedule, cost, documentation, commissioning readiness, and client relationships in schedule-driven, technically complex environments.

General Responsibilities

• Supervise and develop direct reports, including Project Engineers, Superintendents, and assigned field personnel; align the office and field teams around project priorities and expectations.
• Assume overall responsibility and accountability for the project's safety, quality, schedule, cost, documentation, client service, and team performance.
• Support estimating and preconstruction efforts by reviewing scope, constructability, logistics, schedule, risk, and pricing assumptions and by assisting with budgets as required.
• Manage relationships with clients, prospective clients, vendors, design professionals, inspectors, and project participants with consideration for successful delivery and future opportunities.
• Attend, lead, and participate in project meetings; establish clear action items, ownership, and follow-through.
• Perform other duties that may not be listed here but are part of the role's assigned responsibilities.

Trade Specific Responsibilities 

• Raised access flooring
• Hot aisle/cold aisle containment
• Structural ceilings
• Security fencing
• Accessories

Project Startup/Preconstruction 

• Conduct the initial plan and specification review, participate in the project kickoff meeting, and develop a thorough understanding of the contract documents, scope, constraints, and execution strategy.
• Review the Prime Contract in its entirety and ensure all requirements, obligations, notices, deliverables, and documentation procedures are understood and incorporated into project controls.
• Develop the project chart of accounts and cost-code structure using ALL 5'S standard cost codes.
• Maintain schedule and align procurement, submittals, material deliveries, staffing, change management, and milestone activities with the required completion dates.
• Coordinate with the Field Safety Manager to prepare the project safety plan, communicate expectations, and establish site-specific controls before work begins.

Project Construction

• Maintain a current understanding of all drawings, specifications, addenda, bulletins, deltas, RFIs, submittals, and other document revisions; communicate impacts to the project team promptly.
• Lead by example in complying with the project safety plan and ALL 5'S safety requirements; partner with field leadership to correct unsafe conditions and reinforce accountability.
• Manage project costs, budgets, commitments, forecasting, billings, cash flow, and financial reporting. Report project costs to the Vice President of Operations and, when required, the client in accordance with standard monthly cost-reporting procedures.
• Manage change events from identification through pricing, notice, negotiation, authorization, execution, and collection while maintaining complete supporting documentation.
• Coordinate the work of field personnel, vendors, subcontractors, design teams, and project stakeholders to protect safety, quality, schedule, and cost objectives.
• Ensure work is installed in accordance with approved documents, applicable codes, manufacturer requirements, and the ALL 5'S Quality Control Plan.
• Maintain timely, accurate project records, including meeting minutes, correspondence, logs, forecasts, schedules, cost reports, procurement status, and decision documentation.

Project Completion 

• Develop and manage the project closeout plan, including punch lists, inspections, testing, commissioning support, training, turnover documentation, and final acceptance.
• Manage closeout of all subcontractor and vendor contracts in accordance with standard procedures, including final change reconciliation, lien releases, warranties, and completion documentation.
• Complete final billing, cost reconciliation, collections, retention release, and project financial closeout.
• Ensure all record documents, operation and maintenance information, warranties, keys, attic stock, and client deliverables are complete and submitted on time.

Qualifications 

• 3 to 7 years of relevant construction-industry experience, including progressively responsible project-management experience.
• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or a related field preferred; an equivalent combination of relevant construction experience and education will be considered. OSHA 10 or OSHA 30 certification preferred.
• Preferred experience supporting data centers, semiconductor facilities, hospitals, laboratories, advanced manufacturing, or other mission-critical/technically complex projects preferred.
• Experience managing one or more relevant scopes such as raised access flooring, exterior metal panels, retrofit work, containment systems, structural ceilings, security fencing, building accessories, or coordinated overhead support systems.
• Demonstrated ability to manage accelerated schedules, phased turnovers, long-lead procurement, BIM coordination, owner standards, quality documentation, commissioning support, and work in controlled or secure environments.
• Working knowledge of MEP interfaces, energization constraints, equipment-protection requirements, turnover sequencing, and mission-critical safety and quality expectations.
• Understanding of Scheduling software such as MS Project and/or Primavera P6. 

Skills and Abilities 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to read, interpret, and communicate drawings, specifications, contracts, and technical requirements.
• Ability to lead project teams and a demonstrated desire to teach, mentor, and develop Project Engineers and field employees.
• Strong planning, organization, financial-management, problem-solving, negotiation, and decision-making skills.
• Working proficiency with various estimating software, Microsoft Office, including Excel, Outlook, and Word.
• Positive attitude and willingness to adopt new technology, systems, and tools that improve project delivery.