Lease Commissioning Manager

Microsoft Cloud Operations and Innovation (CO&I) Engineering Procurement & Construction (EPC) organization delivers core datacenter infrastructure for Microsoft's cloud business. The Lease Commissioning Manager (LCxM) 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, ensuring projects are commissioned in accordance with Microsoft's standards. The role is located in one or all hub locations (Phoenix, AZ; Austin, TX; Chicago, IL; Richmond, VA; Charlotte, NC; and Texas), offers hybrid work with 3 days per week in office, and requires relocation or residence within 50 miles of the hub office location. Relocation support will be provided.

Responsibilities

Manage the end-to-end commissioning process and scope, schedule, and budget for selected hub commissioning projects; Create and maintain best practices for quality and cost-effective solutions; Manage the contracted Commissioning Agent for data center construction projects; Develop, maintain, and enforce commissioning best practices across lease projects; Review and approve Lease Statements of Qualification (SoQs); Conduct construction site inspections to review QA/QC and commissioning process; Coordinate meetings and activities of vendor project managers; Manage client representatives and partners to align on scope, schedule, and budget; Attend owner/architect/contractor (OAC) and other project meetings; Report construction progress, QA/QC, commissioning progress, issues, and KPI metrics to management; Report project progress weekly or as required; Manage data center commissioning delivery strategy in alignment with the CO+I road map; Refine practices, policies, and commissioning procedures; Provide input on vendor oversight and commissioning performance management; Prepare SOQs and other project approval tools and templates; Ensure adherence to commissioning exhibit and contractual requirements within Lease Agreements; Travel required

Requirements

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; Pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter

Nice to have

10+ years relevant technical engineering experience; Doctorate Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience; Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field AND 7+ years technical engineering experience; Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field AND 9+ years technical engineering experience; 5+ years experience working on data center projects; Project Management; Construction Quality Assurance / Quality Control (QA/QC); Ability to develop and write detailed Commissioning Scripts; Issue identification and resolution management; Industry recognized Commissioning Certification; OSHA 30 or equivalent qualification; NFPA-70E; Project Management Professional (PMP) certification; Proficiency with MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint), MS Visio, MS Project, MS Teams