Microsoft Project Engineer - Zaragoza 

Spain 

478784985

The Project Engineer supports data center construction/integration activities on local/campus projects and provides recommendations on all data center fit-out related activities, applying experiences existing knowledge, and independent judgment to ensure sound and data-driven decisions, with minimal guidance.

Provides feedback to engineering documentation/designs, site, and building plans by examining and analyzing technical information, with minimal guidance.

Provides specific project data supporting cost and key performance indicator metrics, invoices, processes, and policies in order to communicate status to client partners, with minimal guidance. Attends scheduled owner/architect/contractor and other project meetings.

Establishes relationships with internal teams to maintain the corporate vision and goals for the project, with minimal guidance. Follows guidelines and advocates for adherence to safety standards and regulatory requirements to ensure compliance and aggressive management of risk.

Assists with developing risk mitigation activities and communicating metrics, dashboards, and/or scorecards to track and drive progress. Assists with the monitoring of vendor and/or contractor performance, ensuring compliance with contracts and prior audit results.

Required/minimum qualification's:

Bachelor's Degree in Construction Project Management, Architecture, Engineering, or related field AND substantial related experience OR equivalent experience.

Background Check Requirements:

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 upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Additional or preferred qualifications:

• Extensive experience working on data center projects.

Analytical Skills

• The ability to review quantitative or conceptual problems and situations to draw appropriate and valid conclusions from data presented. This includes analyzing data to determine the most significant elements, identify common elements and themes in situations and actions, and recognize cause and effect relationships.

Compliance Management

• The ability to supervise and observe the organization's conformity to various standards, procedures, rules, and regulations.

Project Quality Assurance

• Knowledge of and the ability to apply systematic and continuing processes of making sure that the project is meeting specified requirements.

Quality Assurance

• Knowledge of and the ability to follow systematic and continuing processes of checking to see whether a product, service, or process is meeting specified requirements. This includes knowledge of quality measurements and defined standards.

Regulatory Compliance

• Knowledge of the rules, regulations, sanctions and other statutory requirements, guidelines and instructions relating to local and/or international governing bodies and organizations, both internally and externally.

Risk Analysis

• Knowledge of Risk Management and Analysis, the process of measuring, or assessing risk and then developing strategies to manage the risk. This may include the ability to identify or develop strategies to transfer the risk to another party, avoid the risk, reduce the negative effect of the risk, and accept some or all of the consequences of a particular risk.

Construction Planning and Logistics

• Leveraging knowledge of construction work and/or processes to accurately track and manage high- and low-level details through a project.

Financial Responsibility

• Keeping in mind the bottom-line of a project and weighing options as a project progresses to make the most financially responsible decision available.

Managing Vendor and Stakeholder Relationships

• Collaborating with and managing vendors and/or stakeholders through the process of planning and executing construction build projects.

Budget and Controls

• Monitors the approved project budget, provides oversight, and suggests necessary adjustments 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 program cost savings and improve overall cycle-time and efficiencies.

Drives Results

• Facilitates the delivery of metro-based/campus projects (e.g., new construction and/or retrofits) by making timely data-based decisions in partnership with the local project team and key stakeholders. Champions team and project goals, adhering to business processes, engaging vendor relationships when/where applicable, and fostering positive cross-group collaboration efforts aligned to the program strategy and milestones.

Managing Resources

• Oversees timely execution of all procurement activities associated with resourcing and materials necessary for delivering program(s) on time and within project budget forecasts. Evaluates resources and ensures adequate staffing and materials for job completion.

Safety and Regulation

• Represents Microsoft as a safety leader and advocate on all Campus/Metro construction programs, ensuring adherence to safety standards and regulatory requirements (e.g., Occupational Safety and Health Administration [OSHA], or equivalent) to ensure compliance and aggressive management of risk. Conducts routine safety program, project, and contractor audits, and performs and participates in incident investigations.

Vendor Management

• Advises and monitors the performance of vendors and/or contractors, ensuring compliance with contracts and prior audit results. Reviews vendor performance relative to cash flow and budget summaries (with the cost management team) and clarifies those reports in presentations to the delivery and executive teams.

Vendor Selection

• Reviews and approves vendor scope of work, design review of site and building plans, pay-application, and invoices.