Senior Project Engineer, NA

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.

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.

Essential Job Functions / Duties / Responsibilities

· Demonstrate and promote the Vantage Values: Trust, Accountability, Respect and Agility

· Lead and develop Vantage team members to include third-party project management resources that are a part of their teams

· Lead procurement tracking and manage material timelines

· Includes coordination with procurement as it relates to OFCI/CFCI

· Manage and closeout RFIs and submittals within Procore

· Draft and distribute meeting minutes for scopes in your stewardship

· Participate in Vantage safety program by conducting and reporting HRA site walks

· Support safety reporting to vantage safety and customer as needed

· Assist construction team in preconstruction and buyout process

· Support risk mitigation for construction projects

· Manage and monitor current project risks and report out to team and business as needed

· Ensure project compliance with VDC specifications and customer requirements during all phases of design

· Facilitate page-turn design reviews and coordinate internal stakeholder involvement

· Coordinate design clarifications amongst all teams ensuring continuity with VDC projects and buy-in from internal stakeholders

· Review and comprehend project schedule and budget and assist the construction team with monthly financial updates and forecasting

· Involves monthly schedule and budget report outs to project controls

· Assist in capturing monthly EAC reporting to CCF

· Manage design team/contractors ensuring successful completion of scopes

· Support the contractor billing process by tracking reviewing pay applications for accuracy and assisting coordination with the CCF team

· Utilizing pay app tracking logs to track current % billed to project completion

· Understand total review time and areas of improvement

· Manage construction team during startup and commissioning activities.

· Assist in Cxalloy management

· Coordinate Cx schedule and adhere to project timelines

· Ensure customer requirements as they are needed for RNI, IST, RFS

· Assist in QA/QC of work products from internal team members to ensure that new data center spaces comply with all applicable requirements (BOD, specifications, code, lease, etc.)

· Construction Site Activities

· Weekly job walks to observe physical construction activities and current construction progress.

· Oversight and participation in commissioning

· Management of project scope, schedule and budget

· Monthly project wide safety walks involving all trade partners

· Assist in collecting and sharing ‘lessons learned’ in the feedback loop to drive continuous improvement

· Additional duties as assigned by Management

Job Requirements

· Bachelor’s degree in construction management, or similar field, or equivalent experience

· 3+ years of experience required, 5 years is preferred

· Complex and technical construction experience is required

· Data Center experience is preferred

· Experience in CSA (civil, structural, architectural) and MEP (mechanical, electrical, plumbing) construction management is a requirement

· Proficient in Microsoft Office and project management tools like MS Project or P6

· Travel required is expected to be 10-30% but may increase over time as the business evolves

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We operate with No Ego and No Arrogance. We work to build each other up and support one another, appreciating each other’s strengths and respecting each other’s weaknesses. We find joy in our work and each other, actively seeking opportunities to inject fun into what we do. Our hard and efficient work is rewarded with an above market total compensation package. We offer a comprehensive suite of health and welfare, retirement, and paid leave benefits exceeding local expectations.

Throughout the year, the advantage of being part of the Vantage team is evident with an array of benefits, recognition, training and development, and the knowledge that your contribution adds value to the company and our community.

Don't meet all the requirements? Please still apply if you think you are the right person for the position. We are always keen to speak to people who connect with our mission and values.

Vantage Data Centers is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Vantage Data Centers does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firm agencies. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired; such resumes will be deemed the sole property of Vantage Data Centers.

We’ll be accepting applications for at least one week from the date this role is posted. If you're interested, we encourage you to apply soon—we’re excited to find the right person and will keep the role open until we do!