Senior Project Manager
THE COMPANY:
STACK INFRASTRUCTURE (STACK) provides digital infrastructure to scale the worlds most innovative companies. We are an awardwinning industry leader in building owning and operating highly efficient costeffective wholesale colocation and cloud data centers. Each of our national facilities meet or exceed the highest industry standards in all operational categories of availability security connectivity and physical resilience.
STACK offers the scale and geographic reach that rapidly growing hyperscale and enterprise companies need. The world runs on data. Data runs on STACK.
THE POSITION:
At STACK the Senior Project Manager is an essential partner to the Construction Project Director in coordinating communications with various contractors and vendors in order to manage the daytoday activities of a data center construction project.
To be successful in this role you will need to be a master problemsolver and an influential internal operator. You have the ability to think strategically act quickly and have exceptional communication skills. As a successful Senior Project Manager you ll be able to build strong crossgroup working relationships and demonstrate exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail. This role provides an excellent opportunity to learn the challenging yet rewarding Data Center Construction business so you should be curious and excited to roll up your sleeves and dig into new projects and tasks within and outside of your normal job responsibilities. Our ideal candidate is able to thrive in a fastpaced multitasking environment and easily adapts to change and rapid company growth.
In this role you will:
- Assist with organizing project plans; including budget scheduling timeline etc.
- Assist with RFPs to contractors; organize and control the project documentation from initial RFP to closeout to ensure uniformity and adherence to company standards.
- Organize and control the project documentation from initial RFP to Closeout to insure uniformity and adherence to company standards.
- Manage financial aspects of contracts (progress billing rental equipment income/expenses) to protect the companys interest and simultaneously maintain good relationship with the client.
- Represent the company in project meetings.
- Act as key liaison with managers of all company departments.
Responsibilities:
- Site observation QA/QC problem solving evaluation of work complete etc.
- Ensure that STACKs safety practices are incorporated into all aspects of design & construction
- Oversee monitor and drive the design permits and entitlements phase including Page Turns Constructability Reviews and Value Engineering
- Review analyze & vet Construction Schedules from GCs and Ownerdirect vendors and lead the effort to regularly update of the project teams Owner Schedule.
- Take responsibility for driving issues to a speedy and favorable resolution
- Lead oversight of Commissioning activities and own the timely resolution of issues
- Collect analyze and report on data; prepare update and ensure quality and accuracy of budgets reports business cases etc.
- Utilize the approved Business Case Budget to set up the initial Owner Budget ensuring that all Ownerdirect vendors and other STACK costs are included.
- GC Contract Administration support
- Review and negotiate Change Orders with the GC and Owner vendors
- Successfully manage Client relations as required
- Lead manage mentor and develop other STACK team members including training mentoring and delegation of responsibilities
- Preparation and presentation of project data metrics forecasts reports etc to Execlevel audience.
- Collaborate with other STACK teams including Strategy Sales Engineering EH&S Finance and Operations.
- Set the agenda and lead regular project meetings as required
- Collect assemble and enter data for Monthly Construction Reports quarterly Board Meeting Reports and other ad hoc meetings reports and presentations
Required Skills Education and Experience:
510 years in Construction (incl related fields such as Project Mgmt Consulting; RE Development; Design/Engineering)
Extensive experience in ground up core & shell sitework utility and fitout construction strongly preferred
Fouryear degree in a related field (Construction Mgmt Engineering Architecture) strongly preferred but not required
Computer savvy and aptitude to learn programs and platforms (NetSuite DocuSign MS Project PowerBI Procore etc.
Professionallevel proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite particularly Excel (also Word PowerPoint Outlook SharePoint OneNote Project)
Knowledge and competency with Bluebeam and BIM platforms
Familiarity with NetSuite is preferred but not required
Proactive selfstarter able to take ownership of issues and drive them to a successful and timely conclusion
Mastery of the tools of the trade (AIA Contracts Construction Schedules Budgets & Schedules of Values Payment Applications Lien Releases Subcontracts Purchase Orders Invoices Vendor Agreements Construction Insurance types etc.
Thorough understanding of Scopes of Work how work is sequenced and distributed between trades whether direct to the Owner or the GC.
Strong Data Center technical knowledge incl OFCI/CFCI equipment procurement strategies & lead times Ownerdirect vendors lender requirements etc.
Reliability strong organizational skills and tenacious followthrough are essential
Attention to detail precision and accuracy
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to work under pressure manage multiple priorities and adapt to changing requirements
Positive cando attitude and team player
Other Details:
- Location: Stafford VA; reasonable driving distance to the site.
- Onsite/WFH Expectations: onsite at job trailer or other STACK facility 5 days/wk
- Domestic travel occasionally required. Typical trips are 23 days 12 domestic trips/yr
ADDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
Work Authorization/Security Clearance Requirements
- Must be authorized to work in the United States
- Must pass comprehensive background screening
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
WHY STACK
- We offer a competitive compensation package with strong benefits including medical dental and vision insurance a 401K program flexible spending accounts even a cell phone subsidy.
- We foster a culture of appreciation including peertopeer recognition programs.
- Fun is part of our DNA with events game nights happy hours and barbecues.
- Were growing this is a great time to join and make an impact!
STACK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity and expression age national origin mental or physical disability genetic information veteran status or any other status protected by federal state or local law
Note to external agencies: we are not accepting any blind submissions or resumes/cvs from recruitment agencies. Any candidates sent to stack infrastructure will not be accepted or considered as a submission without a signed agreement in place.