Preconstruction Manager, Korea

Your role 

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 tendering, 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.

What you’ll do 

Safety 

• Ensure safety in design processes are implemented with consultants and wider supply chain partners and operations team

• Identify residual safety in design risks and recommended mitigation measures into GC and LLE procurement

• Ensure DfMA design and delivery strategies are critically assessed and implemented where suitable

Project Analysis: 

• Conduct thorough analysis of project requirements, including architectural plans, engineering specifications, and client expectations.
• Collaborate with the project team to identify potential challenges, risks, and opportunities during the pre-construction phase.
• Evaluate feasibility and constructability of proposed designs, providing input to optimize construction processes.

Budgeting and Cost Estimation: 

• Develop accurate and comprehensive cost estimates for materials, resource, equipment, and other resources required for the project.
• Collaborate with the supply chain and suppliers to obtain competitive pricing and ensure cost-effectiveness.
• Continuously monitor and update project budgets to reflect changes throughout the pre-construction phase.

Scheduling and Planning: 

• Create and manage project schedules, ensuring all activities are properly sequenced and
• Identify critical path activities and potential schedule risks, proposing mitigation strategies as
• Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to align project timelines and ensure timly delivery of required inputs.

Permitting and Regulatory Compliance: 

• Work closely with consultants' regulatory authorities to obtain necessary permits and approvals for the construction project.
• Ensure compliance with building codes, safety regulations, and other relevant legal
• requirements.
• Collaborate with architects, engineers, and consultants to address any design modifications required to meet regulatory standards.

Procurement: 

• Develop the project delivery procurement strategy
• Collaborate with procurement teams to source and secure necessary resources within project budget and timelines.
• Maintain accurate records of resource allocation, tracking utilization and costs throughout the pre-construction phase.

Team Collaboration and Communication: 

• Serve as a liaison between the pre-construction team and other project stakeholders, such as PMG, Sales, Design, Procurement as well as architects, engineers, clients, vendors and subcontractors.

• Foster effective communication and collaboration among team members to ensure alignment on project objectives, timelines, and deliverables.

• Provide guidance, support, and mentorship to junior team members, fostering their professional development.

Additional Duties

• Take best practice and implement a set of criteria for Change Request approval and oversee adherence and reporting.
• Support the preparation and distribution of RFP’s to GC, suppliers and specialist consultants.
• Assist with applying a standardized approach to designs as much as possible to enable Digital Realty to reduce costs, improve time-to-market, leverage buying volume and reduce operational cost.
• Develop the DFSMA strategy for DE&C
• Manage a governance, communication and reporting structure involving senior stakeholders as well as individual country stakeholders to maintain constant synchronization in order to help efficient and effective project execution.

• Coordinate and maintain design & construction standards, in line with business demands,

  practices and standard to ensure the most cost effective and technically innovative facilities.

• Participate lessons learned exercises ensuring they are shared and implemented across the

  region in compliance with gating governance Series 6.

• Manage multiple projects simultaneously as required and prioritise the demands of these

  projects.

• Manage and monitor project budgets, providing regular cost reporting and forecasting against approved project budgets.

  Monitor and support the creation of initial ROM budgets (Gate 1-1) through to presentation of a BTT 1-5 at Gate G1 to the establishment of BTT2-3 and 2-6 to support a Gate G2 approval.

• Ensure a full pre-construction project quality assurance process is introduced and maintained establishing quality standards through benchmarking, sampling and regular inspections.
• Coordinate and liaise with potential and existing customers where applicable and manage both their needs and expectations.
• Provide timely and accurate project reporting to sector leads (Design, Construction & Procurement)
• Develop procurement strategies for each project in conjunction with Construction Operations Team.
• Co-ordinate the development and approval of the Project Execution Plan for the project(s)
• Develop and maintain detailed risk and opportunity management procedures and exercises
• Assist in negotiating contracts with consultants and General Contractors as necessary.
• Responsible for delivery and handover of Project(s) to Construction Management in accordance with Series 2 of the Gating Governance
• Support partner performance reviews setting KPI’s and cadence for reviews
• Develop performance KPI’s across the DE&C portfolio

What you’ll need

• 10 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
• Experience in data centres or a similar mission critical environment is considered a significant advantage though not essential this will be a key consideration should multiple candidates be assessed for suitability.
• Good understanding of the role of Pre-Construction
• Reasonable understanding of Contract Models
• Experience of working in a multi-cultural environment
• Proven experience in pre-construction or construction project management.
• Strong knowledge of construction processes, techniques, and best practices.
• Proficient in project management software and tools for scheduling, budgeting, and cost estimation.
• Ability to communicate effectively in both Korean and English (spoken and written) is required for the this role.

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.

To learn more about Digital Realty, please visit digitalrealty.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

What we can offer you

Our rapidly evolving business sector offers the opportunity to be part of a courageous and passionate team who work together to understand and meet the changing needs of our global customers.

Join us and you’ll be part of a supportive and inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. As part of our team, you’ll get to work with people from different business areas, challenge the way we do things and put your ideas into action. We’ll also give you plenty of development opportunities so you can build a rewarding and successful career with us.

Apply today, take charge of your career and grow your talents with us.

Health and Safety

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Our Compensation Philosophy

Digital Realty offers its employees a highly competitive compensation package, excellent benefits, and an environment that recognizes and rewards your contributions. Central to our compensation philosophy is rewarding our employees for achieving the values and objectives aligned to the company's overall goals and values.