Vertiv’s Global Strategic Account (GSA) organization is hiring a Sr. Project Manager to lead projects for critical infrastructure and data center projects nationally for our thermal, power, battery, and monitoring products. This person will focus on establishing relationships and processes from pre-sales through equipment commissioning to ensure a smooth repeatable process is established, implemented, and followed. This job requires effective communication with all levels of multiple organizations. This person will also focus on our digital platforms, mainly Oracle, Smartsheet and Power BI which is used to aid in the execution of our business.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Utilize standard Project Management tools to conduct the project effectively, achieving quality, financial and schedule targets.
- Define and obtain the appropriate resources required to fulfill the project scope of work. Work with all functional group leaders to develop the project organizational resource chart.
- Coordinate with order management, plant production, logistics, contractors, services, and warranty groups throughout the project, escalating potential conflicts to avoid impact to the customer.
- Work closely with the jobsite and field resources to ensure understanding and communication of the schedule, budget, and scope. Visit the site periodically to establish relationships with key contractor and customer personnel.
- Escalate and create urgency around any issues that would impede the success of the project. Ensure that issues are resolved in a timely manner and communicated to the stakeholders. Must have ability to communicate effectively, including conducting effective meetings and presentations.
- Follow reporting and tracking programs to assure the project is on target for quality, schedule, and cost targets.
- Responsible for the financial performance on assigned projects. Must be able to create cost budget, track and investigate spend and maintain established margins on project.
- Be proactive in establishing a culture of Safety for each project. Host periodic safety meetings to ensure the project is always considering safety first.
QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Job Qualifications:
- 5+ years of project management experience, critical infrastructure expertise with UPS, thermal, battery and monitoring is a plus.
- Knowledge of construction, electrical and mechanical contracting.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Excellent customer service skills
- Excellent project management skills
- Detail-oriented
- Excellent organizational, analytical and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work and multi-task in a fast-paced environment
- Bachelor’s or Associates degree or equivalent experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Knowledge of engineering, manufacturing processes, data center infrastructure and commissioning processes is helpful.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) preferred
PHYSICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL DEMANDS
- None
TIME TRAVEL REQUIRED
- 25-30%
- Variable schedules (weekends, evenings, and holidays)
Skills Required
- 5+ years of project management experience
- Critical infrastructure expertise with UPS, thermal, battery and monitoring
- Knowledge of construction, electrical and mechanical contracting
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent customer service skills
- Excellent project management skills
- Detail-oriented
- Excellent organizational, analytical and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work and multi-task in a fast-paced environment
- Bachelor's or Associate's degree or equivalent experience
- Knowledge of engineering, manufacturing processes, data center infrastructure and commissioning processes
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive, with standard medical, dental, and vision plans plus wellness and mental-health resources. Core offerings also include disability and life insurance and an Employee Assistance Program.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off includes paid holidays and PTO typical of large employers, and many U.S. salaried roles feature flexible or "unlimited" PTO approaches. These programs are part of a structured, global total rewards framework.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered fair at start for many office-based, engineering, and field service roles, and total compensation packages are viewed as stable. In some hourly manufacturing settings, overtime opportunities help boost overall earnings.
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What We Do
Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to ensure its customers’ vital applications run continuously, perform optimally and grow with their business needs. Vertiv solves the most important challenges facing today’s data centers, communication networks and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extends from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs approximately 20,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. For more information, and for the latest news and content from Vertiv, visit Vertiv.com.
