Construction Manager, AWS

Amazon • Austin, TX

1d • Onsite

About The Position

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure, responsible for keeping the cloud running. This includes supporting all AWS data centers and the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure customers have continual access to innovation. The team works on the most challenging problems with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain. The role involves joining a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. Collaboration across AWS is key to delivering the highest standards for safety and security, providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for customers, all within an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas. Specifically, the Data Center Construction Manager will be responsible for construction project management and oversight of construction related activities for new builds or general capital projects, encompassing ownership of the project scope, quality, schedule, and budget.

Requirements

• Experience in construction management of large, complex projects involving large-scale mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) plants
• Experience defining data center system-level architecture, documenting performance and equipment requirements, creating and communicating conceptual designs, and creating and maintaining project documentation
• Experience in project management in data centers or comparable critical infrastructure
• Experience carrying new design concepts through exploration, development, and into deployment or mass production
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Construction Management or an equivalent engineering science
• 5+ years of related construction management experience or 9+ Years of experience in lieu of a degree

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of building codes and regulations including Life Safety, BOCA, NFPA, NEC, or OSHA
• Knowledge of electrical engineering principles including switchgear, UPS, transformers, and circuit breakers
• Experience in construction or project management
• Experience managing and negotiating contracts and vendor relationships
• Experience reading and interpreting construction specifications and drawings for all domains
• Experience with large scale technical operations or large-scale compute farms
• Experience in controls and commissioning of large scale projects
• Experience with power management and power monitoring systems
• Certifications such as Professional Engineer (PE), LEED, and/or Certified Construction Manager (CCM)

Responsibilities

• Construction project management and oversight of construction related activities as they relate to new builds or general capital projects which includes the ownership of the project scope, quality, schedule, and budget.
• Direct interface with construction general contractors during the bidding, award, execution, and project closeout/punch list phases.
• Conduct negotiations with general contractors and evaluate bids/proposals with detail and accuracy.
• Create construction project scope and request for proposals.
• Financial analysis of construction.
• Construction project management for specific initiatives aimed at increasing the resiliency of our data centers.
• Constructability reviews of electrical and mechanical designs associated with the construction of new data centers or optimization of existing data centers.
• Construction document management including submittal review, RFI’s, change orders, and invoicing.
• Construction project quality control.
• Record and report key construction metrics to team members and management.
• Drive teams to perform troubleshooting and root-cause failure analysis associated with equipment failures.
• Be a leader within the group as well as within internal and external teams that support the data center.
• Able to read and interpret construction specifications and drawings for all disciplines.
• Define data center system-level architecture, specify/document performance and equipment requirements, create/communicate conceptual designs, and create/maintain project documentation.

Benefits

• Sign-on payments
• Restricted stock units (RSUs)
• 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

What This Job Offers

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