Construction Manager, GES Southwest Design & Construction

Amazon•Tempe, AZ

23h

About The Position

Amazon opened its virtual doors in 1995 and strives to be the world’s most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online. The North American Design and Construction team is looking for an experienced Construction Manager that will be a key part of the Operations team. This includes: responsibility for project managing new building planning, design, and construction. This will include the extension of existing facilities and any new sites. The Construction Manager will play an integral role in the development and implementation of the North American facility network infrastructure. This role will analyze and evaluate different facility scenarios and build-out designs. In addition, this candidate has to support the standardization of the technical and facility related processes and systems. This opportunity combines construction engineering, planning, project management, facilities management, and contract management. It requires a person who can show proven ability in the planning and design, and project management / control of new and the enhancement of existing facility buildings.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Architecture, Structural, Civil, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
5+ years of construction or project management experience
5+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experience
4+ years of multi-million dollar contract negotiation experience

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in Construction Management, Architecture, Structural, Civil, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
Experience communicating with customers, technical, regulatory, business teams, and management to collect requirements, describe product features, and technical designs
Experience in construction or project management
Experience in facilities management
5+ years of design, construction or program management in mission critical facilities experience

Responsibilities

Overseeing construction engineering, planning, and design for the North American facility network infrastructure and other new or expansion projects
Responsible for project support on new fulfillment network buildings and additional capacity requirements within existing North America Fulfillment Centers, Deliver Stations, or Sort Centers
Lead construction scope review and development with internal operational customers, and facilitate engineering and design efforts on new and remodel projects
Oversee and facilitate execution of expansion, tenant improvement (TI), and engineering deployment for new facilities within the fulfillment network
Provide technical direction in accordance to North American Customer Fulfillment (NACF) design parameters
Negotiate terms of contracts with General Contractors and trade contractors
Ensure that contracts are fit for purpose, cost effective and incorporate appropriate Service Level Agreements
Provide overall site management, coordination, planning, and coordination of subcontractors
Facilitate and team with other internal stakeholders regarding engineering buildouts, IT readiness, and turnover to operational groups
Partner with teams tasked with transition of base building management and oversight of all turnover documentation
Coach and guide all project teams (developers, design engineers, general contractors, sub-contractors, internal stakeholders) throughout the full project lifecycle
Ensure that contracted resources deliver work to meet duration and quality targets, addressing and ensuring the correction of under-performance issues
Audit contractors to check that the skills and competences of contract labor are appropriate to need and they are fit to undertake the work on which they will be deployed
Inform contractors of projected changes in resource or work demand so that they can take appropriate action
Learn and utilize the information systems necessary for effective scheduling and recording of contract work
Support contractors’ work and help them to achieve higher performance level
Oversee more than one project in various locations simultaneously
Review of designs for conformance to current building specifications
Comprehensive budget tracking, forecasting, and management of assigned expansion, remodel, and new build projects
Receipt, review, and analysis of all proposed cost and time change requests as presented by external project teams
Review and guide internally requested changes for validity, impact, and ensure timely and cost sensitive incorporation once approved
Lead and/or assist in negotiations with appropriate authority having jurisdiction (AHJ) entities as required
Positive, clear, concise, and transparent cross team communication for all aspects of project delivery