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Catapult Federal Services lists this Senior Project Manager - Data Center Development & Preconstruction opportunity in denver, Colorado. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Senior Project Manager – Data Center Development & Preconstruction
Skilled Trades
Denver, CO Direct Hire Sep 2, 2026
Senior Project Manager – Data Center Development & Preconstruction
Department: Data Center and Power Infrastructure
Location: East Texas / project dependent (travel required to project and partner locations)
Role Type: Full-time
About Our Client
Our client is a developer in the mission-critical and data center space, currently advancing a phased, power-first data center campus. The company manages projects that span development, preconstruction, and construction across civil, structural, electrical, mechanical, controls, and technology workstreams, with a strong focus on power infrastructure — including utility interconnection, onsite generation, and battery energy storage systems (BESS).
Job Description
This role leads owner-side planning and preconstruction for a phased, power-first data center campus, coordinating scope, schedule, budget, design, permitting, utilities, commercial stakeholders, and delivery partners from development through notice to proceed. The Senior Project Manager will own the integrated development plan for assigned buildings, infrastructure packages, or campus phases — from concept through construction handoff — working closely with EPC/GC partners, designers, consultants, and major-equipment vendors. The ideal candidate is comfortable operating across the full project lifecycle, not just field execution, and can drive alignment across technical, commercial, and regulatory stakeholders on a complex, phased program.
Duties And Responsibilities
Own the integrated development plan for assigned buildings, infrastructure packages, or campus phases from concept through construction handoff
Coordinate design, estimating, constructability, permitting, procurement, utility interconnection, onsite generation, and customer requirements
Develop milestone schedules, decision logs, risk registers, budgets, and executive status reports
Support EPC/GC, designer, consultant, and major-equipment procurement strategies and participate in bid evaluations
Drive scope definition and change control across civil, structural, electrical, mechanical, controls, and technology workstreams
Lead recurring coordination meetings and elevate decisions affecting energization, tenant readiness, cost, or schedule
Support regulatory, tax-abatement, community, and local-agency coordination as needed
Ensure construction turnover, commissioning, and operational-readiness requirements are incorporated early in design
Required Experience/Skills
8+ years of project management experience in hyperscale data centers, mission-critical facilities, power generation, utilities, or large industrial programs
Demonstrated experience managing projects through development and preconstruction, not only field execution
Working knowledge of data center MEP systems, utility power, substations, backup generation, BESS, and commissioning interfaces
Strong command of project controls, contract administration, risk management, and executive communication
Ability to travel regularly to East Texas and other project or partner locations
Nice-to-Haves
Owner/developer-side experience delivering multi-building or phased campuses
Experience with Primavera P6, Procore, Autodesk Construction Cloud, or equivalent systems
PMP, CCM, PE, or comparable credential
Education
Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, or a related field preferred.
Keywords
Data Center Project Manager | Preconstruction | Mission Critical | Power Infrastructure | Utility Interconnection | BESS | EPC | East Texas | Construction Management
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Worksite address
denver, CO, 80285, US
Who can apply
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