Site Commissioning Manager

The CO+I Commissioning team is responsible for managing the end-to-end delivery of new data center capacity for CO+I. Through development of leading program management and construction processes, this team is chartered with managing workflow across vertically and horizontally aligned project managers and virtual teams to successfully deliver multi-million dollar, multi-year data center construction programs.

As Site Commissioning Manager, you will work with data center architects, engineers, construction managers, network engineers, data center operations teams and finance teams in order to streamline and improve delivery of data center capacity. You will execute against scope, schedule and budget to deliver the latest generation of datacenter technology to Microsoft’s Online Services. You shall be responsible for ensuring the project is commissioned in accordance with Microsoft's standards and directly manage the process for projects in the San Antonio, TX region and support other Commissioning Projects in other Regions.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond. 

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

Business Processes   

• Direct reports to the project Construction Manager with functional reporting to CO+I Sub-Region Commissioning Lead 

• Primary responsibility for assigned metro commissioning projects with secondary responsibility for other CO+I commissioning projects for the region  

• Create and/or maintain best practices to identify and incorporate quality and cost-effective solutions.  

• Manage the contracted Commissioning Agent assigned to Data Center construction projects in the assigned metro.  

• Development of Commissioning Procedures and Standards.  

• Construction site inspections to review Quality Assurance / Quality Control (QA/QC) and commissioning process.  

• Drive the project Commissioning process including scope and schedule.  

• Travel required.   

Communications  

• Regularly reviews Construction Progress, QA/QC, Commissioning progress, issues, and Key Performance Indicator (KPI) metrics to report to management.  

• Coordinate meetings and activities of vendor project managers including integration of lessons learned.  

• Manage client representatives and partners to define and align on scope, schedule, and budget.  

• Attend scheduled owner/architect/contractor (OAC) and other project meetings, and report as necessary.  

• Report Project Progress on scope, schedule, and budget weekly or as required.  

Accountability