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Project Manager - Data Center
@ Neoen
Calgary, Alberta
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Overview
Neoen is hiring a full-time Project Manager for Data Center projects based in Calgary, reporting to the Province Director. The role covers origination, development and management of complex data center projects across Western Canada, from site prospection and community engagement through permitting to construction readiness, delivered on time and within budget.
Responsibilities:
- Identify and secure greenfield and brownfield data center sites
- Analyze grid, land, cooling and permitting constraints
- Coordinate planners, consultants, grid operators and authorities
- Lead community engagement with local communities and Rights Holders
- Support land negotiations and structure complex projects
Requirements summary:
- At least 5 years large-scale infrastructure project development in Canada
- Bachelor's or master's in engineering, planning, business or real estate
- Basic technical understanding of energy supply and substations
- Strong negotiation skills and entrepreneurial mindset
- Very good English language skills
Tools & skills
Cold callingCommunity engagementCollaborationCivil engineeringUrban planningEnvironmental engineering
Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-12
- First seen by our source
- 2026-11-14
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-14
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Business development |
| Experience | 5+ years |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Travel | ground: moderate |
| Work setting | Office, Client sites, Outdoors |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer moderate |
| Languages | English |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (preferred), Master’s degree (preferred) |
| Fields of study | Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Urban Planning, Regional Planning |
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Neoen
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 3 |
Job description
Based in Calgary, and reporting to the Province Director, the Project Manager – Data Center is responsible for the origination, development, and management of complex data center projects, including site prospection, community engagement, and permitting. The primary duties involve planning, coordinating and overseeing all aspects of the project lifecycle to ensure successful delivery, on-time and within budget.
Key Tasks Include
Key Tasks Include
- Understanding the development of data center projects in the various Western Provinces of Canada from the initial concept through to construction readiness
- Identifying and securing suitable sites (greenfield and brownfield) or evaluate pertinence of existing energy/storage sites already secured by Neoen
- Analysis of site factors and constraints such as grid connection, land availability, cooling, topography, and permitting approval
- Understanding of the permitting, and approval processes at the various administrative levels (municipality, county and Province)
- Coordination of planners, consultants, grid operators, and authorities
- Participation in the development of technical concepts and layouts for data centers
- Close collaboration with Neoen development, construction and grid connection teams
- Management of advisors
- Support in land negotiations and in structuring complex projects, and
- Engagement with local community and Rights Holders
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree, e.g., in:
- Industrial, Mechanical, Civil Engineering or equivalent
- Geography / Regional Planning / Urban Planning
- Business or Commerce
- Energy and Environmental Engineering
- Real Estate Management or a related field
- Data centers (ideally)
- Substations / grid connections
- Renewable energy (battery storage, wind, PV)
- Hydrogen projects
- Industrial and commercial real estate
- Strong understanding of:
- Site analysis and land evaluation
- Geographic and spatial planning contexts (e.g., regional planning, land use, infrastructure corridors)
- Community engagement
- Building services engineering
- Energy supply / high voltage
- Industrial load connections / large power draw requirements
- Layout and space concepts for data centers
- Strong entrepreneurial mindset
- Confidence in negotiations
- Very good English language skills
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