Hyperscale Project Manager

E2 Optics • Cedar Rapids, IA

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About The Position

The Hyperscale Project Manager owns day-to-day execution of assigned hyperscale projects, maintaining accountability for safety, quality, schedule, cost, and customer satisfaction. The role manages complex scopes and concurrent workstreams across multiple buildings, zones, or phases, ensuring work follows approved drawings, specifications, BIM models, and client standards. It requires early identification of risks and execution gaps, active management of project controls and changes, and coordination of manpower, materials, access, sequencing, and logistics to sustain production at scale.

The Project Manager partners with scheduling, cost control, logistics, QA/QC, safety, and engineering teams and serves as the primary day-to-day interface with customer and general contractor representatives. The role requires clear communication of project status, risks, and recovery plans, as well as timely, structured, solution-oriented escalation. Travel may be required. The standard work environment includes an indoor business office and construction environment.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED required.
• At least 3 years of construction, telecommunications, or data center project management experience.
• Experience managing schedule, cost, forecasting, and change.
• Able and willing to travel as required.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree preferred; equivalent experience considered.
• PMP certification preferred.
• Exposure to hyperscale or large-scale data center environments preferred.

Responsibilities

• Follow safe work practices and company and client worksite safety policies and procedures.
• Support and promote E2 Optics’ Core Values, fostering a safe, inclusive, and family-first work environment.
• Own day-to-day execution of assigned hyperscale projects.
• Maintain accountability for safety performance, quality compliance, schedule adherence, cost control, and customer satisfaction.
• Manage complex scopes with concurrent workstreams across multiple buildings, zones, or phases.
• Ensure work is executed in accordance with approved drawings, specifications, BIM models, and hyperscale client standards.
• Develop, maintain, and actively manage detailed project schedules and look-ahead plans, cost tracking, earned value and forecast accuracy, and risk registers, constraints, and mitigation plans.
• Maintain clear, current project visibility suitable for hyperscale client scrutiny.
• Identify execution risks early and implement corrective actions before impacts scale.
• Ensure change events are identified, documented, priced, and managed in accordance with contract and program requirements.
• Coordinate manpower, materials, access, sequencing, and logistics to support sustained production at scale.
• Partner with scheduling, cost control, logistics, QA/QC, safety, and engineering.
• Serve as the primary day-to-day interface with customer and GC representatives.
• Ensure crews are set up for success through proper planning, information flow, and resource alignment.
• Proactively escalate risks, constraints, or deviations before they affect critical milestones.
• Communicate status, risks, and recovery plans clearly and consistently, with timely, structured, solution-oriented escalation.
• Travel as required by E2 Optics.

Benefits

• Competitive pay.
• Opportunities for professional development and career growth.
• BICSI training facilities.
• Supportive and inclusive work environment.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Paid time off and holidays.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED