Customer Project Leader - Central Engineering

Customer Project Leader - Central Engineering

We are looking for a talented and highly organized professional to become part of our team as a Customer Project Leader. This role will be within Central Engineering, focusing on driving and managing large-scale Data Center (DCS) builds and high-volume, strategically important projects from an engineering perspective. The chosen candidate will have the critical responsibility of acting as the central hub for these high-priority initiatives, ensuring alignment across multiple departments to deliver successful and timely solutions to our key customers.

What will you do?

• Project manage complex Data Center deployments and large-volume strategic projects strictly from an engineering point of view, ensuring technical excellence and alignment with the overall project scope.
• Act as the primary orchestrator for high-profile initiatives, directly coordinating between R&D, Customer Deployment (Production), Project Management, Quotation, Sales, Plant Engineering, Plant Production, and Central teams.
• Drive the lifecycle of strategically important projects by creating comprehensive engineering schedules, maintaining critical path dates, and proactively mitigating bottlenecks across high-volume orders.
• Establish clear expectations and hold all stakeholders and team members accountable for their deliverables to ensure seamless execution on critical business priorities.
• Take full ownership of the engineering timeline without constant supervision, ensuring high-quality execution and timely delivery to the customer at scale.
• Engage in strategic discussions to formulate successful execution plans that balance internal plant production capabilities, R&D timelines, and external client needs.

• Be an assertive, outgoing, and energetic professional who excels at cross-functional leadership and stakeholder management on high-stakes projects.
• Must be highly organized, detail-oriented, and a self-starter capable of managing complex timelines, high volumes, and multiple moving parts simultaneously.
• Exceptional communication and negotiation skills to effectively align diverse teams (from R&D to Plant Production) toward a common, strategic goal.
• Strive for value-added solutions and identify quick wins through agile thinking and proactive problem-solving.
• Strong knowledge of engineering workflows and project management methodologies within a large-scale manufacturing environment.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, or Systems Engineering preferred).
• Demonstrated experience in project management, specifically overseeing large engineering projects, high-volume production rollouts, or strategic Data Center infrastructure deployments.
• Strong foundational understanding of Data Center architectures, power systems, and facility life cycles.
• Experience utilizing project management scheduling tools to track milestones, dependencies, and resources for complex, multi-phase projects.
• Familiarity with coordinating engineered-to-order (ETO) equipment workflows between central engineering and plant manufacturing.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, or Systems Engineering preferred).
• Demonstrated experience in project management, specifically overseeing large engineering projects, high-volume production rollouts, or strategic Data Center infrastructure deployments.
• Strong foundational understanding of Data Center architectures, power systems, and facility life cycles.
• Experience utilizing project management scheduling tools to track milestones, dependencies, and resources for complex, multi-phase projects.
• Familiarity with coordinating engineered-to-order (ETO) equipment workflows between central engineering and plant manufacturing.