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Metro Construction Director

Microsoft· Construction Project Management
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Malaysia, Johor, Johor BahruFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

The Metro Construction Director leads safe, predictable, and integrated delivery of large-scale data center construction programs across a metro, country, campus, or subregional portfolio, with accountability for safety, security, quality, schedule, cost, risk, capacity delivery, and delivery predictability. Responsible for on-site leadership of Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Project Controls, Cost, Commissioning, and Turnover, coordinating with vendors, general contractors, and internal stakeholders to meet delivery milestones and operational-readiness requirements.

Responsibilities

  • Lead delivery of multiple large-scale, campus-based, new-build data center projects across the assigned metro or country portfolio.
  • Provide unified leadership across site-based Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Project Controls, Cost, Commissioning, and Turnover functions.
  • Own execution against scope, schedule, budget, quality, capacity-delivery commitments, SLAs, and project-delivery objectives.
  • Set goals for project teams, delegate responsibilities, and assess performance against KPIs.
  • Ensure on-schedule delivery through reporting of scope, schedule, cost, resources, risks, milestones, and delivery commitments.
  • Provide visible field leadership through site walks and review of safety, security, quality, progress, logistics, risk, and vendor performance.
  • Coordinate effectively between construction, engineering, procurement, project controls, commissioning, operations readiness, and Turnover to Operations.
  • Escalate issues to leadership when milestones or outcomes are at risk.
  • Champion EHS, security, quality, and wellbeing culture across construction sites.
  • Hold contractors and vendors accountable for compliance with standards, policies, NDAs, contract requirements, audits, and regulatory obligations.
  • Establish and track risk-mitigation goals with metrics and dashboards.
  • Analyze performance data to guide actions, vendor corrections, and staff development.
  • Ensure quality standards are embedded in all phases and ensure lessons learned are applied for future projects.
  • Oversee integration of design, procurement, commissioning, testing, readiness, and Turnover into delivery strategy.
  • Communicate milestones and forecasts accurately, including testing and Turnover readiness.
  • Drive adoption of delivery standards and lessons learned across projects.
  • Maintain fiscal responsibility for budgets and cash flows.
  • Oversee project controls, change orders, invoices, and reporting.
  • Manage vendor and resource planning, procurement, and delivery readiness.
  • Coordinate stakeholder engagement, communication, and change management.
  • Lead and coach construction teams and foster a collaborative culture.
  • Promote continuous improvement and integration of lessons learned into planning and execution.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Construction Project Management, Architecture, Engineering, or related field AND 20+ years related experience OR equivalent experience.
  • Additional or preferred qualifications: Bachelor's Degree in Construction Project Management, Architecture, Engineering, or related field AND 15+ years related experience OR equivalent experience.
  • 15+ years experience working on data center projects.
  • 10+ years project management experience.
  • 10+ years people management experience.

Skills

Required:Leadership and team managementProject controls and budgetingSafety, Security, Quality, Compliance & Risk managementVendor, contract & procurement management

Benefits

  • Not specified in the description.
Last updated Sep 10, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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