About This Role
The Project Manager leads complex engineering and construction projects in data center environments, ensuring they are delivered safely, on time, and within budget. This role involves managing multiple projects across various sites, guiding project teams, and maintaining client relationships, and suits a professional with strong technical understanding of electrical and mechanical systems.
Responsibilities
- Ensure that projects under their control are delivered safely on time and within budget
- Prepare weekly and monthly progress reporting on project status that track % complete, schedule performance, baseline variance and costs
- Maintain a register of all projects and ensure the status of each project is always known
- Deliver all projects in line with both Mercury Engineering and the client
- Ensure that subcontractors used have been vetted by Mercury procurement department and are approved before use
- Ensure that all work performed is delivered in accordance with the permitting requirements of Mercury
- Guide and assist your project team, aligning your expectations with project requirements
- Carry out routine inspection of the projects being executed to confirm they are being performed in line with the scope of work and schedule agreed
- Ensure that a schedule and milestones are in place for all works and that subcontractor invoicing is measured in accordance with the schedule
- Monitor that the subcontractors have sufficiently resourced the project being delivered to maintain the delivery schedule
- Manage various projects being delivered across multiple sites that are of varying size and complexity
- Ensure that all works have an established execution plan, and a safe plan of work, and that the subcontractors are performing their work in accordance with the plan
- Manage the contract budget and report at internal and client facing meetings on monthly status
- Be the point of contact during significant events or multi-discipline technical escalations
- Ensure contractually agreed SLA
Requirements
- Minimum 5 years
- Professional project management qualifications or a trade qualification
- Detailed understanding and experience of electrical and mechanical systems used in a data centre environment, including Transformers, Generators, Fuel Systems, Switchgear, UPS Systems, Battery Banks, ATS/STS Units, PDU Units, Air Handling Units, Chilled Water Systems, Fire Alarm Systems, and Fire Suppression Systems (pre-action sprinklers)
- Understanding all the associated safety code related requirements relative to providing the service
- Experience in Health & Safety Risk Assessments and Control Measures
- Experience in vendor management, ability to manage and monitor progress to ensure objectives are achieved for outsourced support and projects
