Senior Project Manager, Mechanical

Galaxy•New York, NY

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Project Manager, Mechanical sits on Galaxy's pre-construction team and provides mechanical engineering support across its data center portfolio, primarily focused on early equipment selection and procurement, site design, and construction planning. The role owns the mechanical and plumbing side of construction budget input, design input, and equipment planning across Galaxy's multi-site AI/HPC data center portfolio. The role manages owner-furnished, contractor-installed (OFCI) equipment packages from demand forecasting through RFP, bid leveling, award recommendation, purchase order, and delivery to site. It also manages submittals, production tracking, expediting, and factory and first-of-kind witness testing. The position partners with Procurement, Finance, Legal, Construction, Operations, design teams, commissioning agents, OEMs, and tenant technical teams, and leads vendor research and new-technology evaluation to support faster, more standardized, and cost-effective campus delivery. Galaxy's Construction team takes ownership of receiving, storage, installation, startup, and commissioning once equipment arrives on site. The Senior Project Manager remains the technical and commercial resource for negotiated terms. Finance owns billing, payment, and collections; this role supplies committed-cost, forecast, and payment-milestone data. The position also builds foundational OFCI tools and processes and provides complete turnover documentation with equipment deliveries.

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, including at least 5 years 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 and 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, including 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 and ability to explain technical issues clearly to site operations, leadership, vendors, design teams, construction teams, and commissioning partners.

Nice To Haves

10+ years of experience, including multi-site hyperscale, AI/HPC, or wholesale colocation programs using 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 recognized project management or supply chain credential.
Experience building processes, templates, and tools as an early member of a new team.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain rolling mechanical and plumbing OFCI demand forecasts by site and phase, aligned with 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 consider 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 commercial terms, including warranty, storage and maintenance, startup and commissioning support, spare parts, delivery terms, title and risk of loss, liquidated damages, and turnover documentation.
Evaluate post-award changes for scope, cost, and schedule impacts and maintain 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, fire protection, BMS and mechanical controls, water treatment, and generator fuel systems.
Translate tenant requirements and Engineer of Record design intent into vendor-neutral OFCI equipment specifications and maintain Galaxy's mechanical equipment standards.
Provide equipment cost, lead-time, and escalation inputs to construction and Finance estimates, budgets, and forecasts.
Define and document facility/tenant demarcation, interface requirements, and acceptance criteria when liquid cooling equipment is tenant-furnished; manage Galaxy-furnished liquid cooling equipment as other OFCI equipment.
Incorporate Operations feedback on maintainability, spares, and lifecycle cost into specifications and award recommendations.
Coordinate submittal and shop drawing reviews with the EOR and Galaxy engineering, and track approvals against release-for-production dates.
Maintain the mechanical and plumbing OFCI master tracker for purchase orders, submittals, production slots, factory testing, shipment, and required-on-site dates.
Verify production progress directly with OEMs, escalate schedule slips early, and present recovery options.
Coordinate shipping and logistics and confirm delivery windows with Construction.
Define and lead factory witness testing and first-of-kind and first-article testing (Commissioning Level 1) for mechanical equipment and modular plants.
Align test scope and acceptance criteria with the commissioning agent and Galaxy's Construction and Commissioning teams.
Document factory test 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 to 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 impacts 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 commercial and warranty terms, OEM storage and maintenance requirements, factory test reports, serial numbers, approved submittals, O&M manuals, spare parts lists, and vendor startup contacts.
Build 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.

Benefits

Competitive base salary and discretionary bonus
Hybrid/flexible working arrangements
Flexible Time Off (paid)
3% 401(k) company contribution
Company-paid health and protective benefits for employees, partners, and other dependents
Generous paid parental leave
Competitive family planning benefits for US employees
Opportunities to learn about the Crypto industry
Smart, entrepreneurial, and fun colleagues
Free daily snacks and weekly breakfasts/lunches
Employee Resource Groups
Free coaching and counseling sessions through Headspace