Mission Critical Project Manager

About the Position

We are looking for a Mission Critical Project Manager to join our team in San Francisco, CA. At Atoms, we are building the machines that power the next era of progress by integrating Physical AI into industries such as food, mining, and transport. Our mission is to make the physical world more intelligent, efficient, and scalable.

Responsibilities

• Own data center projects from design through construction, energization, commissioning, and turnover, with accountability for cost, schedule, scope, quality, and risk.
• Help build Atoms’ data center development and construction program from the ground up, establishing the standards, processes, and playbook we’ll use as the program scales.
• Apply a first-principles approach to how we design and build. Challenge industry conventions, understand why things are done the way they are, and find better ways to deliver.
• Drive project execution and understand the critical path. Identify risks early and solve problems before they impact key milestones.
• Lead coordination across electrical, mechanical, structural, controls, fire/life safety, and architectural scopes.
• Drive utility coordination, permitting, inspections, energization, and commissioning.
• Manage consultants, general contractors, specialty trades, equipment vendors, and commissioning providers, holding teams accountable for performance.
• Own procurement and delivery of critical and long-lead equipment, including transformers, switchgear, generators, UPS, and cooling systems.
• Review and challenge designs, schedules, estimates, change orders, and technical proposals. Identify gaps and drive decisions rather than simply administering the process.
• When problems arise, determine the root cause, develop options, recommend a path forward, and drive it to resolution.

Requirements

• 7+ years delivering complex construction or infrastructure projects, with meaningful data center or mission-critical experience. Experience working for a general contractor strongly preferred.
• Strong technical and field understanding of MEP systems, constructability, sequencing, subcontractor coordination, and means and methods.
• Experience delivering projects through utility energization, equipment startup, commissioning, and turnover.
• Strong command of critical-path scheduling, cost management, procurement, and change management.
• Ability to read and challenge drawings, specifications, schedules, estimates, submittals, RFIs, and technical proposals.
• Demonstrated ability to operate independently, make sound decisions with incomplete information, and solve difficult problems under aggressive timelines.
• Comfortable operating without an established playbook and turning lessons learned into repeatable standards and processes.
• Clear, concise communicator who surfaces risks early and comes prepared with solutions.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field preferred.
• Procore, Bluebeam Revu, and scheduling software experience preferred.

We Offer

• Competitive base salary range of $150,000 - $214,000 per year.
• Equity awards and an annual performance-based bonus.
• Comprehensive benefits package including:
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance (multiple plans, incl. HSA options).
  • Company-paid life and disability insurance (short- and long-term).
  • Voluntary insurance: accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity.
  • Optional supplemental life insurance for self, spouse, and children.
  • Pet insurance discount.
  • 401(k).
  • Health Savings Account (HSA).
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care, Commuter).
  • Generous Time Off policies.

About the Company

Atoms is a company driven by invention and continuous change. We are constantly reimagining our industries, building new products, and refining how we operate. Our work is ambitious and often challenging, but it’s grounded in a shared sense of purpose and a team committed to seeing it through together. We believe that meaningful progress depends on the trust of the people we serve and the strength of our team-so we invest in both, creating an environment where you can do your best work and grow.

Ready to Join Us?

If you want to work on hard problems with real-world impact, join us as we serve those who serve others.

#LI-Onsite