Senior Construction Project Manager

Overview Microsoft Overview Microsoft Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I) builds and operates the infrastructure powering the world’s largest online services. CO+I delivers global-scale datacenters and services with a focus on operational excellence, security, compliance, and environmental responsibility. Our mission centers on empowering every person and organization to achieve more while cultivating a workplace rooted in respect, integrity, accountability, and inclusion.

Role Overview Drives deployment of large-scale campus-based delivery solutions that have the potential to be used globally across entire portfolios. Provides guidance and corrective action when necessary. Analyzes the industry for best practices and internal process flows to recommend changes resulting in cost savings, enhanced customer service, or improved asset management. Makes decisions and influences partners to facilitate and accomplish complex issues impacting global construction projects. Manages any alterations made to the project scope and adjusts the overall plan to accommodate these changes. Reviews cost and key performance indicator metrics, invoices, processes, and policies in order to communicate status to internal and external client partners. Acts as the primary point of contact for project development and delivery. Develops and maintains productive relationships with implementation partners, Operations, Security, Authorities having jurisdiction, and regional corporate leadership. Interprets safety standards and regulatory requirements to direct and enforce compliance and aggressive management of risk. Establishes and communicates risk mitigation goals and develops metrics, dashboards and/or scorecards to drive progress. Helps to manage the relationship with vendor firms leadership team.

This position is based in South Bend / Mishawaka, Indiana. Relocation assistance will be provided. Candidates selected for this role are expected to relocate and live within 50 miles of the designated work location.

Capabilities & Skills Analytical Skills - The ability to review quantitative or conceptual problems and situations to draw appropriate and valid conclusions from data presented. This includes analyzing data to determine the most significant elements, identify common elements and themes in situations and actions, and recognize cause and effect relationships.

Compliance Management - The ability to supervise and observe the organization’s conformity to various standards, procedures, rules, and regulations.

Project Quality Assurance - Knowledge of and the ability to apply systematic and continuing processes of making sure that the project is meeting specified requirements.

Quality Assurance - Knowledge of and the ability to follow systematic and continuing processes of checking to see whether a product, service, or process is meeting specified requirements. This includes knowledge of quality measurements and defined standards.

Regulatory Compliance - Knowledge of the rules, regulations, sanctions and other statutory requirements, guidelines and instructions relating to local and/or international governing bodies and organizations, both internally and externally.

Risk Analysis - Knowledge of Risk Management and Analysis, the process of measuring, or assessing risk and then developing strategies to manage the risk. This may include the ability to identify or develop strategies to transfer the risk to another party, avoid the risk, reduce the negative effect of the risk, and accept some or all of the consequences of a particular risk.

Construction Planning and Logistics

Construction - Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction, repair, and engineering of buildings, houses, or other structures such as highways, roads, and bridges.

Construction Consulting - The ability to provide management, risk-based advisory, dispute resolution and strategic communications services across all construction and engineering.

Construction Management - Knowledge of specialized, project management techniques to oversee the planning, design, and construction of a project, from its beginning to its end.

Construction Planning - The ability to plan how the team will manage and execute a construction project.

Construction Processes - Knowledge of the design process (creating the description of a new facility, usually represente…