Microsoft Datacenter Cost Management Campus Lead 

United States, Wisconsin, Milwaukee 

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Datacenter Cost Management Campus Leadto provide services for Milwaukee, Wisconsin site in the US.

This role is a field-based role for theMilwaukee metro

Required/Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Construction Project Management, Architecture, Engineering, or related field AND 10+ years related experience
  • OR equivalent experience.

Other 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:

• Bachelor's Degree in Construction Project Management, Architecture, Engineering, or related field AND 12+ years related experience.
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 12+ years experience working on data center projects.
• Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) full membership or equivalent.
• Commercial knowledge of construction internationally.
• Effective communication skills, experience collaborating with all other areas of the datacenter. program with an ability to think strategically and build the trust of our construction partners. needed to agree very large construction contracts and final accounts.
• Proven experience of the commercial management role in the procurement of GC contracts and other construction vendors.

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 August 20, 2024.

• Understanding of the commercial management of the General Contractor (GC) from liaison with our procurement office on the Request for Proposal (RFP) documents through to the final payments and agreement of the final accounts and paperwork.
• Reports to the Engineering, Procurment and Construction (EPC) Sub- Regional Cost Management Lead.
• Detailed estimation of the project based on local design documents.
• Agreement of estimates with the GC at during design development and agreement of the contract sum.
• Pay application assessment and approval for the GC, all equipment vendors and all project support consultants.
• Estimation of and commercial agreement of all change orders.
• Draft commercial detail and supporting documents for all funding requests.
• Review and agreement of all GC procurement of the subcontract packages including the approval of the sub contract Letters of Authorization (LOAs).
• Commercial review of all disputes that may arise.

Commercial management of all other program vendors including:

• Presenting proposals to head office for purchase order approval.
• Approving invoices for all project vendors.
• Final account agreement & closeout for all vendor accounts.
• Manage the Cost Management firm contracted to provide commercial support in the region.
• Assist in the procurement of Cost Management firm.
• Manage the resources allocated to the projects to ensure that they are appropriate in number and quality.
• Regular Monthly Business Updates (MBUs) with the cost management firms.
• Cost Reporting: Work with the Cost management firm, GC and project controls to ensure that the full suite of cost reports are available for review by Redmond on a monthly basis.
• Provide the Price to Earning Ratio (PER) funding team all commercial support necessary team all commercial support necessary to ascertain the required timing of the funding intervals and all commercial information needed to back up these funding requests to management. This will normally involve the production of multiple option cost scenarios.
• Design Team commercial support: From project kick-off through to final design provide commercial support on business cases, value engineering studies and change control as the design evolves though to final decision.
• Site selection support: Work with our site selection team in the region to provide constructability reports and site specific comparative estimates on candidate sites. Also provide all funding and Purchase Order (PO) support necessary for this team to perform in the region.
• Commercial Process control: Review the current commercial processes in the region and develop these into a commercial playbook. On agreement of this playbook the candidate shall be responsible for the consistent implementation of same.

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