Data Centre Cost Manager

1 week ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Microsoft Full time

Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I) is the team behind one of the world's largest cloud infrastructures, responsible for powering all Microsoft online Products and Services as well as powering Microsoft's "Cloud First" mission.

Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide. We are looking for passionate, high energy program managers to help achieve that mission.


Within CO+I, the Infrastructure, Planning and Acquisition team is responsible for supporting delivery of datacenter capacity for Microsoft's cloud business.

We have a portfolio of complex, multi-disciplinary, multi-million, multi-year datacenter construction and lease projects with specific safety, quality, schedule, and cost goals.


To help us accelerate achieving our objectives, growth, and transformation, we are looking for a strong Lead Cost Manager for the Melbourne metro's data center builds to work alongside the Project Manager to commercially manage all data center construction projects.


Being part of this team would give you an opportunity to be part of a rapidly growing business and enable global impact.


In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.


Responsibilities:

Key responsibilities:

  • Work alongside the DCD Project Manager to commercially manage all projects in the region
  • Provide on location commercial management to the projects to ensure that Microsoft are financially and contractually protected
  • Management of all commercial issues on all current, future and past projects and report on these issues through the Project Controls & DCD head office in Redmond on a regular basis
  • Commercial management of the GC from liaison with our procurement office on the RFP documents through to the final payments and agreement of the final accounts and paperwork

This will also include:

  • Detailed estimation of the project based on local design documents
  • Agreement of estimates with the GC at during design development and agreement of the GMP.
  • Estimation of and commercial agreement of all change orders
  • Draft commercial detail of all funding requests
  • Review and agreement of all GC procurement of the subcontract packages including the approval of the LOAs (Letters of Authorization)
  • Commercial review of all disputes that may arise
  • Commercial management of all other program vendors including AE, Cx, Inspections, PMQS, QRA to include:
  • 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 QS firm contracted to provide commercial support in the region.
  • Assist in the procurement of QS firm
  • Manage the resources allocated to the projects to ensure that they are appropriate in number and quality
  • Regular MBUs with the cost management firms
  • Cost Reporting: Work with the PMQS, 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 kickoff through to final design provide commercial support on business cases, value engineering studies and change control as the design evolves from POR though to final design

Qualifications:

Knowledge, experience and skills:

  • Deep commercial knowledge of construction internationally
  • 5 years' experience managing the estimating or commercials on a major construction portfolio
  • Working knowledge of construction contracts used internationally especially in APAC
  • Deep knowledge and experience of the commercial management role in the procurement of GC contracts and other construction vendors
  • Ability to understand what "right" looks like contractually and financially and be then able to negotiate with the other parties to ensure that this is the final position.
  • Good communication skills, ability to collaborate with all other areas of the data center program, be able to think strategically, ability to build the trust of our construction partners needed to agree very large construction GMPs and final accounts
  • Construction degree or Construction commercial management degree or Quantity Surveying degree

Preferred, not required:

  • RICS full membership (MRICS or FRICS) or equivalent
  • Experience on location in the construction industry
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