Microsoft Commissioning Lead - Leases 

United States, District of Columbia, Washington 

365304760

The CO+I Commissioning team is responsible for managing the end-to-end delivery of new data center capacity for CO+I. Through development of leading program management and construction processes, this team is chartered with managing workflow across vertically and horizontally aligned project managers and virtual teams to successfully deliver multi-million-dollar, multi-year data center construction programs.

Required/Minimum Skills & Qualifications:

• 12+ years relevant technical engineering experience
  • OR Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience
  • OR Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience
  • OR Doctorate Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience.
• 3+ years experience in Data Center Commissioning, Facility Maintenance, Operation or Construction

Preferred/Additional Qualifications

• 2+ years people management experience.
• Personnel and Budget Management.
• Data Center Commissioning
• Construction QA/QC
• Project Management
• Understanding of UPS systems, switchgear, generators and critical HVAC and mechanical systems
• Able to develop and write detailed Commissioning Test Scripts
• Issue identification and resolution management
• Proficiency with MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint), MS Visio, MS ProjectNarrative
  

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until December 30, 2024.

Management

• Reports to the CO+I Americas Director of Commissioning.
• This position requires a senior level of understanding of Safety, Datacenter Commissioning, Program Management, Telecommunications, and Mission Critical Operations.
• The candidate will be responsible for multiple projects regionally at one time.
• Develop & maintain Global Commissioning Standards.
• Lead, manage, coach & develop an effective Global team of Project Commissioning Managers, responsible for the tactical execution & delivery of Datacenter commissioning projects.
• Primary responsibility for management of Project Commissioning Managers for US Central projects and support other Commissioning Projects in other Regions.
• Conduct routine 1-on-1 meetings, semi-annual reviews of employees and drive the development and performance of direct reports.
• Approval of budgets, contracts and change orders for contracted Commissioning Agents assigned to Data Center construction projects.
• Travel required.

Business Processes

• Create and/or maintain best practices to identify and incorporate quality and cost-effective solutions.
• Development of Commissioning Procedures and Standards.
• Drive the regional Commissioning process including scope, schedule and budget.
• Create, communicate and track project metrics to drive best practices for your teams
• Regularly review Construction Progress, QA/QC, Commissioning progress, issues, and KPIs to report to management.
• Coordinate meetings and activities of Project Commissioning Managers and Commissioning Agent project managers including integration of lessons-learned.
• Manage client representatives and partners to define and align on scope, schedule and budget.
• Attend owner/architect/contractor (OAC) and other project meetings and report as necessary.
• Review project progress on scope, schedule and budget as required.

Accountability

• Responsible for developing, managing, and reporting on scope, schedule of the Commissioning Process for CO+I Projects.
• Reporting of the Commissioning process to management on a regular basis.
• Work independently in support of the CO+I Program.

Strategy and Development

• Manage data center Project Commissioning Managers in their execution of project delivery strategy in alignment with the CO+I road map strategy.
• Refine practices/policies and develop methods/techniques for driving solutions including development of commissioning procedures.
• Provide input to long-term delivery strategy and incorporate requirements into project execution plans.

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