Manager​/Senior Manager – Construction Services | Data Centers

Full Time

Job Description

Welcome to GEP

Who We Are

GEP, with over 30 offices internationally, is the fastest growing procurement and supply chain solutions firm – consulting, software and managed services. GEP has succeeded by being smart and creative; solving complex problems and finding opportunities for the world’s largest organizations.

How You Grow at GEP

We recognize people who make a genuine difference, workhard and drive achievements. Results are noticed and rewarded. It’s how youwill grow a career at GEP, and in a much shorter time frame than at other firms.

Celebrating Everyone

GEP succeeds through the ideas and creativity of our team members so we embrace people of all experiences, nationalities, abilities,cultures, races, gender identities, sexual orientations and ages. What makesyou unique and different is celebrated and will help GEP stand out even more.

And we are a women-founded and
-owned company so our foundation is making GEP agreat place to work for women, a place where women can learn, advance and giveback.

Are You One of Us

GEP is looking for a Manager /Senior Manager – Construction Services with a strong Technical and Commercial background to support complex capital and construction programs for a key client.

This role sits at the intersection of engineering, construction procurement and consulting. We are looking for someone who can connect engineering requirements with sourcing and commercial strategy, with a command of reviewing technical drawings and specifications, developing sourcing packages, running competitive bids,evaluating contractors and equipment suppliers, and driving commercial outcomes through an effective procurement strategy. In addition, this rolehas an expectation to think strategically about large sourcing programs for capital expansion business plans.

Experience supporting datacenter or mission-critical construction is highly preferred, althoughprofessionals from complex capital projects, industrial or large-scale infrastructure environments may also be relevant.

What You’ll Do

• Lead procurement and sourcing activities across construction services, MEP packages, equipment and capital projects.
• Identify estimated volumes, timelines, and logisticalbottlenecks with engineering, QA, production and testing.
• Review and interpret engineering drawings, scopesof work, specifications and other technical documentation to understand project and sourcing requirements.
• Translate engineering and construction requirements into RFP packages, sourcing strategies, bid structures and supplier evaluation frameworks and developing a long-term strategic plan forfuture sourcing activities.
• Manage end-to-end RFI/RFP processes, including contractor/supplier identification, bid evaluation, commercial analysis,negotiations and award recommendations.
• Conduct both technical and commercial evaluation of supplier and contractor proposals, partnering closely with engineering,construction and project stakeholders.
• Challenge specifications and supplier proposals where appropriate and identify opportunities for value engineering, cost optimization and commercial improvement.
• Lead contractor and supplier negotiations across pricing, scope, commercial terms, change orders and project requirements.
• Assess supplier capability, commercialcompetitiveness, delivery risks and project dependencies.
• Advise client stakeholders on sourcing strategy,supplier recommendations, risks and commercial decisions.
• Bring a consulting mindset to client engagements,structuring ambiguous problems, developing recommendations and communicating effectively with technical and business stakeholders.
• Partner with engineering, construction, project management and procurement teams to drive projects from technicalrequirement through commercial…