Commissioning Manager

About the role

Microsoft Cloud Operations and Innovation (CO&I) is the team behind the cloud. Within CO&I, the Engineering Procurement & Construction (EPC) organization is responsible for delivering core datacenter infrastructure for Microsoft’s cloud business. We are looking for a passionate, high-energy individual to help build the cloud datacenters that power the world’s largest online services.

The CO+I Commissioning team is responsible for managing the end-to-end delivery of new data center capacity for CO+I. As a Site Commissioning Manager - Americas, 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.

Responsibilities

• Direct reporting 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; MKE, WI
• 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

Qualifications

• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• Doctorate Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience
• OR Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field AND 7+ years technical engineering experience
• OR Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field AND 9+ years technical engineering experience
• 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
• Proficiency with MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint), MS Teams

Pay

The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $160,200 - $261,000 per year.

Schedule

Relocation support will be provided, and successful candidates must relocate or reside within 50 miles of the project location.