Facilities Operations Project Manager

You will lead facilities operations projects from scope and planning through installation, commissioning, and handover. You will coordinate vendors, contractors, technicians, engineering, construction, and commissioning partners; manage schedules, costs, safety, risks, and reporting; and support reliable operation of campus systems.

Responsibilities

• Manage contractor, vendor, partner, and internal stakeholder relationships for the Southaven and Memphis sites
• Lead facilities projects from scoping and planning through installation, commissioning, and operational handover
• Develop and execute site improvement, retrofit, and activation projects involving mechanical, HVAC, electrical, compressed air, plumbing, and related systems
• Coordinate vendors, trade partners, field teams, facilities personnel, engineers, and technical stakeholders
• Identify and mitigate risks related to quality, safety, schedule, and operational readiness
• Resolve project roadblocks and maintain complex multi-phase timelines while minimizing operational disruption
• Create project schedules and deliverables and align them with infrastructure goals
• Partner with construction, engineering, and commissioning teams to transition work into operations
• Deliver KPI dashboards, reports, and project updates
• Perform quantity take-offs, field verifications, and progress monitoring
• Manage change orders and value-engineering solutions to control costs
• Manage vendor and contractor finances with buyers and accounts payable
• Lead site safety initiatives and stop unsafe work
• Apply knowledge of facilities equipment to scope, sequence, and accept project work
• Support cross-functional partners as needs evolve

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• 5+ years of experience managing facilities operations or infrastructure projects
• Ability to work evenings and weekends as operational needs require
• Ability to provide assigned 24/7 on-call emergency support
• Ability to lift 25+ pounds