Senior Project Manager, Mechanical

Описание

This role sits on Galaxy's pre-construction team and provides mechanical engineering support across the data center portfolio, primarily focused on early equipment selection & procurement, site design, and construction planning.

Responsibilities

• Own mechanical and plumbing OFCI packages from demand forecast through RFP, bid leveling, award recommendation, purchase order, and delivery to site, and support changes after award
• Provide mechanical and plumbing equipment, technical, and budget input to Galaxy's integrated construction estimates, schedules, and design process
• Remain the technical and commercial resource for the terms negotiated once equipment arrives on site
• Provide committed cost, forecast, and payment-milestone data to Finance
• Build and maintain rolling mechanical and plumbing OFCI demand forecasts by site and phase, aligned to the portfolio schedule
• Recommend manufacturing slot reservations, capacity agreements, and framework agreements with OEMs in partnership with Procurement
• Develop technical scopes and RFP packages, and run technical and commercial bid leveling using standardized templates
• Prepare written award recommendations that weigh cost, lead time, total cost of ownership, technical compliance, supplier risk, and dual-sourcing
• Own purchase order issuance for awarded mechanical and plumbing packages in coordination with Procurement
• Partner with Procurement and Legal on key commercial terms, including warranty start and duration, delayed-start or extended warranty options, storage and maintenance obligations, vendor startup and commissioning support, spare parts, delivery terms, title and risk of loss, liquidated damages, and turnover documentation
• Support post-award change management by evaluating scope, cost, and schedule impacts and maintaining the change log through delivery
• Provide mechanical and plumbing technical and budget input during planning and design for HVAC and plumbing systems, heat rejection, liquid cooling (FWS/TCS and CDUs), fire protection, BMS and mechanical controls, water treatment, and generator fuel systems
• Translate tenant requirements and Engineer of Record (EOR) design intent into vendor-neutral OFCI equipment specifications, and maintain Galaxy's mechanical equipment standards
• Provide equipment cost, lead-time, and escalation inputs to the estimates, budgets, and forecasts used by construction and Finance
• Define and document the facility/tenant demarcation, interface requirements, and acceptance criteria where liquid cooling equipment is tenant-furnished
• Incorporate Operations feedback on maintainability, spares, and lifecycle cost into specifications and award recommendations
• Coordinate submittal and shop drawing review with the EOR and Galaxy engineering, and track approvals against release-for-production dates
• Own the mechanical and plumbing OFCI master tracker covering purchase order, submittal, production slot, factory testing, shipment, and required-on-site (ROS) dates
• Verify production progress directly with OEMs, escalate slips early, and present recovery options
• Coordinate shipping and logistics and confirm delivery windows with Construction
• Define and lead factory witness testing (FWT/FAT) and first-of-kind and first-article testing (Commissioning Level 1) for chillers, dry coolers, CDUs, CRAHs and fan walls, air handlers, pumps and skids, and modular plants
• Align test scope and acceptance criteria with the commissioning agent and Galaxy's Construction and Commissioning teams
• Document results, track nonconformances to closure, and approve units for shipment within delegated authority
• Engage OEM product roadmaps, evaluate and qualify new products and suppliers, including modular and prefabricated mechanical plants and liquid cooling equipment, and run pilots and first-of-kind tests
• Recommend standard product families and approved alternates that enable dual-sourcing and faster, repeatable campus delivery
• Track regulatory and market drivers, such as low-GWP refrigerant transitions, tariffs, and lead-time shifts, and assess their impact on specifications and budgets
• Serve as the mechanical and plumbing OFCI point of contact for Procurement, Finance, Legal, Construction, Operations, design teams, commissioning agents, and tenant technical teams
• Provide Finance with committed cost, forecast, and payment-milestone data for OFCI purchase orders
• Deliver a complete turnover package to Construction with each delivery, including a commercial terms summary, warranty terms and start conditions, OEM storage and maintenance requirements, factory test reports, serial numbers, approved submittals, O&M manuals, spare parts lists, and vendor startup contacts
• Build the team's foundational tools and processes, including the OFCI tracker, bid leveling templates, factory test protocols, vendor qualification criteria, and a commercial terms checklist, and capture lessons learned across sites

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related technical discipline, or equivalent experience
• 8-10 years of experience in mechanical equipment engineering, procurement engineering, MEP construction, OEM application or project engineering, or owner-side capital delivery
• At least 5 years of experience supporting data centers or other mission-critical facilities
• Hands-on experience running RFPs and technical and commercial bid leveling for mission-critical mechanical systems, including cooling plants, air handling systems, pumps, heat rejection equipment, piping, valves, controls, and redundancy configurations
• Experience coordinating equipment submittals with an Engineer of Record, cross disciplinary design teams, and managing production tracking, expediting, and factory witness testing expectations
• Working knowledge of equipment commercial terms, including warranty, storage, startup, liquidated damages, and title and risk of loss, and how they affect construction and operations
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent equipment packages across multiple sites and schedules
• Advanced Excel skills, with experience building trackers, bid leveling models, and cost forecasts
• Experience reviewing mechanical drawings, equipment submittals, sequence-of-operations documents, commissioning scripts, test reports, O&M manuals, and maintenance documentation
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical issues clearly to site operations, leadership, vendors, design teams, construction teams, and commissioning partners

Nice to have

• 10+ years of experience, including multi-site hyperscale, AI/HPC, or wholesale colocation programs that use an OFCI delivery model
• Professional Engineer license or Engineer-in-Training certification
• Liquid cooling experience, including CDUs, FWS/TCS design, fluid quality, wetted materials, and leak detection, and familiarity with ASHRAE TC 9.9 and OCP liquid cooling guidance
• Experience at a chiller, heat rejection system, CRAH/fan wall, or CDU manufacturer
• Experience with modular or prefabricated mechanical plants and first-of-kind product qualification
• Experience with Procore or Autodesk Construction Cloud, Bluebeam, Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project, Smartsheet or Power BI, and ERP or procurement systems
• PMP, CSCP, or an equivalent project management or supply chain industry recognized credential
• Experience building processes, templates, and tools as an early member of a new team

We offer

• Salary range: $90,000 - $150,000