Overview
Microsoft Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I) is the team behind the cloud. CO+I is responsible for delivering over 200 Microsoft web portals, Live and Online Services around the world including infrastructure, security and compliance, operations, globalization, and manageability. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide. We are looking for a passionate individual to help build the network that powers the world’s largest online services.
Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.
Responsibilities:
The Construction Project Coordinator supports the planning, execution, and closeout of construction projects by ensuring timely coordination, documentation control, and stakeholder communication. The role assists construction managers, commissioning teams, and engineering teams by facilitating workflows, tracking deliverables, and maintaining compliance with corporate, safety, and regulatory standards.
Project Coordination & Execution
- Support construction activities from project initiation through closeout, ensuring all tasks, schedules, and action items are tracked and executed on time.
- Coordinate meetings, vendor activities, engineering site visits, and internal crossfunctional discussions to maintain project progress.
- Assist in preparing project approval tools, requests for proposals, and scope-of-work documentation to support on-time delivery.
- Participate in weekly meetings for construction projects across the Metro
Documentation & Repository Management
- Oversee project repositories (SharePoint or equivalent), ensuring clear organization, retrieval, and version control of documentation across all phases.
- Maintain, track and archive all required project documentaion, including drawings, logs, compliance documents, engineering reports and turnover packages
Safety, Compliance and Risk Management
- Actively participate in project site safety, including daily site reviews for EHS observations, and assist with coordination of EHS related documentation.
- Track project constraints and risks; escalate delays or issues and initiate acceleration programs when critical path tasks are compromised.
Budget, Reporting & Controls
- Assist in monitoring vendor performance and ensuring contract compliance, including coordinating documentation required for commissioning managers and contractors.
- Provide accurate project progress data, KPI metrics, and schedule updates to support cost management and reporting.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Construction Project Management, Architecture, Engineering, or related field AND 5+ years related experience OR equivalent experience.
- Minimum 3 years experience working on large scale, complex ICI construction projects
- Minimum 3 years of local, in region project experience
- Experience with the substantial completion and closeout of at least 1 large scale complex construction project.
Other Requirements
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:
- Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter
Prefered Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Construction Project Management, Architecture, Engineering, or related field AND 8+ years related experience OR equivalent experience.
- 7+ years experience working on data center projects.
