Program Controls Manager

Program Controls Manager

Permanent Placement / Direct Placement

Compensation: up to $250K/yr. total comp Plus Benefits. commensurate with experience

Location: US Hybrid

Our client is an industrial-scale data center construction and operations company. They allocate data center opportunities between bitcoin mining and other high performance computing services, such as AI. They continue to develop their pipeline of power capacity at high-quality data center sites, either for bitcoin mining or HPC.

Position Summary

We are seeking a Program Controls Manager to lead and maintain project schedules, ensure planning integrity, and manage milestones across fast-track hyperscale data center construction projects supporting HPC, AI/ML, and cryptocurrency mining operations. This role ensures realistic and integrated timelines from design through turnover, driving planning discipline and exposing risks early to ensure execution teams are aligned with project schedules.

Responsibilities

• Develop and govern integrated project schedules across design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and turnover phases.
• Establish standardized milestone frameworks and ensure schedules are logic-driven, resource-aware, and aligned with procurement and site constraints.
• Define planning strategies for fast-track delivery, including phased turnover and parallel workstreams, and establish planning standards.
• Own and manage key program milestones, tracking adherence and proactively addressing risks.
• Identify and mitigate schedule risks, develop recovery plans, and quantify impacts of changes and delays.
• Integrate contractor and vendor schedules, ensuring alignment with the master program schedule and challenging schedules for logic gaps and unrealistic durations.
• Provide clear schedule reporting to executive leadership and translate complex data into actionable insights.

Required Skills

• 12–20+ years of experience in construction planning, scheduling, and project controls.
• Extensive experience with large-scale commercial, industrial, or infrastructure projects.
• Proven success in fast-track or design-build delivery models and multi-site programs.
• Proficiency with Primavera P6 or equivalent enterprise scheduling tools.
• Strong understanding of construction sequencing, procurement impacts, and commissioning workflows.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with data center or mission-critical facility construction, HPC, AI, or crypto infrastructure.
• Experience integrating utility schedules and commissioning plans.
• Background collaborating with EPCs, GCs, and engineering firms.
• Experience managing or mentoring planners and schedulers.

Education & Certifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g., Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology) preferred.

Benefits

• 401K
• Medical / Dental / Vision

RCM is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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RCM Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: RCMT) is a business and technology solutions provider with world-class talent in key market segments. We help design, build, and enable the Industries of Tomorrow, Today. Operating at the intersection of resources, critical infrastructure, and modernization of industries, RCM is a provider of services in Life Sciences, Data & Solutions (IT), Healthcare, Engineering, Aerospace & Defense, and Process & Industrial.

This job posting is intended to describe the general nature and the level of the work to be performed. It is not intended to include every job duty and responsibility specific to the position. RCM reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet business and organizational needs as necessary.