Construction Project Manager

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The Construction Project Manager is a seasoned role, responsible for overall project success, including project oversight, direction, and strategy over multiple data centre construction projects of significant value, particularly relating to safety, schedule, scope, budget, and quality.

What you'll be doing

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of professionals to safely deliver major capital construction projects of significant value to support the acquisition of new clients.
• Develop and maintain relationships with key customers, operations, finance, and internal department leaders to assure project team fulfils the mission and objectives of the capital projects.
• Direct and support project teams in the preparation and execution of tasks throughout all phases of the project process; includes identifying scopes of work, resource requirements, cost estimates and budgets, work plan schedule and milestones, quality control, and risk mitigation.
• Oversee General Contractor, direct contractors (ex. Commissioning Agents), third party testing agencies, the project controls and MEP teams for each project to ensure tasks are completed on time and within budget.
• Primary liaison to the Design Managers to aid in the harmonization and coordination of Architecture/Engineering activities in a timely manner.
• Integrate Subject Matter Experts, internal and customer stakeholders to support design, and lead construction teams to create a master development program for site(s)
• Support Design team leadership for environmental, entitlement and permitting requirements.
• Provide guidance to the project delivery resources/team in achieving project goals. Implement communication plan for meetings and written reports/meeting minutes to keep client and project resources informed.
• Develop and implement strategic sourcing plans for GC/subs and specialty vendor selection, award, and contracts.
• Facilitate project meetings. Implement and align project documentation governance with company requirements. Ensure project data integrity and documentation is accurate, timely and coordinated.
• Reports status and variances. Creates action plans to meet objectives, budget, and schedule. Implements change management routines to assess change requests, make recommendations, secure internal approvals, and manage change throughout the coursed of the project.
• Assesses and quantify change requests to determine impacts to scope, budget, schedule, quality, and risk.
• Optimise project cost effectiveness and budget utilization including constructability reviews and Value Engineering (VE) into design process.
• Implement and lead typical Project level management tasks including contract status, finance/funding/payment status, budget updates, schedule baseline and monthly updates (EVM), submittals, contract documentation, project records and final contract hand off.
• Develop and implement project level financial controls, pay application processing, project change review and pricing, release of retention, claims, and resolutions.
• Validate drawings and specifications accurately reflect the desired construction quality and ensure any item requiring remediation is documented and remediated to owner satisfaction.
• Ensure all field installations are in accordance with the design.
• Develop, implement, monitor and assure systems are in place to deliver highest quality standards for project safety- from start to finish.
• Provide leadership to confirm all Contractors and Suppliers are following safety best practices and producing the industry leading performance expected.
• Monitor and control risk management insurance and liability controls for assigned projects.
• Lead typical construction management monthly project meetings, (OAC, Design, MEP, ACx, etc.)
• Present executive summary and status reports to internal Senior leadership
• Provide on-site support for sales and marketing team to present NTT Values to prospective new clients.

Knowledge, Skills and Attributes:

• Seasoned, experienced professional; has complete knowledge and understanding of area of specialisation
• Uses evaluation, judgment, and interpretation to select right course of action
• Seasoned understanding of Project Management, Planning, Construction Management, and Data Centres
• Demonstrated leadership ability in dealing with Owners, Architects, Contractors, and internal stakeholders
• Seasoned knowledge of prime contracts including lump sum, GMP, hard bid, negotiated, design-build, etc. Specifically including EVM methods and payment systems
• Seasoned knowledge of P6 Critical path scheduling systems, overall project cost control, budgeting, and value engineering as applied to buildings and systems used in Data Centre project delivery
• Familiarity of all aspects of Development design and Construction- to include site work, core, and shell, mechanical and electrical, utilities, finishes, etc.
• Ability to work in an international team environment and interact with all levels of management, including C-Suite reviews
• Strong executive presence – able to convey complex and technical concepts to a non-construction audience
• Must be very organised, analytical, and structured with excellent communication and problem-solving skills
• Manages stress and/or fast pace effectively
• Knowledge of industry standards, building codes and safety standards including fire protection regulations
• Ability to demonstrate strong capability and expertise in Primavera, MS Project, MS Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint
• LEAN Construction knowledge and application of those tools
• Mechanical and Electrical systems quality and commissioning leadership in construction of Mission Critical Facilities

Academic Qualifications and Certifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, business, construction management or relevant field required
• Relevant building Environment Accreditations such as LEED, SITES, TRUE, WELL etc.

Required Experience:

• Seasoned experience in General and/or Specialty Construction Project Management
• Seasoned experience in data centre or similar mission critical facilities construction
• Seasoned experience in managing construction projects of significant value
• Seasoned experience in urban environments with difficult logistics and fast-track schedules
• Seasoned experience in construction management, capital budget management, and knowledge of electrical and mechanical systems
• Seasoned multi-project experience in large scale construction management, mission critical or infrastructure preferred

Skills Summary

Budget Management, Construction Project Management, Quality Assurance (QA), Resource Management, Risk Management, Strategy Plan

Workplace type:

On-site Working

Join our growing global team and accelerate your career with us. Apply today.

A career at NTT means:

• Being part of a global pioneer – where you gain exposure to our Fortune 500 clients and world-leading global technology partners and work with a network of over 40,000 smart and diverse colleagues across 57 countries, delivering services in over 200 countries.
• Being at the forefront of cutting-edge technology – backed with a 150-year heritage of using technology for good. With 40% of the world's internet traffic running on our network and where Emoji were first invented, you can be proud of the group's many new 'firsts'.
• Making a difference – by doing meaningful work that helps to shape the future for our clients, and across industries and communities around the world.
• Being your best self – in a progressive 'Connected Working' environment that promotes flexibility, connection and wellbeing. Where diversity and different perspectives are embraced to ensure equal opportunities for all.
• Having ongoing opportunities to own and develop your career – with a personal and professional development plan and access to the broadest learning offerings in the industry.

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