RegionalConstruction Quality Manager (Lease Projects)
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Location: Redmond, WA 98052
Description:
Microsoft's Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I) organization is the engine that powers our cloud services. Our data center construction team is dedicated to delivering the highest quality data centers for our cloud services. As we continue to revolutionize the way construction projects are planned, managed, and executed, we are seeking to fill the role of Regional Construction Quality Manager (Lease Projects) to join our diverse and inclusive team. This role will play a crucial part in ensuring the high standard and reliability of our product.
This role is responsible for implementation of the construction quality program across Microsoft sites. They will utilize industry best practices and lessons learned to implement a quality management program to ensure site teams adhere to project parameters and meet the highest standards of performance, functionality, and safety.
You will collaborate with our construction, procurement, and engineering teams to ensure that our quality tools and processes fit the needs of the business and are continuously improved to deliver best in class performance on our Data Center Lease projects.
You will report directly to the Global Construction Quality Director and works across the regions to ensure consistency and continuous improvement in the QAQC (Quality Assurance and Quality Control) program.
Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
Responsibilities:
Accountability:
Qualifications:
Required/Minimum Qualifications:
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role.These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until M arch 1, 2025.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form .
Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
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This role is responsible for implementation of the construction quality program across Microsoft sites. They will utilize industry best practices and lessons learned to implement a quality management program to ensure site teams adhere to project parameters and meet the highest standards of performance, functionality, and safety.
You will collaborate with our construction, procurement, and engineering teams to ensure that our quality tools and processes fit the needs of the business and are continuously improved to deliver best in class performance on our Data Center Lease projects.
You will report directly to the Global Construction Quality Director and works across the regions to ensure consistency and continuous improvement in the QAQC (Quality Assurance and Quality Control) program.
Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
Responsibilities:
Accountability:
- Responsible for Leadership of Safety, Quality Programs (including Quality Assurance and Quality Control -QA/QC Management Programs) and predictable delivery to meet the business need date and cost expectations.
- Responsible for leading quality project delivery across multiple Regions, campuses and oversight of project teams on those projects.
- Promote collaboration with all partners and stakeholders in support of the construction project delivery at the expectations of Quality Assurance and Quality Control, with indicators to show performance within KPI expectations.
- Provide oversight of the Regional and Sub-Regional Quality Managers within the AMERs East Portfolio and overall team to ensure that the projects are delivered to Quality Expectations.
- Responsible for Leadership across multiple regions and campuses for Safety, Quality and predictable delivery to meet the business need date.
- Create and maintain best practices to identify and incorporate high quality delivery solutions.
- Hold General Contractors and vendor quality performance at the highest levels of Quality per the Contract.
- Drive deployment of Quality Programs and solutions that can be socialized across projects.
- Facilitate decision-making to drive timely solutions, schedules, and manage change as required.
Apply influence, strategies, and negotiation skills to identify options and recommend solutions to meet project delivery quality expectations.
- Provide clarity in communications for the Quality Assurance and Quality Control Program.
- Regularly reviews cost and Key Performance Indicators (KPI) metrics, invoices, process/policy communications to client partners.
- Coordinate meetings and activities of quality performance and integration of lessons learned.
- Report Regional Quality Performance to established indicators.
- Manage Regional compliance with quality requirements per the contracts.
Qualifications:
Required/Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's D egree in Construction Project Management , Architecture, Engineering, or related field AND 10 + years related experience
- OR equivalent experience
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role.These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:
- Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
- Bachelor's D egree in Construction Project Management , Architecture, Engineering, or related field
- AND 12 + years related experience
- Proficient in using data analytics and internal reporting tools, such as PowerBI, Compass Cx and other statistical inference tools.Analytical mindset: Analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret complex data and identify trends.
- Detail-oriented: Meticulous attention to specification and governing standards detail and installation compliance with a commitment to delivering high-quality results. This includes auditing contractor certifications.
- Technical mastery of continuous/process improvement methodologies such as DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control), Lean, DFSS/process design, process management and change management.
- Certifications in quality control and testing are preferred. CQM certificate from US (UNITED STATES) Army Corp of Engineers, OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) 30,
- Knowledge of the Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), 8D or other structured problem-solving methodology
- Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ) analysis and Incident Support Operations (ISO) 9000 experience. Altered Structured Query (ASQ) certification, Construction Quality Management (CQM), Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) or Certified Quality Auditor (CQA)
- Experience managing a structured quality system.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until M arch 1, 2025.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form .
Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
#COICareers | #EPCCareers | #DCDCareers