Director of Pre-construction

2 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Digital Realty Full time

**Your role**

As the Director of Pre-Construction, you will play a critical role in the planning and preparation phase of construction projects. You will be responsible for coordinating and overseeing all pre-construction activities, including project analysis, budgeting, scheduling, and resource allocation. Your expertise and attention to detail will ensure the successful execution of construction projects by setting the groundwork for a smooth transition from planning to execution.

The role reports into the Director of Construction, EMEA and will manage a small team (i.e. 2-3 people). The Pre-Construction Team is responsible for day-to-day Pre-Construction activities of the assigned new data centres projects. The main aim of the team is to manage the new data centre project from conception to hand over to the Construction Management team making sure we follow global standards on process, procurement, reporting and design as much as is possible so that we deliver the right product for the defined intended customer mix at the right time whilst optimising the cost of our new data centres.

**What you’ll need**

**10-15 years’ experience working construction project management, preferably in data centres.**

**Strong background in Project Management methodologies**

**Experience in managing a multi country project structure**

**Experience in 3+ Experience in Continuous Process Improvement and defining and managing associated metrics and KPIs**

**Good understanding of the role of Pre-Construction**

**Reasonable understanding of Contract Models**

**Experience of working in a European multi-cultural environment**

**A bit about us**

Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL®, the company's global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300+ facilities in 50+ metros across 25+ countries on six continents.

**A bit about our team**

The Pre-Construction Team has a vital role responsible for the definition, and execution of pre-construction projects in EMEA (Gates AG1 - G2), within the approved processes and governance of the business, co-ordinating and communicating with all key stakeholders, to ensure the successful delivery within approved cost, programme and technical design constraints.

To a large extent the purpose of the Pre-Construction Team is leading a cross country and cross functional team and by adopting global standards in order to make use of the long track record within the global organisation and provide consistency to our global customers. This role will require extensive stakeholder management across many senior roles within the organisation including but not limited to Sales, Portfolio Management Group, Country MD’s and Operations, Legal, Engineering and Design & Construction. This role should also establish alignment among other Directors within DE&C. This should lead to consistent, efficient, predictable, timely and high-quality execution of our construction projects

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