Project Engineer / Coordinator - EMEA

Microsoft Cloud Operations and Innovation (CO&I) is the team behind the cloud.  Within CO&I, the Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) team is responsible for delivering core datacenter infrastructure for Microsoft’s cloud business. The MS portfolio consists of complex, multi-disciplinary, large scale, multi-year datacenter construction and lease projects.

We are looking for a passionate, high-energy individual to help build the cloud datacenters that power the world’s largest online services.  In this role you will provide both coordination and technical support the project managers within your region aligning priorities with the EPC functions while supporting the team to overcome obstacles.  While this role can be primarily remote, we are looking for leaders located near one of our regional hub locations. In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

The EPC Project Engineer / Coordinator is expected to support and coordinate fast-track project execution leveraging a matrixed team of dedicated and functional support team members. Holds self and others accountable; delegates tasks and leadership responsibilities as appropriate to foster growth.  

 EPC Project Engineer / Coordinator

• Coordinate and communicate between EPC projects and remain accountable to the EPC leadership team. 

• Lead communication of project status and help mitigate challenges promoting project success 
• Maintain active engagement from CO+I Partners and Functional teams. 
• Supports program & project goals for teams, assigns overall responsibilities, ensures performance measurements, and seeks and delivers feedback to achieve timely results. 
• Have excellent communication, organization, and leadership skills. 
• Must be able to work with other technical and non-technical groups in a fast-paced environment and do so with an even temperament.   
• Must be a person of integrity, be methodical, detailed-oriented with a strong work ethic.  

EPC Work Environment 

• Realizes that changes impact the work of others and proactively shares relevant information to enable efficient workflow. Knows when one does not have required information and seeks additional information or clarification appropriately. Regularly scans the environment to help anticipate changes that could affect key projects; leads change in plans, goals, actions, or priorities to respond to changing situations; champions necessary course corrections.  
• Reinforces and promotes a positive team environment by modeling best practices. Contributes to team morale. Recognizes priority of team success over individual achievement. Supports team goals and contributes to the success of others. 
• Collaborates and negotiates effectively with others to identify delegates to deliver results. Seeks guidance from management on delegation of resources. 

 Engineering Engagement 

• Investigation and project scoping
• Working with external and internal stakeholders to undertake feasibility studies
• Provide findings and internal reporting from the feasibility study, and provide proposed solution
• Coordinate a team of architects, engineers and designers and deliver projects aligned with the defined scope, schedule, and budget.    
• Collaborate with on-site operations teams to perform feasibility / Gap analysis for conversion of existing data center spaces to new / upgraded uses. 
• Implementation management and overseeing compliance to the execution process

Ownership & Drives Results

• In alignment with management priorities, holds self-accountable for EPC delivery of projects. Identifies unaddressed issues within area of work and resolves, escalates, or finds the appropriate owner to ensure the highest level of quality. 
• Makes decisions and influences partners to facilitate and accomplish complex issues impacting global construction projects (e.g., establishing and executing upon team goals, following business processes, engaging vendor relationships, and fostering cross-group collaboration efforts with the agreed-upon project strategy and milestones).

Change Management

• Analyzes the industry for best practices and internal process flows to recommend changes resulting in cost savings, enhanced customer service, or improved asset management.

 Managing Resources & Coordination

• Manages any alterations made to the project scope and adjusts the overall plan to accommodate for these changes.
• Shapes and implements regional construction execution plans. Initializes and identifies opportunities to discuss and integrate lessons learned.

 Goal Alignment

• Develops and maintains productive relationships with implementation partners, Operations, Security, Authorities having jurisdiction, and regional corporate leadership. Engages and sources other internal teams (e.g., Security (OSSC), Information Technology (MSIT), Legal, Project Engineering, Business Risk Management, etc.) to maintain the corporate vision and create goals for the project. Advises and directs internal teams and supporting specialty consultants to update and edit the Basis of Design (BOD) as needed.

 Safety and Regulation

• Demands safe environments/work sites and participates in governance, policies, and decision-making regarding risk compliance and management.

 Risk Mitigation

• Establishes and communicates risk mitigation goals and develops metrics, dashboards and/or scorecards to drive progress. Presents and reports goals and progress to regional executive leadership.

 Financial Acumen & Budget and Controls

• Creates, applies, and shares best practices to identify and drive cost-effective solutions for the strategic and tactical delivery of a construction project. Applies influence, strategy, and decision-making to drive solutions, schedules, and manage change with clients, sponsors, vendors, and operational units including lower-level staff and internal partners.
• Develops and reports on scope, schedule, and budget of project. Implements project controls in work activities (e.g., project expenditure requests (PERs), Professional Service Requests (PSRs), change orders, and pay applications). Reduces cycle time, improves quality, and identifies and implements ways to lower cost.