Sub-Regional Cost Lead

Microsoft Cloud Operations and Innovation (CO&I) is the team behind the cloud.  Within CO&I, the Engineering Procurement & Construction (EPC) organization is responsible for delivering core datacenter infrastructure for Microsoft’s cloud business. The MS portfolio consists of complex, multi-disciplinary, large scale, multi-year datacenter construction and lease projects. We are looking for a passionate individual to help build the cloud datacenters that power the world’s largest online services.     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.   To help us accelerate achieving our objectives, growth, and transformation, we are looking for a Sub-Regional Cost Lead for the metro’s data center builds to work alongside the DCD 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.

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.  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 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 kick-off 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  Site selection support: Work with our site selection team in the region to provide