Regional Commissioning Manager

Microsoft•Phoenix, AZ

6h•$119,800 - $234,700•Onsite

About The Position

Microsoft Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I) is responsible for delivering over 200 Microsoft web portals, Live and Online Services around the world, including infrastructure, security and compliance, operations, globalization, and manageability. The CO+I Commissioning team manages the end-to-end delivery of new data center capacity. As a Regional Commissioning Manager, you will work with data center architects, engineers, construction managers, network engineers, data center operations teams, and finance teams to streamline and improve data center capacity delivery. You will execute against scope, schedule, and budget to deliver the latest generation of data center technology to Microsoft’s Online Services. You will be responsible for ensuring the project is commissioned in accordance with Microsoft's standards and directly manage the process for projects in the location region and support other Commissioning Projects in other Regions. This position is located in Phoenix, AZ. Relocation support will be provided, and the successful candidate will need to relocate and work 100% onsite.

Requirements

Doctorate Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience
OR Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience
OR Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience
OR 12+ years relevant technical engineering experience.
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role.
Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Nice To Haves

2+ years of experience with electrical and mechanical test equipment
5+ years experience working on data center projects
Project Management - Construction Quality Assurance / Quality Control (QA/QC)
Able to develop and write detailed Commissioning Scripts
Issue identification and resolution management
Commissioning Certification - OSHA 30 or equivalent qualification
NFPA-70E
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

Responsibilities

Direct reports to the 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.
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.
Responsible for developing, managing, and reporting on scope, schedule of the Commissioning Process for CO+I Projects.
Manage the Commissioning process for assigned metro projects.
Reporting of the Commissioning process to management on a regular basis.
Work independently in support of the CO+I Program.
Manage data center commissioning project delivery strategy in alignment with the CO+I road map strategy.
Refine practices/policies and develop methods/techniques for driving solutions including development of commissioning procedures.
Provides input into a long-term delivery strategy and incorporates requirements into the project execution plans.
Provide Vendor oversight and performance management (Scorecard driven).
Preparation of Requests For Proposal, Project Expenditure Reports, and other project approval tools & templates.
Relocation required to defined location. Must reside within 50 miles of metro.
Embody our Culture & Values