Datacenter Site Construction Manager

Responsibilities

• Communicate key needs to the engineering and sourcing teams.
• Validate vendor pay-application and invoice review and approval.
• Responsible for establishing a safe & effective site culture.
• Accountability:
  
  • Responsible for establishing a safe & effective site culture.
  • Responsible for developing, managing, and reporting on safety, scope, schedule, and budget.
  • Direct fiscal responsibility for the approved project budget.
  • Work independently in support of the DCD project.
• Review and approval of vendor scope of work, and design review of site and building plans.
• Coordinate meetings and activities of vendors, cost managers, and integration of lessons learned.
• Facilitate decision-making to drive solutions, schedules, and manage change as required.
• Report Project Progress on scope, schedule, and budget weekly or as required.
• Vendor Management and contract compliance:
  
  • Provide Vendor oversight and performance management by walking the construction sites daily.
  • Preparation of Request for Proposal (RFP’s), PER’s, and other project approval tools & templates.
  • Review and approval of vendor scope of work, and design review of site and building plans.
  • Validate vendor pay-application and invoice review and approval.
  • Manage compliance with prior audit results and recommendations.
• Manage GC(s) and vendor performance along with their integration with internal partners to ensure on time and on budget project delivery.
• Provide Vendor oversight and performance management by walking the construction sites daily.
• Preparation of Request for Proposal (RFP’s), PER’s, and other project approval tools & templates.
• Communication:
  
  • Communicate key needs to the engineering and sourcing teams.
  • Regularly reviews cost and Key Performance Indicator (KPI) metrics, invoices, process/policy communications to client partners.
  • Provide the project with a single point of contact for development and delivery.
  • Coordinate meetings and activities of vendors, cost managers, and integration of lessons learned.
  • Attend scheduled owner/architect/contractor (OAC) and other project meetings, and report as necessary.
  • Report Project Progress on scope, schedule, and budget weekly or as required.
  • Provide weekly project status reporting to DCD standards.
• Business Processes:
  • Create and maintain best practices to identify and incorporate cost-effective solutions.
  • Manage GC(s) and vendor performance along with their integration with internal partners to ensure on time and on budget project delivery.
  • Drive deployment of solutions that can be socialized globally across DCD projects.
  • Facilitate decision-making to drive solutions, schedules, and manage change as required.
  • Apply influence, strategies, and negotiation skills to identify options and recommend solutions.
• Direct fiscal responsibility for the approved project budget.
• Work independently in support of the DCD project.
• Regularly reviews cost and Key Performance Indicator (KPI) metrics, invoices, process/policy communications to client partners.
• Responsible for developing, managing, and reporting on safety, scope, schedule, and budget.
• Apply influence, strategies, and negotiation skills to identify options and recommend solutions.
• Provide the project with a single point of contact for development and delivery.
• Provide weekly project status reporting to DCD standards.
• Create and maintain best practices to identify and incorporate cost-effective solutions.
• Manage compliance with prior audit results and recommendations.
• Attend scheduled owner/architect/contractor (OAC) and other project meetings, and report as necessary.
• Drive deployment of solutions that can be socialized globally across DCD projects.

Qualifications

• OR equivalent experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Construction Project Management, Architecture, Engineering, or related field AND 10+ years related experience
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 10+ years experience in the development of Datacenter project construction with large-scale datacenters or datacenter lease providers.

• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check every two years thereafter.

• Ability to independently manage deadlines and support staff.
• Experience managing multiple large multi-faceted projects.
• Construction Health & Safety Knowledge.
• Ability to influence cross-discipline teams.

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