Project Manager, Facilities Operations - Memphis
Memphis, TN
Posted 7h ago
Job Location
Memphis, TN
Remote Work Policy
On-site
Categories
Applied AI Engineer
About the job
SpaceXAI is seeking an experienced Facilities Operations Project Manager with a strong engineering background to lead mission-critical facilities work across our Southaven and Memphis sites. As a key on-site leader on the facilities operations team, you will bring technical credibility, engineering expertise, and steady project leadership to fast-paced, high-impact work in live, technically advanced facilities. You will own vendor and internal relationships, drive site improvement and activation projects from scope through handover, and keep operating systems reliable without taking the campus offline. You will own the project portfolio that sits between these sites, encompassing retrofits, upgrades, activations, vendor-led maintenance projects, and facilities work that must integrate cleanly into an operating plant. You will coordinate closely with facilities supervisors, technicians, construction, engineering, and commissioning teams, reporting to facilities operations leadership.
Responsibilities
- Act as the facilities operations project representative for Southaven and Memphis sites, managing relationships with contractors, vendors, partners, and internal stakeholders.
- Oversee end-to-end execution of facilities operations projects, from scoping and planning through installation, commissioning, and handover.
- Develop, plan, and execute site improvement, retrofit, and activation projects, including mechanical/HVAC, electrical, compressed air, plumbing, and related campus systems.
- Coordinate multiple vendors and trade partners, ensuring seamless communication between field teams, facilities supervisors, technicians, engineering disciplines, and technical stakeholders.
- Proactively identify and mitigate risks to ensure high-quality delivery, safety, schedule adherence, and operational readiness.
- Drive project progress, resolving roadblocks and keeping complex, multi-phase timelines on track while minimizing disruption to ongoing operations.
- Create and align facilities project schedules and deliverables with broader infrastructure and AI supercomputing goals through cross-functional collaboration.
- Partner with construction, engineering, and commissioning teams to transition work from build into operations and resolve technical issues efficiently.
- Deliver regular updates using well-designed KPIs, dashboards, and reports.
- Perform quantity take-offs, field verifications, and progress monitoring to support accurate forecasting and reporting.
- Manage change orders, identifying value-engineered solutions to minimize unnecessary changes and control costs.
- Manage vendor and contractor finances, working with buyers and accounts payable to assure accounts are maintained.
- Lead site safety initiatives on facilities project work, applying safety procedures and ensuring safe working conditions.
- Understand mechanical and facilities equipment (e.g., chilled water systems, boilers, VFDs, pumps, PLCs, condensers, split systems, air compressors, dust collectors, backflow preventers) to scope, sequence, and accept project work.
- Adapt to evolving needs and support cross-functional partners as required.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree
- 5+ years of experience managing facilities operations or infrastructure projects
- Demonstrated success leading on-site project teams with authority and building trust with vendors, partners, and technical stakeholders
- Experience managing programs involving multiple vendors, dynamic priorities, and complex coordination in an operating facility
- Previous experience in data center, hyperscale, or industrial facilities operations
- Knowledge of building management and automated facilities monitoring systems and processes (e.g., HVAC, fluid plumbing, generators, compressed air, fuel storage)
- Experience with commissioning, MEP systems, or site development for technical facilities
- Experience managing budgets and third-party vendors; experience negotiating contracts and comparing service costs
- Experience with asset management / CMMS software and construction or project management tools (e.g., Procore, Primavera P6, Bluebeam)