Project Manager

About this role

About the job:

Kent Data Centres is built on more than a century of engineering expertise within Kent, a global leader in integrated energy services. We operate exclusively in data centre and critical environments, acting as lead consultants, technical advisors, and commissioning partners while supporting clients from feasibility through design, delivery, and operational handover. To support our continued growth in the Americas, we're looking for two client-facing Technical Project Managers / Data Centre SMEs to lead engagements across the Americas region.

As Technical Project Manager, you will support Kent Data Centres’ Americas growth and be based in Houston or Dallas, TX.  You will own client relationships across data centre consultancy engagements and act as design lead on consultancy and design projects, managing subject matter experts to ensure on-time, in-scope delivery.

Skills and Responsibilities:

Responsibilities:

Provide SME leadership on power, cooling, and resilience strategy, including tier/reliability requirements

Serve as SME on local codes and requirements, working with our local and global subject matter experts to guide design teams through all project stages

Run design workshops, key stage presentations, and progress meetings; produce stage design reports

Own quality control of project deliverables and liaise with all engineering teams and disciplines to ensure completeness and accuracy

Interface directly with clients and contractors across bidding, award, execution, and project closeout

Evaluate client enquiries, specifications, and drawings

Support technical bid responses — formulating and reviewing technical content, submitting clarifications during tendering

Travel to client, supplier, and third-party meetings as required

In addition to the responsibilities listed herein, the employee may be required to perform other ad-hoc tasks as needed or directed by the supervisor or management. These tasks will be within the reasonable scope of the employee's skills, capabilities, and role within the organization. The intent of this provision is to allow for flexibility and adaptability in meeting the dynamic needs of the organization, ensuring that operational requirements can be met efficiently. All such tasks will be assigned considering the employee's current workload and with respect to their professional development.

Your knowledge/skills, education, and experience:

Knowledge/ Qualification/ Training/ Certification:

5+ years in data centre consultancy, design, or mission-critical project delivery required

Working knowledge of data centre/local standards, MEP systems, and commissioning frameworks required

CDCDP, PMP, or PE a strong plus

Communication:

Excellent command of the English language in both oral and written communication and skills.

Behavior/ Core Competencies:

Strong client-facing/advisory presence — comfortable leading design workshops and stakeholder meetings

Commercially minded — comfortable owning project scope, budget, and margin alongside technical delivery

HSSEQ:

The Employee shall observe the Health, Safety, Sustainability, Environment and Quality rules of the Company; it’s clients and the governing authorities of the host country.

Details about the role:

Location:  Dallas or Houston, TX

Relocation required: N/A

Travel required: Yes, per client(s) and project(s) requirements across Americas region

Contract type: Regular/Full-Time

Experience level: 5+ years

About you:

Join us. Unleash your energy within.

If you have world-class ambitions to reach the stars while keeping your feet on the ground, we’re the team for you. We've created a new breed of company – future-focused with reimagined ambition across all disciplines within the energy sector.

We love people who know their own potential and are not afraid to use it. We know that together, we’re far more than the sum of our parts. So, we celebrate people who want to grow and develop as we work together on some of the largest projects on the energy world stage.

We are committed to our diverse and inclusive community – a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop. From day one, we offer a range of family-friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and employee networks to support staff from different backgrounds.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures, and abilities.

We’re a disability-friendly employer and can make adjustments to support you to perform at your best during the recruitment process.

Our purpose and beliefs:

As Kent, we’re tackling the greatest challenge of our time - to bring our world the energy it needs in the most responsible way ever imagined.

It’s the energy of every member of our team driven by our beliefs that is making this happen. Whatever our skill, our language, or our culture. These beliefs define and direct us every day to be the very best - for ourselves, our clients, our key stakeholders, the communities we operate in and the planet:

We PLAY BIG We thrive on EMOTIONAL AGILITY We are FANATICAL ABOUT PERFORMANCE We are built on INFINITE THINKING

Read more about the Purpose, Beliefs and Guiding Principles that drive us:

Our vision for Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging:

We recognise that diversity & inclusion are catalysts for success. We’re heightening awareness on the benefits of people diversity, diversity of experiences and diversity of our perspectives. Creating a culture of inclusivity where all employees feel a sense of belonging.

Our combined energy is fueled by different nationalities, across 6 continents and 24 countries. Our commitment is to celebrate character – no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability.