Salute is a leading provider of cutting-edge Data Center Infrastructure Services, dedicated to serving data center clients worldwide. We pride ourselves on delivering sustainable solutions, unparalleled reliability, and outstanding customer service. As we continue to grow, we are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Remote Project Manager to lead and oversee data center projects. The ideal candidate will have a solid background in data center operations, technical engineering, and construction project management. While experience in these areas is essential, they will not be part of your day-to-day duties. Instead, your focus will be on project management, coordination, and ensuring successful project execution.
*Candidates should be located near Ashburn, VA, with the flexibility to work remotely.
Salary: $65,000 annually
Hours: Monday through Friday 8am-4pm
Key Responsibilities:
- · Project Management:
- Lead and manage data center projects from initiation to completion, ensuring all deliverables meet the highest standards of quality, safety, and compliance.
- Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, budgets, and resource allocations.
- Coordinate with stakeholders, including data center technicians, engineers, construction teams, and clients, to ensure project objectives are met.
- Conduct regular project meetings, provide updates, and manage risks and issues as they arise.
- Stakeholder Communication:
- Serve as the primary point of contact for clients, stakeholders, and team members, ensuring clear and consistent communication throughout the project lifecycle.
- Prepare and present project status reports, documentation, and deliverables to stakeholders and clients.
- Budget and Resource Management:
- Manage project budgets, ensuring costs are controlled and projects are delivered within financial constraints.
- Allocate resources effectively, ensuring the right teams and individuals are engaged at the right time.
- Risk Management:
- Identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies to minimize impact on project timelines and deliverables.
- Ensure compliance with safety standards and regulations across all project phases.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a minimum of 5-7 years of experience in project management, with a focus on data centers, engineering, and construction.
- Strong technical knowledge of data center systems, including electrical, mechanical, and IT infrastructure, though these will not be part of day-to-day duties.
- Proven experience in managing complex data center projects, including infrastructure upgrades, new builds, and system integrations.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and organizational skills.
- Proficient in project management software (e.g., MS Project, Primavera) and other relevant tools.
- PMP, PRINCE2, or other relevant project management certification is highly desirable.
- Bilingual candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
- Military veterans or spouses are strongly encouraged to apply.
- Ability to work remotely but with proximity to Ashburn, VA, for occasional site visits.
- Strong problem-solving abilities and a proactive approach to managing challenges.
Preferred Skills:
- Experience with large-scale data center builds and expansions.
- Familiarity with industry standards such as Uptime Institute, TIA-942, and ASHRAE.
- Knowledge of safety and regulatory compliance in data center and construction environments.
- Experience in managing remote teams and coordinating across multiple locations.
Compensation:
- Competitive salary based on experience
- Comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off.
- Opportunity for career advancement within a growing company.
Those with military experience are encouraged to apply.
If you are a motivated and results-driven individual with a passion for data center services and a knack for building strong client relationships, we want to hear from you. Join us in revolutionizing the data center industry and apply today!
Salute is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
What We Do
Salute Mission Critical is a global Data Center services company that delivers a new operating model that is agile, resilient and scalable. From webscale to edge clients and their tenants the Salute operating model is more cost effective, more resilient and strategically advantageous. Salute delivers world class services to the fastest growing data center companies in the industry. The Salute operating model is built on a rich history that skillfully integrated best practices from the military and the industry. Salute deploys, manages, and decommissions data center sites with consistent high-quality results with military precision. Our ability to recruit, train, deploy and support our teams is unique and proves the value of military training, practices and veterans as the forgotten talent pool of disciplined, adaptable and trainable personnel. The meteoric growth of Salute has had the dual benefit of helping data center clients rapidly grow and change without risk and has helped thousands of military families and their supporters start careers in the data center industry; dramatically changing the lives of veterans and their families. Salute has been recognized by the industry as the best example of a business with a social conscience.
