Commissioning Senior Manager

at  Equinix

WHO ARE WE?

Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company®, operating over 250 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.
Joining our operations team means that you will be at the forefront of all we do, maintaining critical facilities infrastructure as part of a close-knit team delivering best-in-class service to our data center customers. We embrace diversity in thought and contribution and are committed to providing an equitable work environment that is foundational to our core values as a company and is vital to our success.
Commissioning Senior Manager

Project Management

• Strong time management skills to be able to work on multiple projects at a time across different countries and time zones.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Communicates effectively with both business operations and construction managers.
• Have strong negotiating skills to listen and assess project issues between teams and provide guidance for project issue resolutions to keep the project moving forward.
• Responds to internal construction managers and external general contractors on guidance for the successful planning and execution of all commissioning activities.
• Manages Commissioning Consultants day-to-day activities to ensure compliance with scope and contract.
• Assist Commissioning Consultants with RFI’s related to projects in progress.
• Creates and implements multi-facility, standards-based commissioning plans and schedules that are handed off to others to fulfil.
• Provides input and suggestions on new and existing Critical Environment Programs with a mix of new builds, existing facility expansions and facility end of life projects.
• Responsible for regional, short- to medium-term pipeline management to inform resource planning.
• Responsible to the Directors of Construction, Commercial, Design, Commissioning in input into the project budget for all commissioning related activities.
• Develops the architecture of electrical and mechanical Functional Performance Test procedures and Factory Acceptance Test Procedures to be implemented by Cx Consultants.
• Maintains commissioning logs, equipment checklist, and other tools to track commissioning projects.
• Provides a pathway of field installed issues and technical resolutions back to the GOE global setting standards and design change process.

Issues customer-facing reports

• Interacts with and presents to key customers on progress against commissioning plans and achievement of Ready for Service (RFS) dates.
• Acts as point of contact for customer escalations throughout the commissioning process.

Process Management

• Follows all commissioning processes and escalates any potential improvements to senior management.
• Develops standardized schedules and commissioning scopes based on specific customer contract requirements.
• Works to help harmonize the commissioning approach between global regions and new acquisitions.
• Responsible for all internal and external progress reporting for all projects during the commissioning phase, in coordination with construction project manager.
• Reviews and corrects commissioning test procedures and reports for consistency of approach.
• Writes comprehensive reports that include recommendations for optimizing building operations, functional checklists, list of deficiencies, equipment operation and maintenance manuals.
• Responsible for collating historical data regarding specific equipment startup and testing challenges and reporting back to all Owner Furnished Contractor Installed (OFCI) equipment vendors.
• Provides input into data analytics/metrics reporting.

Vendor Management

• Undertakes regular business reviews with vendors to review performance and ways to improve interaction.
• Responsible for production of project-specific commissioning RFPs and responding to bid clarifications.
• Responsible for leveling and recommending commissioning consultant award.
• Leads and manages external resources.
• Schedules and directs periodic commissioning meetings.
• Determines vendor KPIs and conducts lessons learned.
• Manages field feedback of OFE vendors to drive the MCE procurement improvements.
• Interviews potential new vendors and their lead staff to determine acceptability.
• Assists the Commissioning Director and Consultancy Procurement teams in the development of framework commission consultants as CSA’s.