Senior Project Manager – Data Center / Mission Critical

brookwood· Brookwood
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📍 Upstate New YorkFullTime

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About the Job

Brookwood Group is a technology-enabled owner's representative and program management firm with roots tracing back to 1945. We've managed over $10 billion in construction programs, and our mission is simple: Advancing and Protecting the Interests of the Owner. We're not a mega-firm where you're a number, we're a collaborative team that combines deep construction expertise with modern technology to deliver better outcomes for building owners.

We are seeking a Senior Project Manager with deep data center and mission-critical facilities experience to serve as the owner's representative on a high-profile hyperscale data center development. This isn't a job where you sit in an office reviewing reports; you'll be on-site, in the action, working directly with contractors, engineers, and the owner to ensure this campus is built right.

Key Responsibilities

  • Serve as the primary on-site owner's representative, ensuring the project stays on budget, on schedule, and aligned with quality standards.

  • Manage relationships with general contractors, A&E teams, and commissioning agents—driving accountability and coordination across all parties.

  • Oversee MEP systems coordination including electrical distribution (medium voltage, UPS, generators), cooling systems, and BMS/controls integration.

  • Review and process RFIs, submittals, and change orders with a critical eye—protecting the owner from scope creep and cost overruns.

  • Coordinate L1-L5 commissioning activities and ensure systems perform as designed before handoff.

  • Prepare clear status reports, visual planning tools, and presentations that give stakeholders real insight into project health.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of construction project management experience, with at least 5 years focused on data centers, mission-critical facilities, or industrial MEP-intensive projects.

  • Strong technical knowledge of electrical distribution systems, backup power infrastructure, cooling systems, and building automation.

  • Experience reading and interpreting MEP drawings, one-lines, and control sequences.

  • Proven ability to manage complex stakeholder relationships and hold contractors accountable.

  • Willingness to be on-site full-time in upstate New York.

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Hyperscale data center experience (100MW+ campuses).

  • Experience with crypto-to-data-center conversions or adaptive reuse projects.

  • Owner's representative or program management background (vs. GC-side only).

  • CCM, PMP, PE, or LEED AP credentials.

What You'll Gain

  • A seat at the table on one of the most technically demanding construction programs in the country.

  • Direct exposure to cutting-edge AI infrastructure being built for a leading technology company.

  • Access to AI-powered project management tools; we're not your grandfather's OR firm.

  • Competitive compensation with relocation assistance for the right candidate.

  • A collaborative team that values getting things right over checking boxes.

Why Brookwood?

We were co-founded by George Heery: the person who literally invented much of what we now call Construction Management and Program Management, including the Bridging method. That's our foundation and it's a rich legacy of serving clients and delivering construction projects. But we're not living in the past. We're building AI-powered tools that automate the tedious work and give our people on the ground actual superpowers. The goal isn't efficiency for its own sake, it's serving our clients better and bringing some joy back to managing construction projects. If that sounds like the kind of place you want to be, let's talk.

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This Senior Project Manager – Data Center / Mission Critical position at brookwood was posted on Jan 21, 2026. Apply as soon as possible — early applications are often reviewed first.
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