Technical Project Director - AI data centre

Full Description

JOB TYPE: Permanent full-time

LOCATION: Montreal, QC

WORK MODEL: Hybrid

To apply please send your CV to carole.viger@groomassocies.com

We thank all candidates for showing interest in this role; however, only retained candidates will be contacted.

WHAT OUR CLIENT IS OFFERING:

Competitive salary

Bonus

Stock options

Group Insurance Benefits

POSTION SUMMARY:

The Technical Project Director overseethe planning, execution, and delivery of complex technical Data Center projects, ensuring alignment with business goals, managing cross-functional teams, and optimizing resources to meet deadlines and quality standards.

SUMMARY:

The ideal candidate will join the organization and grow with the organization while they scale their compute power infrastructure.

FIRST PHASE: Design phase

Manage and coordinate all technical discussions with the potential contractors and technical advisors.

Coordinate with the MD in charge of Corporate Development for business planning purpose and ahead of commercial and technical negotiations

Prepare a detailed CAPEX list

Propose a detailed technical timeline highlighting the critical path and the interdependencies

Review the design and suggest optimization to improve pricing, quality and control of the timeline

Establish a reasonable CAPEX disbursement schedule and discuss potential upside and downside scenarios in terms of timeline/delays

Forecast the lifecycle costs and heavy maintenance cycle of the infrastructure

Prepare and negotiate the commercial and technical terms with the contractors and technical advisors (price mechanism, inflation, payment schedule, responsibilities, testing phase, penalties, warranties, termination provisions)

Provide a technical risk matrix with mitigation plan

Coordinate with the insurance broker to define an appropriate insurance program and facilitate the placement of the insurance policies

List all permits, authorizations, technical compliance obligations to be met along their specific timeline and frequency

Propose a detailed plan for technical supervision, governance and quality control for the construction and installation phase

SECOND PHASE: Construction and installation phase, Testing phase and Operational phase

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Previous experience in the designing phase and in the construction/installation of infrastructure of at least 5 MW of compute capacity for datacenter or for mining (including power and cooling systems).