Onsite Practice Manager – Services Estimation, Data Center Field Engineering

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About the role

  • Practice Manager responsible for services costing and estimation in Field Engineering for Computacenter. Collaborating with multiple teams to ensure accurate service proposals and deployment processes.

Responsibilities

  • Develop costing models that cover common Field Engineering activities including: Rack installation and rack-and-stack deployments, Structured cabling and low voltage infrastructure installation, Infrastructure migrations and relocations, Site surveys and technical assessments, Dispatch and IMAC support, Field engineering expert services engagements
  • Ensure estimates align with defined Field Engineering delivery models and staffing structures
  • Partner with Sales and Solutions teams during deal development to provide services estimates that support proposal creation and deal approvals
  • Provide the services costing inputs used in: Services proposals, Statements of work, Pricing discussions, Services scope documentation
  • Ensure that the services estimate accurately reflects the proposed deployment approach and technical scope
  • Develop and maintain standardized estimation frameworks across Field Engineering services
  • Establish reusable estimation templates for common engagement types and maintain costing models that reflect standard delivery practices, labor assumptions, and partner involvement
  • Work with Project Engineers and Field Engineering leadership to validate deployment assumptions used in services estimates
  • Ensure estimates reflect realistic field conditions including installation complexity, staging requirements, and partner involvement
  • Incorporate lessons learned from delivery execution into future services estimates
  • Provide leadership with insight into expected Field Engineering demand based on estimated services activity
  • Review estimated effort against actual delivery effort and refine costing models over time
  • Identify opportunities to simplify estimation for repeatable services

Requirements

  • 7+ years experience in infrastructure deployment, professional services delivery, or services estimation
  • Strong understanding of Field Engineering deployments including rack installation, equipment installation, and structured cabling
  • Legally eligible to work in the United States
  • Experience translating technical designs into delivery effort and services estimates
  • Experience supporting services proposals or statements of work
  • Strong collaboration skills across engineering, sales, and delivery organizations
  • Experience in professional services infrastructure delivery organizations
  • Experience with structured cabling or low voltage deployment environments
  • Experience developing costing models or estimation frameworks for services delivery
  • Exposure to large-scale infrastructure or data center deployments

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation plans
  • Attractive mix of benefit plans to contribute to good health
  • Future financial security
  • Peace of mind

Job title

Practice Manager – Services Estimation, Data Center Field Engineering

Job type

Experience level

SeniorLead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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