Construction Project Manager
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Microsoft’s Data Center Delivery team seeks a Construction Project Manager onsite in Melbourne to lead local and campus data center construction and integration, ensuring safety, schedule, budget, and quality targets are met. You will manage budgets and controls (PERs, PSRs, change orders), drive change management with CO+I and other stakeholders, coordinate meetings, and oversee vendor performance while prioritizing security and regulatory compliance. You’ll provide data driven decisions, track KPIs, and guide risk mitigation and incident follow ups. The ideal candidate has a bachelor’s degree in construction, architecture, or engineering with 5+ years of related experience (8+ preferred), and at least 7+ years on data center projects. To apply, tailor your resume with concrete budgets, schedules, safety leadership, and cross functional collaboration, and showcase measurable outcomes.
Overview
Join Microsoft’s Data Center Delivery team and play a critical role in building the infrastructure that powers the world's leading cloud services. In this role, you will lead and support data center construction and integration activities across campus and local projects, ensuring projects are delivered safely, on schedule, within budget, and to Microsoft’s high quality standards. This aligns closely with Data Center Delivery’s mission of safely delivering high-quality, sustainable data center facilities while meeting design, schedule, and budget objectives.
You will work closely with engineering teams, contractors, vendors, and project stakeholders to oversee project execution, review technical designs and documentation, evaluate risks, and drive data-based decision making throughout the project lifecycle. The role requires strong collaboration, project management, and technical expertise to coordinate resources, monitor contractor performance, manage project metrics, and ensure compliance with safety, regulatory, and operational requirements.
As a trusted project partner and onsite safety advocate, you will help mitigate risks, promote a culture of safety, and contribute to the successful delivery of mission-critical data center infrastructure that supports Microsoft's global cloud and AI platform. This role is ideal for professionals who thrive in a fast-paced construction environment and are passionate about delivering large-scale, complex infrastructure projects through operational excellence and stakeholder collaboration.
At Microsoft, our mission—to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more—guides how we partner with customers to deliver trusted, impactful solutions. With a growth mindset culture, we innovate responsibly and measure success by shared progress—people, teams, and customers. Join us to do meaningful work that changes the world and helps shape what’s next for everyone.
Responsibilities
Budget and Controls
Monitors the approved project budget and provides oversight for project controls (e.g., Project Expenditure Request (PERs), Professional Services Request (PSRs), Change Orders, Pay Applications, etc.).
Change Management
Partners with the Internal Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I), and other Microsoft key stakeholders (e.g., Commercial Software Engineering [CSE] and Real Estate & Facilities [RE&F], etc.) and shares updated process flow information with the project team to ensure new processes are being followed that increase cost savings and improve overall cycle-time and efficiencies.
Coordination
Attends and advises during scheduled owner/architect/contractor and other project meetings, advocating for safe and secure security-first mindset during project planning. Coordinates meetings and activities of vendors and cost managers, and attends scheduled owner/architect/contractor and other project meetings.
Drives Results
Facilitates the delivery of local projects (e.g., new construction, infrastructure improvements) by making timely data-based decisions in partnership with local project teams and stakeholders. Champions team and project goals, adhering to business processes, engaging vendor relationships when/where applicable, and fostering cross-group collaboration efforts aligned to the project strategy, milestone delivery, and core values and priorities (Safety, Security, Quality, Schedule, Cost).
Financial Acumen
Applies best practices to identify and incorporate cost-effective solutions to meet project delivery at each site location. Applies influence, strategies, and negotiation skills to identify options and recommend solutions.
Goal Alignment
Collaborates with internal teams (e.g., Engineering, Operations, Center for International Social Science Research [CISSR], Commercial Software Engineering [CSE], Legal, Project Controls, etc.) to maintain the corporate vision and goals for the project.
Managing Resources
Confirms the scoped resources (e.g., people, materials, equipment) are available for the job. Partners with senior construction staff to procure additional materials as needed.
Project Management
Drives data center construction/integration activities on local/campus projects (e.g., new or retrofit data center facilities) and provides key input on all data center fit-out related activities, leveraging experiences and technical knowledge to ensure sound and data-driven decisions, as well as prioritization of security in documentation, design, and/or execution.
Project Tracking
Provides specific project data supporting cost and key performance indicator (KPI) metrics, invoices, processes, and policies in order to communicate status to client partners. Reports on project progress regarding scope, schedule, standards, and budget.
Risk Mitigation
Reviews and assists with developing risk mitigation activities and communicating metrics, dashboards and/or scorecards to track and drive progress. Analyzes safety and security metrics and communicates results to leadership to drive action and accountability.
Safety and Regulation
Represents Microsoft as a safety leader and advocate onsite ensuring adherence to safety standards and regulatory requirements (e.g., Occupational Safety and Health Administration [OSHA], or equivalent) to ensure compliance and aggressive management of risk. Conducts routine safety program, security, project, and contractor audits, and performs and participates in incident investigations.
Technical Acumen
Reviews engineering documentation/designs, site, and building plans by examining and analyzing technical information. Identifies potential risks/gaps and recommendations to teammates and/or other internal partners, ensuring solutions adhere to security core priorities and guidelines.
Vendor Management
Assists with the monitoring of vendor and/or contractor performance, ensuring compliance with security policies, non-disclosure agreements, contracts, and prior audit results. Reviews vendor performance relative to cash flow and budget summaries (with the cost management team) and clarifies those reports in presentations to the delivery and executive teams.
Vendor Selection
Assists with preparing Request for Proposal (RFPs), Project Expenditure Requests (PERs), and other project approval tools and templates.
Qualifications
Required/minimum qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Construction Project Management, Architecture, Engineering, or related field AND 5+ years related experience OR equivalent experience.
Additional or preferred qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Construction Project Management, Architecture, Engineering, or related field AND 8+ years related experience OR equivalent experience.
7+ years experience working on data center projects.
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.