Senior Commercial Manager

Equinix Global Design And Construction Team

This position sits within the Equinix Global Design and Construction team who deliver over 70 projects globally per year (in excess $4Bn annual capex).

The primary focus of the role is commercial management oversight across Equinix's portfolio major expansion construction projects throughout AMER.

The position works closely with other internal project teams. Including Design, Construction, Procurement (including Major Capital Equipment (MCE) Purchasing), Finance, PMO, Legal and Corporate Development.

The role is expected to provide proactive strategic and day-to-day leadership specifically focused to drive down construction costs, provide assurance against internal financial controls and reporting processes and help manage all major contract risks.

Responsibilities

Pre-Contract

• Procurement of third-party consultants including Design, Commercial and Pre-Construction Services
• Development of detailed Request for Proposals (RFP) and service deliverables for the commercial management services
• Day to day management of third-party commercial consultants to ensure deliverables are met in a timely manner and to a high standard
• Development of General Contractor and supplier procurement strategies in conjunction with the Construction Management (CM) team
• Working with Legal and Procurement Centre of Excellence (COE) to prepare General Contractor Contracts including negotiation of Contract terms
• Collation and presentation of market insights for the construction industry in the relevant country including market activity, comparative builds, construction cost indices, key suppliers and benchmarking information
• Preparation of budgets for all design stages including feasibility estimation, detailed cost modelling, benchmarking analysis and presentation of this to senior management throughout funding approval stages
• Advice on the most economical design and construction delivery strategy including budget comparisons
• Identification of market and region-specific commercial risks and development of practical mitigation strategies
• Ensuring that all cost data is prepared and presented in the Equinix WBS throughout the Project lifecycle
• Input and action of Value Engineering (VE) exercises at all stages of design. The output must include clear cost evaluation to support decision making
• Prepare annual and quarterly cashflow forecasts for active and pipeline projects
• Prepare and oversee monthly reports for budget, cashflow, risk and change management

Post Contract

Qualifications