Commissioning Engineer, Amazon Commissioning

Amazon • Herndon, VA

1d • $96,600 - $160,000 • Onsite

About The Position

As a Data Center Commissioning Engineer (CxE), you will be part of a highly creative, efficient team tasked with tackling fascinating and challenging problems building and supporting the operations of Amazon owned data centers. The Amazon Commissioning team (ACx) understands, evaluates, defines, and manages the expectations of construction quality in accordance with engineering designs to meet customer requirements. The CxE is responsible for supporting vendors, contractors, and other teams involved in the construction and commissioning of various systems such as: Medium and low voltage power systems, Generators, UPS, HVAC (Air Handlers / Exhaust Fans / VFD), Chilled Water Systems, Building Management systems (BMS), Electrical Power Monitoring Systems (EPMS), Testing and balancing, Pumps and Hydronic systems.

Requirements

• 3+ years of engineering, installation, or startup/commissioning of electrical and mechanical systems experience
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field
• NETA or ASHRAE certification or commissioning specific education courses
• Knowledge of critical data center mechanical and electrical equipment
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office including Outlook, Word, and Excel
• Experience with the design, construction, operation, or maintenance of mission critical facilities, especially data centers

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of building codes and regulations for your region
• Knowledge of commercial or industrial power systems or mechanical systems
• Experience carrying design concepts through exploration, development, and into deployment or mass production
• Experience using a variety of web-based and other software tools for calculation and data processing

Responsibilities

• Provide testing and validation oversight of AWS data center electrical and mechanical infrastructure.
• Review of design documents and equipment submittals.
• Lead Factory Witness Testing (FWT).
• Manage third-party commissioning vendors in the performance of onsite pre-functional, functional, and integrated systems testing.
• Deep Dive to resolve technical issues and had Bias for Action to address schedule impacts and coordination demands onsite.
• Share lessons learned leading towards team growth and program improvements.
• Provide multi-discipline input into the scheduling, test script development, designing, and planning of projects.
• Continuously audit Cx vendors’ activities to ensure compliance with environmental, quality, and safety requirements.
• Responsible for regular reporting of commissioning progress and metrics of assigned project to your Regional Commissioning Manager.
• Lead several projects simultaneously to achieve key milestones and deliver data center capacity, while managing the project budget as approved by Finance.
• Coordinate site activities, prioritize tasks, and ensure each issue has clear path to resolution.
• Manage the project commissioning vendor whose primary scope is to execute functional tests, identify issues, determine criticality, propose solutions, and document their findings.
• Escalate to the appropriate stakeholders if project turnover is at risk.
• Communicate lessons learned to help peers on similar projects in flight.
• Participate in initiatives that drive improvement to the commissioning program.

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave
• sign-on payments
• restricted stock units (RSUs)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level