14th November, 2025
Job Title: Project Manager Or Senior Project Manager
Location: Ohio
Details: Full time, Direct Hire Position
Overview:
We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Project Manager to lead projects for critical infrastructure and data center projects across the nation. This role involves managing complex initiatives related to thermal, power, battery, and monitoring products. The ideal candidate will possess strong business acumen, capable of independently assembling and guiding teams to resolve intricate issues. This role is pivotal in establishing relationships and processes from pre-sales through equipment commissioning, ensuring a smooth and repeatable process.
Responsibilities:
- Utilize standard project management tools to effectively conduct projects, achieving quality, financial, and schedule targets.
- Define and obtain necessary resources to fulfill project scope, collaborating with functional group leaders to develop the project organizational resource chart.
- Coordinate with order management, plant production, logistics, contractors, services, and warranty groups, escalating potential conflicts to avoid impact on the customer.
- Work closely with jobsite and field resources to ensure understanding and communication of the schedule, budget, and scope. Periodically visit sites to establish relationships with key contractor and customer personnel.
- Escalate and create urgency around any issues that could impede project success, ensuring timely resolution and communication to stakeholders. Conduct effective meetings and presentations.
- Identify risks and proactively mitigate them before they become issues.
- Execute complex, high-value projects independently.
- Follow reporting and tracking programs to ensure the project is on target for quality, schedule, and cost targets.
- Oversee the financial performance of assigned projects, creating cost budgets, tracking and investigating spend, and maintaining established margins.
- Establish a culture of safety for each project, hosting periodic safety meetings to ensure safety is always a priority.
Qualifications: Minimum: - Project management experience, with expertise in critical infrastructure (UPS, thermal, battery, and monitoring is a plus).
- Knowledge of construction, electrical, and mechanical contracting.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Exceptional customer service skills.
- Strong project management skills.
- Detail-oriented with excellent organizational, analytical, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work and multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
Preferred: - Knowledge of engineering, manufacturing processes, data center infrastructure, and commissioning processes.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
Worried about the security of your resume, email me directly!
sarah@powercareers.net
At a minimum, connect with me on LinkedIn!
Sarah Nickell, Managing Partner at Power Careers LLC
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Why Work/Partner with the Team at Power Careers? The greatest value we bring to you as a candidate lies in three key areas:
ACCESS to top employers,
ABILITY to thoroughly evaluate technical skill experience, and
EXPERTISE in guiding you through the employment offer process. Here's how we make this possible:
- Direct Access to Decision Makers: We’ve built strong relationships with Presidents, Owners, and Operations Executives nationwide. These leaders turn to us daily for their talent needs, giving you an edge in connecting with opportunities that are not easily found or widely advertised.
- Personalized, Human-Driven Support: Our team of dedicated recruiters focuses solely on talent sourcing and placement—no automated bots here! We offer one-on-one meetings via Teams or phone calls, ensuring a deep dive into your career goals and confirming the best fit for all parties.
- Industry-Specific Expertise: As specialists in this niche, we thoroughly understand the equipment, manufacturers, and skill sets our clients need. We verify your experience to ensure it aligns with client expectations, maximizing your chances of success.
- Real-Time Opportunities: We connect you to career openings as they emerge, working directly with top decision-makers. This means no delays from internal recruitment bottlenecks or the frustration of being lost in an ATS system.
- Complete Confidentiality: Your privacy is our priority. We safeguard your candidacy, allowing you to explore new opportunities without concern while maintaining your current employment.
At Power Careers, we specifically recruit for and support mission-critical power, electrical power, renewable energy, utility, electric and smart grid development, data center growth, digital and electrical infrastructure, construction, and the electric vehicle (EV) markets. This includes industries in power generation, power distribution, power transmission, regional transmission organizations (RTOs), independent system operators (ISOs), electrical contracting, power quality, back-up power, packaged power, battery power, uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), power protection and controls, electrical testing, power equipment maintenance, acceptance testing, commissioning, solar energy, wind energy, hydro energy, tidal energy, and geothermal energy.
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