Microsoft Cost Management Campus Lead 

Canada, Ontario, Toronto 

540183933

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Construction Project Management, Architecture, Engineering, or related field AND 5+ years related experience
  • OR equivalent experience.

• 5+ years of experience managing the estimating or commercials on a major construction portfolio

Other Requirements:

• to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirementsarerequiredfor this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will berequiredto pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Construction Project Management, Architecture, Engineering, or related field AND 8+ years related experience

  • OR equivalent experience.

• 7+ years experience working on data center projects.
• Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) full membership or equivalent
• Canadian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (CIQS) full membership or equivalent

Construction Project Management IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across Canada is CAD $91,000 - CAD $168,400 per year.

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Microsoft will accept applications for the role until July 24 , 2024.

Deep 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. This will also include :

• Reports to the 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 PER (funding) 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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