Data Center HVAC Project Manager

Position Description

The Data Center Service Project Manager leads the planning, execution, and successful delivery of HVAC service, installation, and commissioning projects in mission-critical data center environments. This position is accountable for project safety, schedule, cost, quality, and contractual performance and serves as a primary customer contact. The Project Manager coordinates field technicians, subcontractors, vendors, procurement, and internal stakeholders from project handover through commissioning, closeout, and warranty transition.

Key Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of data center HVAC projects, including equipment deployments, retrofits, and repairs, from saDrtewles handover through completion and warranty transition.

• Develop and maintain project execution plans, schedules, milestones, resource assignments, budgets, and deliverables; actively manage critical-path activities.

• Attend project kickoff and daily site meetings; communicate priorities, roles, expectations, dependencies, and action items to customers.

• Coordinate site mobilization, subcontractor activities, material availability, and work sequencing with field and office teams.

• Monitor project progress, labor utilization, job costs, forecasts, and financial performance; identify variances and implement corrective actions.

• Identify and manage schedule, cost, safety, quality, and resource risks; escalate issues promptly with practical recovery plans.

• Oversee site readiness, work coordination, and appropriate project setup to support safe and efficient execution.

• Ensure compliance with applicable safety policies, workplace requirements, project specifications, and quality standards.

• Lead project quality reviews, documentation, punch-list completion, handover, and closeout processes.

• Maintain productive working relationships with owners, general contractors, vendors, subcontractors, and internal stakeholders while representing Modine’s core values.

• Regularly travel to customer data center job sites to oversee project execution, coordinate field activities, attend site meetings, and address schedule, quality, and customer needs.

Customer & Stakeholder Management

• Serve as a primary point of contact for customers, data center operators, general contractors (GCs), and commissioning agents.

• Provide timely and accurate updates on project schedules, milestones, risks, financial status, and required customer decisions.

• Build strong relationships through clear communication, proactive follow-up, issue resolution, and consistent accountability.

Technical Coordination & Problem Solving

• Develop and apply a working knowledge of data center HVAC systems, including chillers, central cooling plants, and controls integration.

• Coordinate commissioning activities from Level 2 (L2) through Integrated Systems Testing (IST), and Site Acceptance Testing as applicable.

• Collaborate with engineering, technical support, commissioning teams, and other stakeholders to resolve installation, design, and equipment performance issues.

• Review mechanical drawings, specifications, submittals, and project documentation for alignment with scope and requirements.

Required Education & Qualifications

Qualifications

• Five (5) or more years of project management or site coordination experience in HVAC, mechanical construction/contracting, data center operations, or a closely related field.

• Experience supporting data center commissioning activities, including L2 through IST, strongly preferred.

• Demonstrated experience managing projects in mission-critical environments with demanding schedules and uptime requirements.

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred; equivalent demonstrated project management experience, including successful delivery of HVAC, mechanical, or data center projects, will be considered in lieu of certification.

• Proficiency with project management, scheduling, and construction coordination tools such as MS Project, Procore, CxAlloy, or comparable platforms.

• Ability to read and interpret mechanical drawings, technical specifications, submittals, and related construction documents.

• Strong knowledge of construction practices, subcontractor coordination, self-perform work, cost tracking, forecasting, and project controls.

• Proven ability to lead cross-functional project teams, develop team members, and manage customer and external partner relationships.

• Strong organization, communication, problem-solving, and escalation management skills.