EPC/TCS Project Manager
WHAT YOU’LL DO:
The Senior EPC/TCS Project Manager plays a critical role in leading CoolIT’s most complex Technical Cooling System (TCS) and EPC (Engineering, Procurement, Commissioning) customer deployment programs. This role provides senior project leadership across the full lifecycle, from early scope definition, technical and commercial alignment, engineering definition, procurement strategy, contractor coordination, site readiness, commissioning, and customer handover. In addition to owning high-complexity project delivery, this role is expected to strengthen delivery governance, proactively manage cross-functional and external dependencies, mentor other Project Managers, and improve the way the PMO executes EPC/TCS programs across the portfolio.
Responsibilities
- Leads large, high-complexity EPC/TCS programs with significant technical, commercial, customer, contractor, and schedule interdependencies.
- Operates with a high degree of autonomy, escalating with clear options, trade-offs, and recommended decisions.
- Provides leadership across multiple stakeholder groups, including Engineering, Product, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality, Field Services, Finance, Legal/Commercial, customers, contractors, and consultants.
- Anticipates portfolio-level risks, resource bottlenecks, and execution gaps before they impact program outcomes.
- Mentors other Project Managers and helps standardize PMO practices, templates, governance cadence, scheduling discipline, risk management, and executive reporting.
- Converts lessons learned from EPC/TCS execution into repeatable practices for future customer deployments.
WHO YOU ARE:
Basic Qualifications:
- 12+ years of progressive project/program management experience, including senior ownership of complex technical, customer-facing, capital, construction, infrastructure, or EPC-style delivery programs.
- Project Lifecycle Delivery: Lead complex EPC/TCS programs from feasibility, scope baselining, technical definition, procurement strategy, construction/installation readiness, commissioning, customer acceptance, and handover. Establish execution strategy, governance cadence, integrated schedule, decision log, risk register, and change-control approach.
- Strategic Program Governance: Own governance for high-visibility programs, including Milestone Reviews, executive updates, customer steering reviews, escalation forums, and data-driven decision packages.
- EPC / Contractor Leadership: Lead external contractors, EPC/EPCM partners, consultants, and suppliers through structured interface management, decision tracking, deliverable reviews, and issue resolution.
- Customer and Executive Influence: Act as senior project interface for customers and internal executives, translating technical delivery risks into clear business impacts, mitigation options, and recommended decisions.
- Risk, Issue, and Escalation Management: Anticipate, quantify, and escalate technical, commercial, schedule, site, quality, safety, and commissioning risks. Drive mitigation ownership across functions and contractors.
- Proven experience delivering EPC projects involving infrastructure, construction, or facility buildouts
- Demonstrated involvement across the full project lifecycle, including design, procurement, installation, and commissioning
- Demonstrated experience leading high-complexity, multi-party projects with significant ambiguity, customer visibility, technical risk, and external contractor/vendor dependencies.
- Proven ability to lead projects with minimal oversight, including developing execution strategy, surfacing decision points, and recommending trade-offs to senior leaders.
- Experience managing integrated master schedules, critical path dependencies, customer milestones, commissioning readiness, and cross-functional resource constraints.
- Demonstrated ability to mentor project managers, improve project delivery practices, and establish repeatable governance, reporting, and risk management standards.
- Experience leading schedule recovery, scope stabilization, or project turnaround efforts in technically complex environments.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience working within or alongside EPC / EPCM (Engineering, Procurement, Construction Management) delivery models
- Background in infrastructure, laboratory environments, data center systems, or industrial manufacturing scale-up
- Experience with contractor/vendor management, procurement processes, and change management in capital projects
- Exposure to customer-facing or externally delivered projects with multiple stakeholders
- PMP (Project Management Professional) or equivalent certification
- Lean, Six Sigma, or other continuous improvement certifications considered an asset
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Mechanical/Electrical disciplines, or a related technical field
- Equivalent combination of technical education and relevant industry experience may be considered
WHY COOLIT?
We strive to be an employer of choice and as such we believe in rewarding our employees with career and development opportunities that will maintain and strengthen our culture while aligning to our vision and values.
We are a company that is full of vibrant, innovative people who love what we do. Our comprehensive benefits package includes:
- Vacation and flex days, and paid company-wide shutdown during the holiday season.
- Comprehensive benefits including Dental, Drugs, Optical, Paramedical and Health Spending. These costs are covered by CoolIT and are enacted from your first day.
- Dress for your day – in a casual yet professional environment.
- Retention rewards like “The Big Coffee Break” that reward tenure with additional vacation time and a monetary bonus.
- Company-funded RRSP contributions to support your long-term financial goals.
We thank every candidate in advance, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Successful candidates for this position will be required to undergo background checks including criminal records check and education.
About CoolIT Systems Inc.
Founded in Calgary, Alberta in 2001, CoolIT Systems is the leading Direct Liquid Cooling technology provider for data centers, supercomputers, and desktop computers. We design and manufacture solutions used by the largest tech companies globally.
Recognized as one of “The Americas’ Fastest Growing Companies 2023” by Financial Times and honored with the Deloitte Fast 50 Clean Technology award in 2022, as well as the Deloitte Fast 500 distinction in both 2021 and 2022, CoolIT's rapid growth is capturing global attention.
As demand for generative AI, high performance computing and cloud solutions rapidly expands, there has never been a more exciting time to join our team.
