Director, Construction Project Management

Overview

Lead APAC data centre construction delivery, ensuring safety, quality, and team coordination.

Key Responsibilities

• vendor management
• risk management
• contract administration
• project closure
• progress monitoring
• stakeholder liaison

Tasks

-Provides cross-functional training -Directs as many as 25+ external vendors per project comprising general contractors, design teams, commissioning agents, equipment suppliers etc -Directs all internal and external project team members including internal Design, Procurement, Operations, Commercial and IT/Network support teams -Significantly contributes to establishing and maintaining high value relationships -Provides guidance and project leadership including ground up construction, remodels, renovations, etc -Ensure project closure, handover and lessons learnt processes are established and implemented -Developing, managing and being accountable for achievement of key departmental metrics -Interviewing, hiring and assuring effective training and development of the team -Overview and management of project risk registers -Contributes to developing and executing effective contract administration procedures including generation, review, and monitoring of prime contracts, subcontracts, change orders, cost forecasts, and other pertinent documents and documentation -Significantly contributes to creating and maintaining best in class policies and procedures -Mentors team members -Lead by example on safety, standards, and culture -Manage and monitor project progress, quality and compliance with building regulations. -Ensuring projects are meeting or exceeding company expectations -Contributes to identifying and developing training programs -Liaising with local authorities and relevant State agencies and departments

Requirements

• bachelor's
• leadership
• data centre
• cpm
• cost estimating
• communication

What You Bring

-Highly analytical with strong intellect, ideally with a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in engineering, construction management or a related field -Substantial experience as a transformational, inclusive leader including strong competencies in talent identification and development, coaching, and mentoring construction professionals and varying levels of experience proven in multiple regions -Ability to analyse and evaluate construction documents including drawings, specifications and contracts -Ability to multi-task and work within team-based projects in an extremely fast paced and demanding environment and internationally -Exceptional leadership, communication, written and verbal presentation, and team-building skills proven in multiple international regions -Track record in concurrently overseeing multiple, large-scale high-tech (ideally data centre) construction projects and with capital expenditure oversight of $100M+ -Strong working knowledge and experience of the design of data centres, and/or other high-tech industries -Detailed working knowledge of building construction and project management processes and procedures at a global scale -Competency in Critical Path Method (CPM) scheduling, construction cost estimating, proposal generation and development, document management and contract administration -Exceptional communication, negotiation and analytical skills required proven in multiple geographies -Highly organized and detail oriented -Substantial, progressive experience in successfully managing high-tech construction projects or programs during the front-end of the life cycle

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About Equinix

-World’s largest provider of data center and interconnection services. -Offers cutting-edge solutions that enable businesses to scale and adapt to the digital age. -Facilitates high-performance connections for industries like cloud computing, telecommunications, and finance. -Provides services including hybrid cloud solutions, network and application performance optimization, and interconnection for business ecosystems. -At the forefront of advancing global digital transformation through strategic partnerships with leading companies. -Innovative business models drive enterprise infrastructure modernization, ensuring security and compliance.

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