Lead Principal Data Center Fiber Deployment Engineer

Construction Project Management - Project Planning and Execution: 

• Leads the construction of data centers by colocation providers, ensuring projects are completed on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards. 
• Develops and maintains detailed project schedules, coordinating with colocation providers to ensure timely milestone delivery across multiple projects. 
• Creates and manages project budgets, optimizing resource allocation to ensure cost-effective project execution. 
• Creates, reviews, and maintains documentation, including design review, commissioning, and problem-solving papers, ensuring standards are upheld, documents are managed effectively, and materials are suitable for their intended purpose.

Construction Project Management - Project Integration and Quality Assurance: ng & Execution:

• Implements and oversees quality control processes to ensure all construction activities meet design specifications and industry standards.
• Collaborates actively in the coordination and integration of tenant fit out projects, ensuring alignment between different phases of design, construction, and commissioning.
• Conducts detailed site walks to monitor schedule, coordination, and quality throughout the life of the project.
• Leads the startup and commissioning phases of major data center projects, ensuring that all systems are operational and meet design specifications.

Risk and Problem Management: 

• Evaluates the risk profiles associated with timely project delivery for multiple projects.
• Identifies gaps in risk identification and mitigation and develops tailored solutions to address these gaps.
• Develops and implements mitigation strategies for major construction project risks to ensure project success.

Stakeholder and Vendor Management: 

• Serves as the primary point of contact between the company and colocation providers, facilitating clear and effective communication, and resolving routine issues independently. 
• Develops and maintains key relationships to effectively support internal and external stakeholders, identifying opportunities for process improvements. 
• Selects, negotiates, and manages contracts with external vendors, contractors, and suppliers, ensuring contract compliance and performance.

Design Coordination and Improvement: 

• Collaborates with design teams to ensure that construction activities align with the approved design plans and specifications, addressing routine design issues independently.
• Provides comprehensive colocation provider evaluation input for continuous improvement and identifies opportunities for process enhancements. 
• Oversees the installation of power, cooling, networking, and structured cabling systems, ensuring adherence to quality standards.

Core Responsibilities: 

Planning & Execution:

• Manages and coordinates moderately complex tasks, monitoring timelines and deliverables to ensure timely completion and adherence to requirements for a moderately-sized project or initiative. 
• Efficiently delegates, monitors, and prioritizes work across multiple projects, providing technical oversight and adjusting plans to address shifts in resources or timelines.

Collaboration & Execution: 

• Collaborates across the organization to align on expectations and achieve shared objectives.
•  Leverages understanding of business leaders, stakeholders, and/or customers to ensure proposed solutions meet their needs. 
• Supports inclusivity by actively seeking and listening to diverse perspectives, ensuring others feel heard and respected.

Problem Solving: 

• Identifies and addresses moderately complex issues by analyzing a wide range of data and/or information to identify solutions in accordance with standard practices.
• Proactively escalates unresolved or critical issues with a thorough assessment and suggests potential solutions. Reviews, contributes to, and documents problem solving strategies.

Continuous Learning: 

• Pursues learning opportunities to expand knowledge and skills and/or tools in new areas and stays abreast of the latest industry trends and best practices.
• Proactively seeks and leverages ongoing feedback and training to improve skills. 
• Coaches and mentors junior team members, fostering continuous learning and knowledge sharing within and across teams.

Continuous Improvement: 

• Develops ideas, recommends updates, and/or collaborates on the implementation of process improvements to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of processes, protocols, and workflows across teams, and evaluates the impact on key stakeholders. 
• Solicits feedback from others on ideas for alternative approaches and methods for continued improvement.

Performance and Development:

• Contributes to the talent development pipeline by participating in candidate interviews, assessing candidates, and providing hiring recommendations.

Job Qualifications:

Education and/or Experience: 

• 11 years of experience in construction project management in lieu of a degree. OR
• Bachelor's degree in construction management, Engineering or a related field, and 7 years of experience in construction project management. OR 
• Master's degree in construction management engineering or related field, and 3 years of experience in construction project management and Doctorate in Construction Management, Engineering or related field AND
• 2 years of experience working with operating budgets and/or project financials

Functional Requirements:

• Data Center Infrastructure Construction: Demonstrated experience coordinating and managing large-scale data center infrastructure buildouts.
• Data Center Equipment: Demonstrated experience in installation, maintenance, and upgrades of data center physical equipment.
• Contract Management: Demonstrated ability to manage the execution and compliance of contracts for goods and services.
• Technical Leadership: Demonstrated ability to provide technical leadership and mentoring on complex projects.
• Business Acumen: Demonstrated business acumen in making strategic decisions aligned with organizational goals and industry trends.
• Quality Assurance: Demonstrated ability to plan and carry out quality assurance activities for high-standard deliverables.
• Technical Writing: Demonstrated proficiency in producing clear and comprehensible technical documentation for varied audiences.
• Conflict Resolution: Demonstrated ability to identify, address, and resolve conflicts to maintain positive team dynamics.
• Negotiation: Demonstrated skill in achieving mutually beneficial agreements through effective negotiation and communication.
• Vendor Management: Demonstrated ability to select, onboard, and manage vendor relationships to ensure optimal performance.
• Financial Management: Demonstrated experience in supporting budget planning, tracking, and resource management for business success.
• Program Management: Demonstrated ability to manage cross-functional programs, leading teams and allocating resources for timely project delivery.
• Construction Schedule Management: Demonstrated skill in developing, monitoring, and adjusting construction project schedules.

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