Commissioning Engineer, Commissioning Engineering

Amazon • Herndon, VA

1d • $116,800 - $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 to engineering designs to meet the 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

• 5+ years of engineering, installation, or startup/commissioning of electrical and mechanical systems experience
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, or 5+ years of relevant discipline work experience
• Knowledge of mechanical, electrical, and controls systems for critical infrastructures
• Experience reviewing and understanding engineering design documents for electronic, mechanical and electro-mechanical parts and assembly drawings of products
• Experience reading, interpreting, and creating construction drawings, specifications, and submittal documents

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook)
• Experience that includes strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities, or experience using strong customer service, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Experience understanding electrical and mechanical systems involved in critical data center operations including systems such as feeders, transformers, generators, switch gear, UPS systems, ATS units, PDU units, chillers, pumps, or air handling units
• Experience reading and interpreting construction drawings and specifications, or experience reading and writing procedures, technical documents, and engineering drawings
• Experience developing and executing test procedures for mechanical or electrical systems/components based on design intent and approved equipment submittals

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 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 and 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: Senior