À PROPOS DE VANTAGE DATA CENTERS
Vantage s’engage à être un lieu de travail d’inclusion, d’équité, de respect et d’acceptation. Nous célébrons la diversité et cherchons intentionnellement des occasions d’apprendre des expériences de chacun.
Vantage Data Centers alimente, refroidit, protège et connecte la technologie des plus grands joueurs hyperscale, des fournisseurs de solutions infonuagiques et des grandes entreprises. Présente dans six marchés en Amérique du Nord et six en Europe, Vantage innove dans la conception des centres de données pour offrir des gains spectaculaires en termes de fiabilité, d’efficacité et de durabilité ainsi que des environnements flexibles qui peuvent évoluer aussi vite que le marché l’exige. Vantage connaît une croissance exponentielle grâce à ses installations nouvelles jumelées à ses acquisitions à travers l’Amérique du Nord et l’Europe.
Construction Department
The Construction team is responsible for the entire process flow of delivering the physical data centers from shovel ready state through commissioning, working with Sales, Operations, and management along the way. Construction implements and executes upon the work product developed by the Development & Engineering (D&E) team. The team also manages Vantage’s build partners to success through technical feedback and review, and actively participating in review of schedule and budget. Many times, a role like this at other companies is purely oversight. One thing that distinguishes Vantage is that our construction teams are given the responsibility and authority to directly drive the process. When compared to external resources, our internal team can ensure the key stakeholders are engaged in the decision-making process to align long-term operational sustainability with value engineering and cost metrics to deliver products aligned with corporate goals. This approach empowers each member of the team to drive high- impact decisions and even more impactful results.
Position Description
Vantage is looking for a driven Director, Construction to provide overall leadership for our growing project management team and key internal stakeholders as we expand the company. This position will oversee new development, design, entitlement/permitting, and all aspects of construction. As a leader, you will be responsible for managing multiple projects and teams as well as ensuring all projects are in alignment with strategic corporate objectives. Collaboration and integration in the sales lifecycle process including client interface is integral to the role. Coordination and translation of requirements from Vantage’s internal subject matter experts ensures long term operational sustainability is preserved while driving towards optimized construction delivery.
This role is based in Berlin.
Essential Job Functions
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Lead all aspects of construction including master planning, pre-construction, design, permitting, entitlements, competitive bidding, team selection, construction, commissioning, and project closeout
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Create and manage project budgets and establish monthly forecasts including variances
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Act as thought leader and drive coordination and integration of internal and external stakeholders within the project
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Manage direct reports and third-party project management resources and track staffing utilization
Duties
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Manage campus-wide execution of development projects from conception to commissioning and prepare various reports on a monthly and/or quarterly basis
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Own resource allocation and project workflow for direct reports and third-party project management continent workforce
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Drive day-to-day construction decisions to conclusion
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QA/QC work products of direct reports to confirm accuracy. Manage inputs and delivery of work products from internal team members to ensure that new data center spaces comply with all applicable requirements (Basis of Design (BOD), specifications, code, lease, etc.)
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Provide consultancy-style services to support the Business Stakeholders and project delivery teams at initiation and throughout the lifecycle of projects, ensuring a common approach is adopted and sharing good practice.
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RFP (Request for Proposal) creation and management for capital projects and customer builds
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Establish project budgets and submit approval packages to executive team
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Support sales in customer engagement and fulfillment of requirements as tied to leases and manage delivery in accordance with leases
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Implement the importance, with internal and external stakeholders, of facilitating an excellen