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# Field Project Manager - Data Center Liquid Cooling at Align Communications

- **Company:** Align Communications
- **Location:** Plano, TX
- **Posted:** 2026-09-09
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-14
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/align46/jobs/5232429007

## Job description

Join the Team!

Is technology your passion? Do you want to work with smart, forward-thinking individuals? Do you want to grow in a career you love?

At Align, our professionals are the key to our success. We don’t just hire talent, we invest in exceptional people who are forward-thinking, results-driven, and passionate about what they do. We’re a group of tech-savvy professionals who are motivated by making an impact. Our culture is one of unbounded opportunity that celebrates the passions, skills and ideas of our team—work hard, play hard, be smart!

We believe great communities lead to great companies. That’s why we offer a dynamic workplace where you feel inspired, engaged and innovative. We offer professionals opportunities to train in the leading technologies, make an impact within the industry and acquire valuable new skills whether on client sites or in one of our regional offices.

Position Overview

Align offers a wide variety of services centered around the data center white space.  We are a fit-out specialist who manages the entire white space from conceptual design through execution across the country. Our services include designing layouts, overhead support systems (to support conveyance and electrical systems), power striping/redundancy planning for distribution from PDUs to cabinet receptacles, mechanical distribution from CDU to the rack or server, conduit pathways, and low voltage structured cable infrastructure.

We are seeking an experienced data center liquid cooling specialist to lead planning, estimating, and execution of advanced cooling infrastructure for hyperscale and AI data center white-space fit-outs. The successful candidate will combine hands-on technical expertise with strong project management skills, overseeing liquid cooling systems from design coordination and procurement through installation, testing, commissioning, and turnover. Ideal candidates have managed liquid cooling projects in hyperscale, AI, colocation, or other mission-critical environments and can effectively coordinate engineers, manufacturers, contractors, commissioning agents, operators, and construction teams.

Familiarity with broader data center MEP systems—including electrical distribution, structured cabling, and telecommunications—is a strong plus.

- This is a full-time salaried role offering $170,000-$210,000 (commensurate with experience) full benefits, project bonuses, paid travel, and advanced training.
- This position requires 50% travel to project sites nationwide, including AI build locations.

## Key Responsibilities

Liquid Cooling Project Management

- Lead data center liquid cooling projects from design coordination through installation, commissioning, and turnover.
- Oversee direct-to-chip cooling, rear-door heat exchangers, technology cooling loops, CDUs, manifolds, piping, pumps, heat exchangers, filtration, and related infrastructure.
- Integrate cooling systems with server racks, IT equipment, power distribution, containment, overhead infrastructure, and other white-space systems.
- Manage scope, schedule, budget, procurement, subcontractors, vendors, quality, and documentation.
- Serve as the technical liaison among Align, clients, engineers, contractors, manufacturers, commissioning agents, and other stakeholders.

Design & Technical Coordination

- Review designs, drawings, submittals, specifications, equipment selections, and vendor proposals for functionality, constructability, maintainability, and compliance with project requirements.
- Evaluate system capacity, flow, pressure, redundancy, controls, connections, and integration with IT equipment.
- Coordinate with engineers, subcontractors, and field teams to identify design conflicts, installation constraints, and technical risks, then translate requirements into practical solutions.
- Participate in design reviews, BIM coordination, and technical evaluations.

Construction Installation & Oversite

- Direct mechanical subcontractors, specialty installers, construction managers, and field personnel during liquid cooling installation.
- Verify compliance with approved documents, manufacturer requirements, and project quality standards.
- Coordinate piping, equipment connections, rack interfaces, controls, leak detection, power, and supporting infrastructure.
- Monitor quality, conduct field inspections and punch-list activities, and resolve deficiencies before commissioning or turnover.

Testing, Flushing & Commissioning

- Coordinate filling, flushing, filtration, cleaning, pressure and leak testing, startup, functional testing, and integrated systems testing.
- Review commissioning plans, procedures, performance tests, and documentation with contractors, manufacturers, commissioning agents, and operators.
- Troubleshoot issues, coordinate corrective actions, and verify system readiness for high-density IT equipment before turnover.

Vendor & Subcontractor Coordination

- Evaluate manufacturers, distributors, contractors, installers, and commissioning firms based on technical capability, experience, methodology, capacity, schedule, and commercial considerations.
- Review proposals and technical information, support equipment and material procurement, and maintain strong industry relationships.

MEP Coordination

- Coordinate liquid cooling with electrical distribution, busway, PDUs, rack power, structured cabling, telecommunications, controls, containment, overhead supports, and other white-space infrastructure.
- Assess interdependencies among cooling capacity, electrical capacity, rack density, IT equipment, and supporting systems, and resolve cross-discipline conflicts.

Required Qualifications

The successful candidate is a practical, field-oriented subject matter expert who understands how liquid cooling systems work and how to coordinate, build, test, commission, and turn them over in mission-critical environments. The candidate must communicate effectively in design meetings, submittal reviews, field inspections, commissioning activities, and client discussions while driving technical issues toward practical resolution.

- 7+ years of project, construction, or technical management experience in data centers, mission-critical facilities, mechanical construction, or MEP construction.
- Demonstrated experience managing liquid cooling projects in hyperscale, AI, or other high-density data centers.
- Practical knowledge of direct-to-chip cooling, rear-door heat exchangers, CDUs, manifolds, piping, pumps, heat exchangers, filtration, controls, and related systems.
- Experience overseeing installation, filling, flushing, filtration, pressure and leak testing, commissioning, and turnover.
- Ability to interpret mechanical drawings, specifications, submittals, schematics, and construction documents and identify constructability issues.
- Experience coordinating subcontractors, manufacturers, commissioning agents, and other trades.
- Strong understanding of data center white-space construction and the relationship between cooling systems and IT infrastructure.
- Strong project management skills across scope, schedule, budget, risk, quality, documentation, and subcontractor performance.
- Willingness and ability to travel approximately 50% throughout the United States.

## Preferred Qualifications

- Experience with hyperscale, AI, NVIDIA GPU, or other high-density compute environments.
- Experience with CDUs, liquid-to-liquid heat exchangers, facility water systems, secondary cooling loops, rack manifolds, quick disconnects, direct-to-chip distribution, rear-door heat exchangers, and technology cooling loops.
- Experience with liquid cooling commissioning and integrated systems testing.
- Experience with a data center general contractor, mechanical or MEP contractor, equipment manufacturer, or specialty liquid cooling contractor.
- Knowledge of data center electrical distribution, structured cabling, and telecommunications infrastructure.
- Experience with Procore or a similar construction management platform.
- PMP or equivalent project management credential preferred.
- Engineering degree or PE license is a plus but not required.

To support a fair, consistent, and high-quality hiring experience, some interviews may be recorded. These recordings help our team focus fully on the conversation at hand, rather than note-taking, and allow us to better evaluate and improve our recruitment process. Recordings are used solely for internal purposes such as training, quality assurance, and process improvement. Candidates will be informed in advance and asked to provide consent before any recording takes place.

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Benefits and Perks:

At Align, we believe that supporting our employees both personally and professionally is key to our success. We offer a competitive benefits package designed to promote health, wellness, financial security, and work-life balance, including:

- Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
- Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options
- 401(k) plan with a dollar-for-dollar company match at 3% up to an annual maximum of $5k.
- Complimentary ClassPass membership to support your health and wellness goals
- Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Company-paid holidays
- Cellphone Reimbursement Program
- Floating Holiday to celebrate a day that is meaningful to you
- Pre-tax commuter benefits, where applicable
- Employee wellness programs, events, and team-building activities
- Employee referral program

Align is a premier global provider of technology infrastructure solutions.

Align specializes in designing and deploying technology infrastructure solutions from the data center to the desktop as well as providing managed IT services for clients.

Our professional services team, which includes [Data Center Solutions](https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.align.com%2Fsolutions%2Fdata-center-solutions&data=05%7C02%7C%7C5d54f8ab4b374ce0ace308dde3f262ee%7C344b7de6efed4961a165f32e6a42f482%7C0%7C0%7C638917352360394180%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=b%2F5s%2B1J0df5LpK1CT28HxI20CIY6qE%2BTxmyoOjjgcD8%3D&reserved=0), provide strategic consulting, design, project management, engineering, implementation and support. Our best-in-class [Managed Services](https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.align.com%2Fmanaged-services&data=05%7C02%7C%7C5d54f8ab4b374ce0ace308dde3f262ee%7C344b7de6efed4961a165f32e6a42f482%7C0%7C0%7C638917352360410935%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=S3EZBZQF%2BVMeUahS0MZDmYkDFVSHmlVtzlyK0x%2FWwwI%3D&reserved=0) team provides IT services and cybersecurity advisory for clients within the Alternative Investment industry. Align is a Microsoft Tier 1 Cloud Solutions Provider (CSP) and Gold Partner.

Our client centric approach and passion for driving IT innovation has enabled us to provide tailored solutions and business transformations for over three decades. Leading firms have relied on Align to provide forward-thinking technology strategies that support their current and future business needs.

Our teams have flawless track records of delivering technical solutions and have established long-standing relationships with an impressive client list of both Global 1000 and SMB clients. We work across a diverse list of industries including financial services, life sciences (pharmaceutical and health care), retail, technology, media and telecommunications.

For more information, visit: [www.align.com](https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.align.com%2F&data=05%7C02%7C%7C5d54f8ab4b374ce0ace308dde3f262ee%7C344b7de6efed4961a165f32e6a42f482%7C0%7C0%7C638917352360424594%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=6GMa1sZXXNbbzX7sexnsgEmomFAupvRayJjqxTJbSag%3D&reserved=0)

## About Align Communications

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: Data center infrastructure, managed IT services, cloud transformation, workplace technology
- **Target customers**: Enterprise and mid-market organizations (B2B), including Fortune 500 companies
- **Mission or purpose**: To provide forward-thinking technology strategies that support current and future business needs, acting as an extension of the client’s team.

## Products & Services
- **Data Center Solutions**: End-to-end services including critical facility assessments, design & build, network cabling, hot/cold aisle containment, expansions, consolidations, and decommissioning.
- **Managed Services**: Turnkey managed platform covering 24x7x365 end-user IT support, monitoring & IT operations, private/public IaaS, cybersecurity advisory, and cloud management.
- **Migrations & Cloud**: Asset inventory, application/workload assessment, capacity strategy, migration planning (cloud/hybrid), and relocation services.
- **Workplace Technology**: Smart office design, AV systems, network/WiFi/IoT, low voltage cabling, and Office 365 migrations.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Over 35 years in business; named one of America’s Fastest Growing Private Companies (publication not specified); certified Great Place to Work since 2017
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Microsoft Tier 1 Cloud Provider, AWS Select Consulting Partner
- **Growth Signals**: Expanding with multiple offices across the US and London; actively hiring for data center construction, managed services, and project management roles; focused on AI readiness and data center trends in 2025

## Competitive Advantages
- **Experience**: Over three decades of delivering complex IT infrastructure projects for top global companies
- **Certified Expertise**: Award-winning, industry-recognized subject matter experts; all engineers certified on implemented technologies
- **Full Lifecycle Capability**: From strategy and design through deployment and ongoing managed services – a single partner for the entire IT estate
- **Global Support**: 24x7x365 Global Support Desk and offices coast-to-coast in the US plus London

## Strategic Focus
- **AI & High-Performance Computing**: Align is positioning to support AI workloads and HPC demands in data centers
- **Cybersecurity**: Expanding advisory and managed security services
- **Cloud & Hybrid Transformation**: Helping clients navigate migration strategies and optimize workload placement
- **Sustainability**: Implementing power conservation, recycling, and commuter benefits to reduce carbon footprint

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: “Work Hard, Play Hard” – collaborative, innovative environment with office lunches, happy hours, and team activities
- **Certifications**: Certified Great Place to Work since 2017
- **Benefits**: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K matching, Employee Referral Program, Education & Training Programs, Business Development Opportunities, Paid Family Leave
- **Work Policy**: Multiple regional offices; likely hybrid/on-site depending on role (many positions are client-site or office-based)
- **Growth**: Opportunities to work with leading technologies, make an impact on high-profile projects, and advance through training and certification programs

## Sources
1. [align.com](https://www.align.com/) – Company overview, services, and locations
2. [align.com/about](https://www.align.com/about) – History, expertise, and global presence
3. [align.com/it-careers-align](https://www.align.com/it-careers-align) – Careers page, culture, and benefits
4. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/align46](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/align46) – Current job openings

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