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Apto is a data centre company that designs, builds, and operates hyperscale data centres for our customers in high growth and emerging markets across Europe. Apto has been formed to develop and operate the European data centre assets of global investment manager, PIMCO, benefiting from access to scale, resources and land sourcing capabilities of one of the largest European real estate platforms. Guided by an esteemed leadership team with insights drawn from the world’s digital and data centre titans, Apto brings over a century of combined experience in designing, constructing and operating data centres at scale.

From Day 1, the leadership team has focused on the type of company we want to build. We measure success by how well we demonstrate our values every day. We nurture an unfaltering passion for excellence, guided by our customers’ needs and expectations. We obsessively take ownership, deliver on our promises, and create lasting positive impressions. We thrive on overcoming any hurdle to give our customers the best possible experience and outcomes. And, we have fun along the way.

Our access to capital and real estate is important but our most valuable asset is our team, and we are delighted now to be recruiting for a Construction Director.

The role

· Reporting to the Chief Development Officer, we are looking for an ambitious individual to deliver our construction projects across Europe.

· You will own the overall delivery responsibility for Apto Capital Projects including data centre projects and high voltage substations. This will include ownership of the project scope, EHS, quality, timeline and budget.

· You will manage general contractors, utility companies, joint venture partners, design consultants and equipment vendors to deliver efficient and high quality project turn-overs.

· You will assist with defining construction strategy in all metros including suitable delivery partners.

· You will assist the Commercial Team to develop construction scope of works and request for proposal in accordance with local legislation.

· You will assist with tender negotiations with general contractors and equipment vendors and evaluate bids with detail and accuracy.

· You will complete constructability reviews of civil, structural, architectural, electrical and mechanical designs associated with construction of new data centre facilities.

· You will have the ability to manage general contractor and equipment vendor construction contracts and customer lease agreements

including budgets, change orders, purchase order, invoicing and financial capital requests.

· You will hire and manage local construction teams per metro capable of delivering best in class data centre facilities.

· You will play an active part interfacing with our customers to deliver upon customer lease obligations.

Basic Qualifications

· Degree in construction management, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, civil engineering OR ten years equivalent experience.

· 15+ years relevant preconstruction or construction experience with industrial or commercial construction projects.

· Demonstrate ability to manage General Contractors and Vendors through full project life cycle.

· Demonstrated ability to lead €50m+ contracts including management of tenders, variations, final accounts, etc.

· Demonstrated ability to mitigate risks on large construction projects.

· Ability to deliver projects using Building Information Modelling (BIM) software.

Preferred Qualifications

· 10+ years of construction experience in the European data centre industry.

· Experience of working with large data centre providers across Europe.

· Experience creating and managing project schedules, quality plans and budgets.

· Experience with value engineering at preconstruction and construction stage.

· Experience hiring and developing site based roles across design, construction, EHS, cost control and commissioning.

· Proven track record in creating high quality consistent documentation for processes, standards and procedures.

· Experience managing construction teams on large industrial projects.

Location

Dublin. 40% travel across Europe.

Reporting

Roger Gough –CDO at Apto.

Apto is an equal opportunities employer.

Contact Apto today

If you are interested, please apply here on Breathe.