Director Project and Delivery

The concerned person will lead project / projects delivery team (Construction and "Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing") and responsible for managing, monitoring and ensuring the delivery of high-quality work across project / projects across few of locations within contracted timelines while adhering to company’s EHS, ESG and COBC norms, allocated budgets, statutory compliances, reporting requirements.

Must have :

BE / Tech in Civil / Mechanical / Electrical

23+ years’ experience in all of the below defined areas

Experience in Project and Delivery for Data Centre

Conception of Projects :

Alignment to Company level Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) norms including sustainability

Participation in Design basis reports for overall project including land, base building and MEP fitouts

Knowledge of all required approvals and pre-requisites for starting construction

Define the SoW for civil general contractors in RFPs / tenders

Setting targets, objectives and responsibilities for all supervised staff

Work closely with the departmental head in shortlisting, evaluating and choosing the right sets of technologies, products and solutions in line with the project requirements and companies ESG norms.

Managing and Monitoring all Ongoing Projects :

Responsible to ensure that the work is as per the international standards, best practices and in accordance with the project intent

Project is successfully certified by Uptime Institute (UTI) as TCDD (Tier Certification for Design Document), TCCF (Tier Certification for construction Facilities) & TCOS Gold (Tier Certification of Operational Sustainability).

Overseeing the logistical requirements of a primary project

Ensuring contractual obligations are fulfilled

Walk the Talk :

Time to time visit other under-construction sites, if required

Regularly review timings, budget, labour, risk and project plans to ensure work stays on track

Dealing with contract disputes and mitigating the impact of any issues

Testing, Commissioning and Delivery :

Provide oversight to 5-level / 7-level IST for the primary site as well as other sites

Collaborate with customer in site audit against contracted specifications and requirements before delivery

Rectify any shortcomings / snags as identified by customer / testing and commissioning agency / Operations team.

Obtain customer's acceptance certificates with the contracted Early access / Ready for Service Dates.

Handover site to the Operations team.

Reporting :

Reporting to clients and CXOs on project progress

Supplying financial records including capex spends, budget positions, Goods / service received notes for capitalization etc.

Reporting all site safety metrics and incidents as per Indian Safety standards and OSHA framework to CXO's on weekly, fortnightly and monthly basis.

Reporting any breaches of the contract terms by contractors per suppliers.

Environmental Health and Safety :

Work closely with Director of Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) as well onsite safety managers and jointly own all EHS requirements and compliances for the under-construction projects including civil and MEP fit outs.

Periodic visits to workers dorms / labour camps to oversee the health, hygiene and safety at the camps.

Customer Interface :

Extend all required help in filling up of RFP responses, technical compliances, pre-bid queries, post bid clarifications, contractual negotiations.

Manage customer site visits during pre-contract site evaluation visits and post contract construction, testing and commissioning phases

Meeting regularly with clients, third parties and managers to report on progress

Provide all required data for reviews with customer, CXOs for project's progress

Responsible for CSAT metrics and targets of customer site selection teams.

Supplier, Partner and Contractor Ecosystem :

Collaborate with SCM team in closing various SCM team requirements and see that Supplier, partner and contractors are aligned to company's COBC and EHS framework

Qualification of potential suppliers and contractor including due diligence on their technical expertise and past delivery and services track record

Hold the ecosystem responsible for delivering as per the contractual technical, SOW, timelines and COBC requirements

People Management :

Manage a team of project managers / construction managers and GC to deliver the stated objectives and projects within stipulated time and budget.

Delegating work to colleagues and their teams

Set SMART goals, KRA's and targets as well as roles and responsibilities for all the staff members in the project management and delivery teams.

Ethics and Integrity :

Demonstrate highest level of Integrity in dealing with contractors, government officials and consultants

Report any instances of violation in company's code of business conduct to CXO and HR

General :

Recommending policy and procedure improvements

Create the strategy for supporting and / or implementing large and / or complex multi-functional projects.

Introduce concept of Build to Suite designs, identify unique design features required by hyper-scalers to build differentiated designs. Bring learning from customer discussions back to design.

Site Assessment is to assess the current situation of an existing facilities in terms of space, power & cooling and provide a gap analysis report and solutions in order to upgrade the facility as per the client requirement.