Global Estimating Director

Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I) is the team behind one of the world's largest cloud infrastructures, responsible for powering all Microsoft online Products and Services as well as powering Microsoft's "Cloud First" mission. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide. We are looking for passionate, high energy program managers to help achieve that mission.
Within CO+I, the Infrastructure, Planning and Acquisition team is responsible for supporting delivery of datacenter capacity for Microsoft's cloud business. We have a portfolio of complex, multi-disciplinary, multi-million, multi-year datacenter construction and lease projects with specific safety, quality, schedule, and cost goals.
To help us accelerate achieving our objectives, growth, and transformation, we are looking for a strong Construction Estimator to lead our estimating globally providing conceptual and project level estimating across the data center construction portfolio.
The Lead Estimator is responsible for managing the global estimating team in the development and maintenance of estimates and cost targets for all datacenter builds in region and support globally. This role will be concentrated on both current Data Center projects and forward-looking technology cost Estimating. The Estimating team will manage all cost estimates, cost data, communications, schedule meetings and be a point of contact between internal and external parties for specific programs, projects or regions being supported. The Estimating team will work closely with engineering, construction, procurement, security, networking, and operations teams throughout each project and ensure cost information developed and managed meets the requirements of those specific project needs.
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.ResponsibilitiesKey responsibilities:

• The ideal candidate will be an experienced senior construction estimator and/or a chartered Quantity surveyor, RICS qualified, with deep knowledge in construction costs & estimating plus a good working knowledge of mechanical and electrical systems.
• The ideal candidate will have experience in leading senior estimating and comfortable presenting and defending estimates to executives.
• Manage and develop a global team of senior experienced construction cost Estimators as they support both the project portfolio and all future looking technologies connected with the developing data center designs. The estimating scope includes:
  • Development of cost estimates from the project outset through to the support of the contract sum agreements
  • Provision of estimating support services for project change management and dispute resolution
  • Developing market data and tracking for global & Regional trends
  • Support the development and updating of estimates for existing and new technology Plans of Records
  • Provide regular report-outs and reviews with partner teams, internal teams and senior leadership regarding the scope, schedule and budgets for the projects or programs assigned.
  • Developing all front-end Estimates for new and emerging technologies for the DC portfolio
  • Partner will all groups at Microsoft that touch or interact with our Datacenter build projects, ensuring alignment along all sectors in the development and review of estimate provided for datacenters or special program
  • Ownership and development of Estimating processes, templates and tools

Qualifications Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Project Management, Architecture, Engineering, or related field AND 10+ years of related experience
  o OR equivalent experience.
• 6+ years of leadership experience in Construction Cost Estimating or Cost Management

Preferred Qualifications:

• Shall have knowledge of and perform to the following industry standards and practices: ASPE, CSI, AACEI, RICS
• Can clearly set and lead meetings to review and discuss estimates or estimating activities
• High level of understanding of the global economic conditions and how those conditions would affect the work being completed and the associated costs of said issues
• Possess multi-discipline experience and understand and be able to estimate all facets of a datacenter construction project (CSA, Mechanical, Electrical, Telecom)
• Past work history in Pharmaceutical, High-Tech or Industrial projects; datacenter industry a plus
• RICS full membership (MRICS or FRICS) or equivalent
• Deep commercial knowledge of construction internationally
• Capability to perform all forms and types of estimates from parametric to bottoms up and high level what-if scenarios.
• Possess and demonstrate a full range of understanding and appreciation for the Estimating process and how that process ties to the overall organizational goals
• Understand and be able to review and discuss plan drawings, and One-Line diagrams (schematics)
• Understand the impact of time and location on construction costs and accurately incorporate those costs into any estimate provided
• Develop, maintain, and report out on project/program scope, schedule, and budget with cost as the main driver in those conversations

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Construction Project Management M6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $124,800 - $266,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $159,000 - $292,200 per year.
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