Groom & Associés / Associates
JOB TITLE: Technical Project Director – AI Data Centre
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 oversee the 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).