Sustainability Senior Manager - Heat Export

Sustainability Program Manager

Global Design & Construction's dedicated sustainability team is accountable for the development and roll out of a suite of sustainability initiatives within our design and construction projects, focusing on delivering best in class facilities where sustainability is critically considered from project inception through to operation. All of our facilities, once operational, provide the opportunity to export substantial amounts of sustainably-generated low-grade heat to third party consumers.

This is a fantastic opportunity to make an impact in a high profile area of data center sustainability with the market-leading Equinix Heat Export Programme.

The Programme has yielded several project opportunities which now requires resource to help convert these opportunities into live projects and scale the Programme.

Responsibilities include:

• Accelerating and scaling heat export from our facilities across our global portfolio of data centers
• Establishing and managing relationships with internal stakeholders
• Establishing and managing external relationships with third party potential partners
• Representing Equinix to end users of heat and publicly making the case for the colocation of data centre heat export with residential/commercial/industrial heat users
• Pro-actively initiating opportunities for heat export across our global markets
• Supporting regional project teams in the execution of heat export projects
• Maintaining and executing against the company's global strategic sustainability goals
• Acting as a subject matter expert for Global Design & Construction heat export queries
• Managing the sourcing and purchasing process for our consultant base
• Working with internal teams and external sustainability consultant(s) to ensure full participation in key program elements
• Ability to travel frequently internationally and domestically

Program and Portfolio Management includes:

• Executing and overseeing multiple simultaneous projects
• Creating, controlling and enhancing reporting activities
• Proactively setting up and facilitating program and project meetings
• Tracking project financials

Stakeholder Management and Communication includes:

• Building relationships with company key stakeholders and business liaisons
• Regularly presenting to E-staff and other internal/external groups
• Communicating minor project/program scope, schedule, resource, and budget changes
• Creating reporting mechanism and maintaining a reporting cadence

Project Methodologies and Tools includes:

• Communicating Global Design & Construction Sustainability Charter framework and progress
• Developing and maintaining communication plans
• Developing and maintaining execution templates

Qualifications include:

• Proven years of experience working in design and ideally construction with renewable energy/cleantech, district heating/cooling utility
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required. Master's degree preferred in an engineering discipline
• Knowledgeable with financial modeling and analysis of utility contracts
• Supplier / Utility / Energy Consultancy experience
• Excellent negotiation skills
• Written and spoken fluency in English, additional languages preferred
• MS Office confident
• Ability to translate complex sustainability topics to a broad range of audiences
• Provide excellent analytical skills identifying all options available and defining best possible solutions
• Experience with stakeholder management
• Able to design dashboards, roadmaps & presentations
• Willingness to travel internationally
• Experience of having worked independently across a diverse set of stakeholders in multiple time zones
• Awareness of existing or pending sustainability legislation relevant to data centers, real estate and technology companies
• Awareness of voluntary sustainability programs specific to energy, environment and emissions

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