Principal Construction Project Manager

Overview

Cloud Operations and Innovation (CO+I) is the team behind the cloud. CO+I is responsible for delivering Microsoft web portals, Live and Online Services around the world including infrastructure, security and compliance, operations, globalization, and manageability. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide. We are looking for a passionate, high-energy individual to help build the network that powers the world's largest online services.

The role of the Principal Construction Project Manager (PCPM) requires strong interpersonal, communication and organizational skills, ability to self-direct, strong background in Data Center design, engineering, controls, and operational requirements and an emphasis on project/construction management, Data Center lease market experience, client representation and project and Project level services.

The PCPM is the Employer's Representative and is responsible for the delivery of core & shell and tenant improvements for multiple Data Centre projects across the region.

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

"Microsoft's mission'' is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Every day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond."

This role is located in one or all hub locations – Gävle, Sweden. Relocation support will be provided, and successful candidates must relocate or reside within 50KM of the Data Centre site location.

Role Overview

1. As a Principal Construction Project Manager (PCPM) you are expected to set clear, achievable, and aggressive goals; to help the team strive for the optimal delivery of your schemes. (Safety, Quality, Schedule, Commercial, Environmental and HR/IR compliance outcomes). You define and communicate your team's purpose and goals, to ensure alignment to the holistic EPC regional OKR goals and DCEP schedule commitments. The PCPM is expected to understand how to innovate and mitigate all scheme constraints/issues, clearly drive/manage and roadmap a solid path to green as required. The PCPM is expected to have active listening skills required to effectively manage and communicate, change and produce clear and concise written communication to (across all key MSFT stakeholders and supporting consultants) manage the day-to-day activities across your schemes.
2. The PCPM role is expected to concurrently manage the full project lifecycle function of new builds, fit out of multiple follow on COLO's builds, spearhead the RFP process for new builds/follow on COLO's, while also remaining engaged to oversee 2-3No overarching DCD Regional initiatives and provide support to your peers as required. The PCPM needs to take full ownership on delivering aggressive programs while effectively managing large capital budgets.
3. The PCPM needs to be exceptionally strong communicator both written and verbally, and will lead multi-discipline, highly technical project teams. The PCPM will be familiar with MSFT HRA's, DC Basis of Design, and live specifications suite. Your experience is expected to be strong enough to clearly understand and give clear direction on data centre technologies like Shell & Core, Admin Block, CSA, Mechanical systems, Electrical systems, critical path infrastructure for MV cabling, Fibre cabling and campus wide logistics. You will work comfortably with teams and peers from Real Estate, Design Engineering, Construction Management, Finance, Procurement, Site Due Diligence, Global Supply Chain and Live Operations to name but a few. You must be able to thrive and succeed in an entrepreneurial and very busy environment, and not be hindered by ambiguity or competing priorities. This means you are not only able to develop and drive high-level strategic initiatives, but can also roll up your sleeves, dig in and get the job done.
4. The PCPM requires ability to take large, complex projects and break them down into manageable pieces, develop functional specifications, then deliver them in a successful and timely manner. Maturity, high judgment, negotiation skills, ability to influence, analytical talent and leadership are essential to success in this role. You will clearly communicate goals, roles, responsibilities, and desired outcomes to internal cross-functional and remote stakeholders.

Key Role Task Activities

Site Due Diligence Managing Support

• Liaise with MSFT stakeholders and provide construction advise.
• Provide construction, demolition, heavy civil schedule advice.
• Provide constructability inputs and assist with developing early works Scope of works.
• Review and provide site set-up, general welfare and holistic logistic inputs.
• Review the interface with live utilities (Power, Water, Fibre, Sewage, etc)

RFP Managing Support

• Main DCD POC through the RFP process
• Lead the development of the construction schedule
• Lead the GC Technical Queries reviews and response.
• Lead constructability and value engineering reviews / options.

Contract & Commercial Managing

• Review the B5 process (ensuring construction, general condition and technical clarification compliance)
• Review and align with cost managers for all contract variations (review entitlement, build up of direct costs, prelims) and be in a position to talk to any change during the Change Call Triage Meetings

Construction Execution

• Lead the Site Safety culture and ensure to set / maintain standards in line with our regional OKR targets.
• Lead the QA/QC culture and ensure to set / maintain standards in line with our regional OKR targets.
• Lead the Schedule predictability and ensure to set / maintain SLAs in line with our regional OKR targets.
• Lead the OFCI stakeholder management and resource reviews.
• Lead all schedule mitigation / acceleration initiatives
• Manage the Campus PM service Team (interviewing candidates, setting/monitoring KPI targets, leading the performance management and providing regular feedback to the individuals and their line manager)
• Lead the design and construction interface development