Manager, Power Infrastructure

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Vantage Data Centers powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world’s well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises. Developing and operating across North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific, Vantage has evolved data center design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands.

D&E Department

Position Overview

Essential Job Functions
- Experience of local grid and network operators, knowledge and experience of grid/ network code requirements, and regulatory requirements related to power distribution and supply.
- Experience of successfully acquiring and managing utility connection agreements, usage agreements, metering agreements, and energy supply agreements necessary for power operations.
- Full understanding and management of all agreements and contracts required to successfully deliver power on-site and be able to use it by successfully delivering necessary usage and energy supply agreements to site.
- Coordinate and collaborate with utility providers to efficiently obtain necessary agreements, ensure compliance with specifications, and manage ongoing communication and interactions.
- Oversee the deployment of utility and VDC (Vantage Data Centers) infrastructure required to deliver power to project sites, ensuring timely delivery and adherence to technical requirements.
- Act as the primary point of contact for power-related matters, effectively coordinating and communicating with utility, GC/OEMs VDC SME’s and DE team and wider project stakeholders involved in power operations.
- Liaise with VDC design and construction teams to provide guidance and recommendations ensuring alignment with power requirements and critical success factors.
- Understand and manage the critical path for power delivery, including planning and permitting activities, to ensure prompt and efficient power availability on-site.
- Manage power availability issues with utility providers and implement alternative power solutions when necessary to ensure uninterrupted operations to our VDC site.
- Develop and implement strategies to mitigate power-related risks, maintain a comprehensive register of changes, and update project risk registers accordingly.
- Manage all subcontracting activities related to power, including connection agreements, design contracts, and regulatory compliance.
- Engage with regional projects to identify common risks, share lessons learned, and drive continuous improvement in power management practices.
- Ensure compliance with organizational and regulatory standards related to power operations and collaborate with energy and sustainability teams to optimize operational efficiency and meet sustainability requirements.
- Broad understanding of power consumption tariffs from a public and private perspective desirable to inform business models.
- Coordinate and collaborate with utility providers to efficiently obtain the necessary connection agreements of power and fulfill all the required specifications outlined by the utility.
- Working knowledge of requirements, timescales and technical inputs required along with support from consultant teams and/ or general contractors.
- Coordinate and review the baseline designs of HV Substation and communicate necessary modifications in line with the stakeholders.
- Manage and drive value engineering initiatives in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
- Manage key documents like contracts, agreements and power milestones in the IMS.
- Manage and track the status of all necessary power connections, power infrastructure, energy agreements.
- Lead internal and external meetings to drive the power delivery, power contracts etc.
- Manage, and report each project’s power procurement strategy.
- Ensure collaborative team efforts and continuous improvement with peers across Vantage to capture risks, issues, value engineering opportunities, and lessons learned.
- Collaborate with the Development Manager to define critical success factors for the project, specifically focusing on power/electrical aspects.
- Drive the critical path, including planning and permitting activities, ensuring alignment with project power goals.
- Manage power with the consulting team to ensure successful project execution.
- Ensure compliance to Vantage standards and Customer leases.
- Work with the energy & sustainability teams to ensure we operate as efficiently & as effectively as possible and in-line with any utility and regional sustainability requirements.
- Oversee, streamline and coordinate with the Ops/Energy team.

Duties
- Maintain a good relationship with the regional utility and energy providers.
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