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Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company®, operatingover 260 data centers across the globe.Digital leaders harness Equinix's trusted platform to bring together and interconnect foundational infrastructure at software speed. Equinix enables organizations to access all the right places, partners and possibilities to scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences and multiply their value, while supporting their sustainability goals.
A career at Equinix means you will collaborate on work that impacts the world and be surrounded by endless opportunities to learn new skills and grow in varied directions. We embrace diversity in thought and contribution and are committed to providingan equitable work environment that is foundational to our core values as a company and is vital to our success.
Job Summary
The Director will focus on the start to end delivery of Equinix’s South and West Africa Construction Projects: Leading and controlling the strategic direction across all stages of our entire project portfolio, which shall include but not be limited to:
Driving a safety & quality first culture, ensuring that all applicable codes, standards, and good construction practices are followed
Working in close collaboration with the Hub Leads to enable our projects to focus on speed-to-market for our capacity
Liaising and coordinating with Design & Engineering, Permitting, Procurement, Commercial, Security, IT/Network and Construction teams to optimise the interfaces between these functions with the aim to reduce the durations and hand-offs
Establishing, maintaining and optimising excellent supply chain relationships with General Contractors (GCs) and Major Capital Equipment (MCE) providers through all relevant phases Lead all aspects of data centre design & construction projects from project inception, through design, procurement, construction, commissioning and hand-over of an operating facility, that could include ground up construction, fit-outs, remodels, etc
Ensuring that internal controls are in place at each step of the process through effective contract administration including generation, review, management, and monitoring of prime contracts, subcontracts, change orders, cost forecasts, and other pertinent documents and documentation
Responsibilities
Reporting to the Southern Hub Senior Director for Construction, the Director will bring the urgency from the start of the Projects to the Handover in project delivery espousing the principle that “Every Day Matters” to ensure that the Projects are delivered “On-Time” and on budget which shall include but not be limited to:
Management
Leads and manages multiple, small and large construction projects across South and West Africa
Lead by example on safety, standards, and culture
Manage and monitor project progress, quality and compliance with building regulations.
Provides guidance and project leadership including ground up construction, remodels, renovations, etc
Ensuring projects are meeting or exceeding company expectations
Overview and management of project risk registers
Interviewing, hiring and assuring effective training and development of the team
Developing, managing and being accountable for achievement of key departmental metrics
Vendor Relations
Directs as many as 25+ external vendors per project comprising general contractors, A&E design teams, commissioning agents, equipment suppliers etc
Significantly contributes to establishing and maintaining high value relationships
Training Programs
Contributes to identifying and developing training programs
Provides cross-functional training
Contract Administration
Contributes to developing and executing effective contract administration procedures including generation, review, and monitoring of prime contracts, subcontracts, change orders, cost forecasts, and other pertinent documents and documentation
Liaising with local authorities and relevant State agencies and departments
Leadership
Mentors team members
Directs all internal and external project team members including internal Design, Procurement, Operations, Commercial and IT/Network support teams
Policy & Procedure Development
Significantly contributes to creating and maintaining best in class policies and procedures
Ensure project closure, handover and lessons learnt processes are established and implemented
Qualifications
Substantial, progressive experience in successfully managing high-tech construction projects or programs during the front-end of the life cycle
Detailed working knowledge of building construction and project management processes and procedures at a global scale
Strong working knowledge and experience of the design of data centres, and/or other high-tech industries
Track record in concurrently overseeing multiple, large-scale high-tech (ideally data centre) construction projects and with capital expenditure oversight of $100M+
Ability to analyse and evaluate construction documents including drawings, specifications and contracts
Competency in Critical Path Method (CPM) scheduling, construction cost estimating, proposal generation and development, document management and contract administration
Exceptional leadership, communication, written and verbal presentation, and team-building skills proven in multiple international regions
Substantial experience as a transformational, inclusive leader including strong competencies in talent identification and development, coaching, and mentoring construction professionals and varying levels of experience proven in multiple regions
Exceptional communication, negotiation and analytical skills required proven in multiple geographies
Ability to multi-task and work within team-based projects in an extremely fast paced and demanding environment and internationally
Highly analytical with strong intellect, ideally with a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in engineering, construction management or a related field
Highly organized and detail oriented
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