Project Manager

Project Manager - Construction Manager
Drives data centre construction/integration activities on local/campus projects and provides key input on all data centre fit-out related activities, leveraging experiences and technical knowledge to ensure sound and data-driven decisions. Reviews engineering documentation/designs, site, and building plans by examining and analysing technical information. Facilitates the delivery of local projects by making timely data-based decisions in partnership with local project teams and stakeholders. Confirms the scoped resources are available for the job. Provides specific project data supporting cost and key performance indicator metrics, invoices, processes, and policies in order to communicate status to client partners. Attends and advises during scheduled owner/architect/contractor and other project meetings. Collaborates with internal teams to maintain the corporate vision and goals for the project. Represents Microsoft as a safety leader and advocate onsite ensuring adherence to safety standards and regulatory requirements to ensure compliance and aggressive management of risk. Assists with the monitoring of vendor and/or contractor performance, ensuring compliance with contracts and prior audit results.
Construction Manager (s) Key Roles, Responsibilities, And Accountabilities
The Construction Manager reports to the Site Director and is responsible for the project delivery to the expectations of Safety, Quality, Predictable Cost and Schedule.
Management of resources/talents assigned to the project (CSA/MEP Superintendent, Quality Manager, Energy Marshall, Logistic Coordinator/Project Engineer and ITIM)
Working in collaboration with other site personnel for expeditious timely resolution of field queries, issues, and challenges Microsoft Confidential Page 9 of 16 Aug 2024
Delivery of the project to the expectations of Safety, Quality, Predictable Cost and Schedule as per the approved project SLAs.
Hold GC and contracted vendors accountable to their contracted deliverables.
Perform site walks every day and track project’s progress on schedule, quality, and safety. Work closely with the site safety lead and contractors to reinforce safety culture at site.
Manage, monitor, and accountable for the construction scope, progress, execution, schedule, and cost as per approved baseline document.
Demonstrate visible leadership in the field by walking the jobsite daily to ensure compliance with safety, quality and schedule and progress.
Work closely with the quality lead to document, report, and reinforce non-conformance remediations and resolution of issues.
Maintain accurate records of all construction activities, including daily logs, progress reports, change orders, and as-built drawings. This documentation is essential for tracking project milestones, identifying areas for improvement, and resolving disputes.
Support commissioning, start-up, troubleshooting and handover of the project to operations team.
Monitors the approved project budget and provides oversight for project controls (e.g., Project Expenditure Request (PERs), Professional Services Request (PSRs), Change Orders, Pay Applications, etc.).
Change Management
Partners with the Internal Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I), and other Microsoft key stakeholders (e.g., Commercial Software Engineering (CSE) and Real Estate & Facilities (RE&F), etc.) and shares updated process flow information with the project team to ensure new processes are being followed that increase cost savings and improve overall cycle-time and efficiencies.
Attends and advises during scheduled owner/architect/contractor and other project meetings. Coordinates meetings and activities of vendors and cost managers, and attends scheduled owner/architect/contractor and other project meetings.
Facilitates the delivery of local projects (e.g., new construction, infrastructure improvements) by making timely data-based decisions in partnership with local project teams and stakeholders. Champions team and project goals, adhering to business processes, engaging vendor relationships when/where applicable, and fostering cross-group collaboration efforts aligned to the project strategy and milestones.
Applies best practices to identify and incorporate cost-effective solutions to meet project delivery at each site location. Collaborates with internal teams (e.g., Engineering, Operations, Center for International Social Science Research (CISSR), Commercial Software Engineering (CSE), Legal, Project Controls, etc.) to maintain the corporate vision and goals for the project.
people, materials, equipment) are available for the job. Partners with senior construction staff to procure additional materials as needed.
Project Management
Drives data center construction/integration activities on local/campus projects (e.g., new or retrofit data center facilities) and