ETAP
Project Manager - Datacenters
Houston, Texas, United States of America · Full-time
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 1 day ago
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About the role
- Our employees' passion for excellence, innovation, and customer satisfaction is our most-prized resource.
- ETAP is committed to creating a diverse work environment and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- Job Title: Project Manager - Data Center Solutions Location: Houston, TX (Approx.
Responsibilities
- Own full project execution across scope, schedule, budget, and contract, ensuring successful delivery through all lifecycle phases (design → FAT → SAT → commissioning → final acceptance)
- Serve as the accountable project leader, making decisions on schedule, scope, commercial outcomes, and acceptance readiness, while engineering teams own technical integrity
- Lead project reviews, coordinate witness testing, and manage escalations to resolution
- Drive technically credible conversations, tracking commissioning progress through integrated systems testing and identifying true risks vs. noise
- Manage financial performance, including payment milestones, invoicing alignment, and cash flow tracking against contractual deliverables
- Lead risk and change management, proactively identifying technical, schedule, and contractual exposures - particularly during commissioning, energization, and acceptance phases
- Oversee project acceptance and handover, ensuring all deliverables are complete, documented, and approved prior to transition into support
- Own project reporting, including schedules, milestone tracking, financial performance, and executive-level updates
- Contribute to building scalable delivery practices, including standards, templates, and playbooks for consistent execution across multiple data center sites
Requirements
- 5+ years of project management experience delivering engineering, power systems, automation, or industrial software projects
- Strong technical fluency in power systems or industrial automation, with the ability to engage in discussions on commissioning, controls, protection, and SCADA/EPMS systems
- Proven experience managing contract-driven projects with milestone-based payments and defined acceptance criteria
Nice to have
- Experience in data centers, mission-critical facilities, or microgrid/power management projects
- Familiarity with commissioning processes (L1-L5, integrated systems testing) in critical environments
- Exposure to utility interconnection processes and witness testing
- Experience working with hyperscale clients (e.g., AWS, Microsoft, Google, Meta) or similar standards
- Background in power systems, SCADA, EPMS, ADMS, or automation delivery
- Experience with project tracking and reporting tools such as JIRA or Power BI
- PMP or equivalent certification
- Experience managing multiple concurrent projects or readiness to grow into a program/portfolio leadership role
Company info
- ETAP empowers customers to make informed decisions throughout the life cycle of their projects with innovative software solutions for electrical systems.
- By applying ETAP solutions, customers experience continuous intelligence during design and engineering and into operations and maintenance using a unified electrical digital twin platform.
- ETAP supports customers in their digital transformation and sustainable energy transitions for a green and smart future, helping them to prioritize safety, maximize reliability, and stay resilient.
- If you share that passion - and want to be part of a company that leads the energy transition towards a cleaner and more resilient world for future generations - we invite you to join us!
- We are seeking an execution-focused, technically fluent Project Manager to lead the delivery of real-time microgrid control and power management solutions for hyperscale and colocation data center clients.
- While senior engineers own technical correctness, you must be technically credible enough to assess risk, challenge assumptions, and translate technical realities into commercial and client-facing decisions.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Background checks will be conducted in accordance with local laws and may, subject to those laws, include proof of educational attainment, employment history verification, proof of work authorization, criminal records, identity verification
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