Construction Manager, AMER East Construction
About The Position
AWS Infrastructure Services is responsible for the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure, ensuring customers have continuous access to the innovation they rely on. This role is part of a creative, diverse team tasked with solving fascinating problems in constructing Amazon Data Centers, which are industry-leading examples of energy-efficient, cost-effective designs. The Data Center Construction Manager will work alongside partner teams such as Operations, Networking, Controls, Security, and Commissioning to build Data Centers that directly support our Customers. This role involves building complex electrical and mechanical systems, acting as Amazon’s owner’s representative on the construction site daily, and being directly responsible for driving cost, schedule, and quality while managing construction vendors and contractors.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience carrying new design concepts through exploration, development, and into deployment or mass production.
- Experience in MS Excel, Word, and Windows Operating Systems.
- Experience with power management and power monitoring systems.
Nice To Haves
- 5+ years of project management experience in data centers or comparable critical infrastructure.
- Knowledge of critical data center equipment.
- Knowledge of engineering documentation, electrical diagrams, and standard operating procedures.
- Knowledge of building codes and regulations including Life Safety, BOCA, NFPA, NEC, or OSHA.
- Experience in Data Center Engineering Operations, with a deep understanding of electrical and mechanical data center infrastructure.
- Experience reading and interpreting construction specifications and drawings for all domains.
Responsibilities
- Construction project management and oversight of construction related activities for new builds or general capital projects, including ownership of project scope, quality, schedule, and budget.
- Direct interface with construction general contractors during bidding, award, execution, and project closeout/punch list phases.
- Conduct negotiations with general contractors and evaluate bids/proposals.
- Create construction project scope and requests for proposals.
- Perform financial analysis of construction projects.
- Manage construction projects for initiatives aimed at increasing data center resiliency.
- Conduct constructability reviews of electrical and mechanical designs for new or existing data centers.
- Manage construction documents, including submittal review, RFIs, change orders, and invoicing.
- Oversee 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 for equipment failures.
- Act as a leader within the group and with internal and external teams supporting the data center.
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)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
