Junior Project Manager, Na

About Vantage Data Centers

Vantage is committed to being a workplace of inclusion, equity, respect and acceptance. We celebrate diversity and intentionally seek out opportunities to learn from one another’s experience.

Vantage Data Centers powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world’s well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises. Developing and operating across North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific, Vantage has evolved data center design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands.

Construction Department

The Construction team is responsible for the entire process flow of delivering the physical data centers from shovel ready state through commissioning, working with Sales, Operations, and management along the way. Construction implements and executes upon the work product developed by the Development & Engineering (D&E) team. The team also manages Vantage’s build partners to success through technical feedback and review, and actively participating in review of schedule and budget. Many times, a role like this at other companies is purely oversight. One thing that distinguishes Vantage is that our construction teams are given the responsibility and authority to directly drive the process. When compared to external resources, our internal team can ensure the key stakeholders are engaged in the decision-making process to align long-term operational sustainability with value engineering and cost metrics to deliver products aligned with corporate goals. This approach empowers each member of the team to drive high
- impact decisions and even more impactful results.

Position Description

Vantage is looking for a junior project manager, team player, result oriented, and motivated to learn and help project managers on a wide spectrum of ongoing construction projects. The Junior Project Manager primary responsibilities include meeting with internal and external stakeholders to review plans, coordinating with different teams and departments regarding timelines, budget, EHS, and scope of work. The junior engineer will get involved in project inputs/output and plan to meet the projects milestones. Collaborate with the construction team to ensure proper risk management and employing an effective mitigation strategy the SPM is a unifier who can rally the various stakeholders. Collaborate to the reporting of Daily tasks include submittal approval management, RFI processing, change order management, meeting coordination, punch-list management, administration of project observation reports, participation in commissioning, and transition of close-out documentation to operations. Regular collaboration and coordination are required with internal resources and design-build contractors.

Essential Job Functions
- Knowledge of project management methodologies and tools
- Excellent organization and presentation skills
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Ability to influence and foster an environment of shared accountability
- Ability to collaborate with people, processes, and systems
- Ability to be flexible and highly adaptive in a fast-paced environment
- Ensure project compliance with Vantage and clients document controls and file specifications
- Supervision (trainee)
- Fill and follow action items list and drive each item to closure
- Administer project closeout specifications and associated turnover documentation

Duties
- Prepare agenda and documents for weekly DEC meetings and drive action items to closure
- Support construction team, superintendent, and construction managers in implementation of project specifications
- Translate job requirements to execution in the field
- Prioritize input required from internal stakeholders and drive to meet scheduled timelines
- Daily communications with General contractor
- Daily site walks to assess progression and design compliance
- Paid particular attention to health and safety on construction site and intervene when needed
- Facilitate page-turn reviews and capture comments with action items for internal team
- Collaborate with PM and SPM to Manage design team/contractors throughout each project
- Work closely with Operations to coordinate work with MOP log and track required approvals
- Awareness of the importance of mission-critical facility operation
- Project Commissioning Support
- Additional duties as assigned from time to time by Management.

Job Requirements
- Bachelor of Science in Construction Management, or similar field, or equivalent experience
- 1 to 3 years in project coordination or equivalent experience.
- Data Center experience is an asset
- Experience in CSA (civil, structural, architectural) and MEP (mechanical, electrical, plumbing) construction management is a strong preference
- Expected travel is less than 5%, but may grow and evolve over time
- Bilingual (French/Eng