Jacobs
Sr Project Manager - AI Data Centers
Raleigh, Wake County · Senior · Contract
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About the role
- Sr Project Manager - AI Data Centers ❮ back to last search Jacobs Raleigh, North Carolina, 27601 $169,746 per year - estimated ?
- NEW This job opportunity is available at ANY location in the United States.
- Ideally, selected candidates will be near a JACOBS U.S. based office, but we intend to hire the "best" candidates.
Responsibilities
- Jacobs is the #1-ranked design firm on ENR's Top 500 Design Firms list - for the seventh consecutive year - and the #1 Program Management firm globally (ENR, 2025).
- Jacobs' Data Center Digital Twin solution, built on NVIDIA's Omniverse DSX Blueprint, was highlighted in Jensen Huang's GTC keynote in March 2026, placing Jacobs at the technical frontier of gigawatt-scale AI factory design.
- Own the project management plan: scope, schedule, budget, fee forecasting, contract administration, and risk register across the project delivery landscape.
- Manage Jacobs engineering fee budgets and subcontract scopes; track earned value, cost-at-completion, and variance monthly
- Lead project schedule development in P6 or MS Project; drive critical path analysis and recovery planning across multi-discipline milestones (BOD, 30%/60%/IFC design, permit, construction)
- Administer prime contracts and subconsultant agreements; manage change order processes with disciplined scope and cost substantiation
- Coordinate multi-discipline engineering teams (Civil, Structural, MEP, process) from concept through construction administration; chair weekly design coordination and BIM clash resolution meetings
- As Owner's Engineer: represent the client's interests through design review, RFI response, submittal processing, and construction observation; manage document issuance and schedule adherence
- Interface with hyperscale owner/operator technical teams on design criteria, standards compliance, and program-level reporting
- Enforce Jacobs quality management plan; conduct or facilitate key issuance IFC peer reviews and design QA/QC reviews (30%/60%/IFP/IFC milestones)
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, or related discipline (or equivalent experience)
- 12-15 years of progressive project management experience on industrial or technically complex facility programs
- ability to articulate delivery structure, risk allocation, and team coordination model
- Proficiency in project controls tools: P6 or MS Project (scheduling), cost tracking systems, and earned value reporting
Nice to have
- PMP (Project Management Professional) - PMI certification required or in progress
- Professional Engineer - Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, or Structural
- multi-state reciprocity valued
- Master's degree in engineering, Project Management, or Construction Management
- Experience on hyperscale cloud (AWS, Azure, Google, Meta) or advanced semiconductor fab (TSMC, Intel, Samsung, Micron) programs
- Our portfolio includes landmark programs like the Hut 8 River Bend campus and partnerships with NVIDIA and other AI infrastructure leaders.
- Jacobs is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
- Learn more about your rights under Federal EEO laws and supplemental language.
Compensation
- $169,746
- per year - estimated
Company info
- We are not riding the data center wave; we are engineering it.
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