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Project Manager, Facilities Operations - Memphis
Memphis, TN. Posted a month ago
The role
You will lead facilities operations projects at the Southaven and Memphis sites, from scoping and planning through installation, commissioning and handover into daily operations. You will manage vendors, contractors and internal teams, and keep complex timelines on track while minimizing disruption to live operations.
What you will do
- Act as facilities operations project representative for the Southaven and Memphis sites, managing contractors, vendors, partners and internal stakeholders
- Oversee end-to-end execution of facilities projects, from scoping through handover into operations
- Develop and execute site improvement, retrofit and activation projects, including mechanical/HVAC, electrical, compressed air, plumbing and campus systems
- Coordinate multiple vendors and trade partners across field teams, supervisors, technicians and engineering
- Identify and mitigate risks to protect quality, safety, schedule and operational readiness
- Drive project progress, resolve roadblocks and keep multi-phase timelines on track
- Partner with construction, engineering and commissioning teams to move work from build into operations
- Deliver regular updates using KPIs, dashboards and reports for internal and external stakeholders
- Manage change orders and vendor and contractor finances, working with buyers and accounts payable
- Lead site safety on facilities project work and stop any work deemed unsafe
Required qualifications
- Bachelor's degree
- 5+ years of experience managing facilities operations or infrastructure projects
- Strong engineering background
- Demonstrated success leading on-site project teams and building trust with vendors and technical stakeholders
- Understanding of mechanical and facilities equipment such as chilled water systems, boilers, VFDs, pumps, PLCs, condensers, air compressors and backflow preventers
- Able to lift 25+ lbs
- Comfortable working around noise, operating equipment and construction or maintenance activity
- Subject to pre-employment and random drug and alcohol testing
Nice to have
- Experience in data center, hyperscale or industrial facilities operations (not greenfield construction as the primary background)
- Knowledge of building management and automated facilities monitoring systems
- Experience with commissioning, MEP systems or site development for technical facilities
- Experience managing budgets, third-party vendors and contract negotiations
- Experience with CMMS software and project tools such as Procore, Primavera P6 and Bluebeam
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word and PowerPoint
- Ability to work independently and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
Before you apply
- Subject to pre-employment drug testing and random drug and alcohol testing
- Requires evening and weekend availability and 24/7 on-call support as assigned
About the company
SpaceXSI is building Super Intelligence, including Colossus supercomputers, Grok models and applications such as Grok Bot, Grok Build, Grok Imagine, Grok Voice and X. The company is an equal opportunity employer.