Telecom Project Manager – Data Center Construction
Location: Abilene, Texas - Onsite.
Employment Type: W-2 contract.
Contract Duration: 1-year contract with 1-year extension or perm employment with our client.
Pay: $70–$75 per hour, depending on experience - plus overtime.
Schedule: Generally 7:30am-4:30pm; ~45 hours most weeks, with flexibility to work up to 60 hours.
Overtime: Paid at 1.5 times the regular hourly rate after 40 hours per week.
The Opportunity
Telvero is seeking an experienced Telecom Construction Project Manager / Construction Manager to support a large-scale data center construction project in Abilene, Texas.
This role is specifically focused on the telecom infrastructure supporting the campus and buildings. We are looking for someone with a strong fiber and telecom construction background who can oversee contractors, coordinate complex scopes, track execution, and ensure telecom infrastructure is delivered according to design, schedule, quality, and owner requirements.
This is not a hands-on installation role. It is a project/construction management position that will spend more time coordinating contractors, reviewing project documentation, tracking progress, and resolving issues than performing field work.
What you will oversee:
- Inside plant (ISP) and outside plant (OSP) fiber infrastructure.
- High-count and ribbon-fiber infrastructure.
- Structured cabling and inside-building connectivity.
- Wi-Fi systems.
- Distributed antenna systems (DAS).
- Emergency responder radio communication systems (ERRCS/EERCS/ERCES).
- Building automation systems (BAS) and related low-voltage infrastructure.
- Telecom testing, commissioning, documentation, turnover, and closeout.
What You'll Do
- Oversee telecom contractors and subcontractors supporting construction.
- Monitor telecom construction against design requirements, project schedules, quality standards, and project priorities.
- Coordinate with general contractors, subcontractors, design teams, vendors, and other project stakeholders.
- Review telecom drawings, schedules, submittals, testing documentation, progress reports, and turnover packages.
- Track milestones, dependencies, risks, open issues, and contractor performance.
- Identify telecom construction issues and work with the appropriate stakeholders to drive resolution.
- Participate in contractor meetings, coordination meetings, project reviews, and field walks.
- Provide clear updates on project status, risks, contractor performance, and decisions requiring escalation.
- Help ensure completed telecom infrastructure is properly tested, documented, and ready for owner acceptance.
- Support commissioning, closeout, and turnover of the telecom scope.
What We're Looking For
- Strong project management or construction management experience involving telecom and fiber infrastructure.
- Strong knowledge of both ISP and OSP fiber construction.
- Experience with high-count and/or ribbon-fiber infrastructure.
- Experience overseeing contractors, subcontractors, vendors, and other construction stakeholders.
- Ability to understand telecom construction drawings, scopes, schedules, testing requirements, and project documentation.
- Experience evaluating contractor progress and performance.
- Strong communication, organization, documentation, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work independently in a fast-moving construction environment.
- Ability to work onsite in the Abilene, Texas area.
Highly Preferred
- Data center or other mission-critical construction experience.
- Hyperscale data center construction experience.
- Experience with Wi-Fi, DAS, ERRCS/EERCS, BAS, structured cabling, and integrated low-voltage systems.
- Telecom testing, commissioning, turnover, and closeout experience.
- Experience overseeing large telecom construction contractors.
Compensation and Travel Package
- $70–$75 per hour, based on directly relevant experience.
- Overtime paid at 1.5 times the regular hourly rate after 40 hours.
- Approximately 45 hours during most weeks, with flexibility to work up to 60 hours.
- $178 daily per diem for eligible out-of-market candidates.
- Regular weekend trips home paid for.
- Medical, dental, vision benefits - Telvero pays 50% of consultant's monthly premiums.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced telecom construction professional to represent the owner on a highly complex, long-term critical-infrastructure project. The initial contract is expected to last 1–2 years and may lead to extensions or potential permanent employment with our client. Neither extensions nor permanent employment are guaranteed.
*If the application for this position prompts you to respond to a question with a number of years, e.g., your number of years of relevant work experience, please enter ‘30’ if your answer is 30 years or more. Please be aware that we are acting as a recruitment partner for one of our clients in this search.*
Pay: $70.00 - $75.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Vision insurance
Application Question(s):
- construction scopes within large data center or critical infrastructure projects?
Ideal Answer: Yes
This job requires onsite work in Abilene, TX. Are you currently in Abilene, or are you open to extensive travel and/or relocation to Abilene?
- Do you have proven experience overseeing telecom construction scopes within large data center or critical infrastructure projects?
Experience:
- Project management: 5 years (Required)
Work Location: In person
