Director of Construction

vor 1 Monat

Frankfurt, Deutschland Vantage Data Centers Vollzeit

About Vantage Data Centers

Vantage is committed to being a workplace of inclusion, equity, respect and acceptance. We celebrate diversity and intentionally seek out opportunities to learn from one another’s experience.

Vantage Data Centers powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world’s well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises. Developing and operating across North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific, Vantage has evolved data center design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands.


Development Department

The Development 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. 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 Development 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 Senior Director, Development Delivery, EMEA to provide overall leadership for our growing project management team and key internal stakeholders as we expand the company. This position will oversee the requisite 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.


Essential Job Functions

  • Development, standardization, and management of the overall construction program to ensure that projects are delivered the same way every time (drive for standardization that reduces cycle time and cost)
  • Development of project tools, processes, & procedures that ensure the “perfect project” is launched every time (execute, refine, repeat)
  • Define and develop key business engagement process that enables the leadership team to make quicker decisions (present things in a way so that all leadership has to say is “yes”)
  • Develop Comprehensive QA/QC program that prevents problems from occurring, and also identifies risks early in the project life cycle (prevent problems and catch problems sooner)
  • Actively engage with all peer level team members to develop and partner with the development of the 4 bullet points above (includes Operations, Operations Engineering, Procurement, Engineering, Finance, and Execs)
  • Lead, through delegation to the team, all aspects of construction including pre-construction, design, permitting, entitlements, competitive bidding, team selection, construction, commissioning, and project closeout
  • Hold the project team accountable to Create and manage project budgets and establish monthly forecasts including variances
  • Lead by example to ensure that the project team drives coordination and integration of internal stakeholders within the project

Duties – Hold the project team accountable for the following:

  • Manage campus wide execution of development projects from concept through commissioning and prepare various reports on a monthly and/or quarterly basis
  • Own resource allocation and project work flow for direct reports and third-party continent workforce
  • Drive day to day construction decisions to conclusion
  • QA/QC work products of direct reports and 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 (BOD, specifications, code, lease, etc.)
  • RFP creation and management for capital projects and customer builds
  • Establish project budgets and submit approval packages to executive team
  • Support sales in customer engagement and fulfillment of requirements as tied to leases and manage delivery in accordance with leases
  • Partner with Director of Construction Cost, Finance to produce monthly project forecasts including variance analyses as well as execution of master service agreements (MSA) and project authorizations for new and existing contractors and vendors
  • Vendor/Contractor management including qualification and relationship building/maintenance
  • Review monthly billing with direct reports, confirm substantiation and audit vs budget
  • Ensure lessons learned are held and placed in the feedback loop to drive continuous improvement
  • Ensure project team complies with VDC project turnover documentation requirements to operations
  • Work closely with the Operations to coordinate design criteria and construction with ongoing maintenance and operation of existing facilities

Job Requirements

  • Bachelor degree in construction management, or similar field, or equivalent experience
  • 7-10 years of experience in management role required, 10 to 15 years preferred
  • Data Center experience is required
  • Experience in CSA (civil, structural, architectural) and MEP (mechanical, electrical, plumbing) construction management is a requirement
  • Travel required is expected to be 5 to 10% but may increase over time as the business evolves

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