Project Manager - Data Centre

About Smardt

Smardt is the leading manufacturer of oil-free centrifugal chillers, with operations worldwide. We are looking for a Project Manager to join our Data Centre team.

The Role

Reporting to the Global Ops Lead, the Project Manager is the customer-facing lead on behalf of Smardt across a number of strategic data-centre accounts. You will coordinate activities with internal stakeholders (Sales, Service, Field Service, QA/QC, Engineering) and external stakeholders (DC ownership teams, CX agents, EOR, GC, MEP subcontractors, equipment vendors) — managing all site-related activities from equipment arrival through final handoff to the customer, including transition to post-warranty and preventive-maintenance services.

Responsibilities

• Project Management Leadership: Manage all phases of data-centre projects, from planning through final warranty and maintenance, ensuring seamless coordination and handoffs and adherence to timelines and budgets.

• Own and manage the project execution plan, including the project schedule, and ensure subcontractors understand project expectations.

• Planning & Coordination: Develop detailed project plans, staffing needs, and schedules, working closely with Account Management and Service teams to allocate resources effectively.

• Scope Development & Reporting: Prepare comprehensive proposals detailing scope and milestones; deliver regular progress reports to management and clients.

• Stakeholder Management: Establish and maintain strong relationships with customers, contractors, and internal teams, resolving issues promptly.

• Analyze financial reporting and project schedules to proactively address potential problems.

• Continuous Improvement & QA: Implement risk analysis and mitigation strategies, review project status, and develop lessons-learned and QA/QC lists with Engineering/Production/QA.

Day to Day

• Project milestone planning, risk assessment, and corrective actions.

• Coordinate equipment delivery to customer sites.

• Participate in customer-witnessed / factory-witness testing and schedule start-up activities.

• Attend internal data-centre and other weekly meetings; participate in pre-commissioning and commissioning meetings.

• Oversee L2–L5 activities including customer equipment acceptance, start-up, commissioning, and final IST testing.

• Maintain site issue and deficiency lists in Smardt and client tracking software.

• Review start-up and commissioning reports; prepare handovers and final project close-out documents.

• Coordinate RCA initiatives and lead product updates/upgrades internally and at customer sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field (Mechanical Engineering, Construction) — or a technical associate's degree with 5 years of field/project experience, or 8 years of equivalent HVAC-industry experience.

• 5+ years of related experience combining commercial HVAC and/or data centres / mission-critical units.

Preferred

• Prior experience with data-centre solutions and knowledge of HVAC designs, applications, and energy-saving solutions.

• Project Management certification (PMP, PMI, Six Sigma, etc.).

• Commissioning experience.

What We Look For

• Team worker and forward planner; strong communicator and negotiator.

• Results-driven, with strong problem-solving, decision-making, and leadership skills.