Controls Design Engineer, Controls

Amazon • Columbus, OH

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About The Position

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation
of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the
cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage,
networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have
continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging
problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re
looking for talented people who want to help.

You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply
chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles.
You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest
standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at
the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive
culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

The AWS Data Center Global Services team is looking for an exceptional
individual to contribute to the Controls & Technology organization by joining
the Controls Design Engineering team (CDE). The CDE primary responsibility is to
track, document, communicate and enhance global data center design standards
with a focus on control, automation and electrical power monitoring systems.

The CDE team provides Building Management System (BMS) and Electrical Power
Monitoring System (EPMS) design coordination globally.

The team’s goal is to deliver consistent standards for data center controls
systems, as well as overall mechanical and electrical design practices. Due to
the critical nature and complexity of designing, installing, and maintaining a
BMS/EPMS, the CDE team is the primary owner of the associated specification,
points list, Basis of Design and scope documents within a large infrastructure
engineering team.

The CDE team is a single point of contact for multiple internal and external
customers, uniting the efforts associated with:
- New construction builds
- Legacy site enhancement projects
- Data center projects
- Special Projects
In a continual effort to enhance the controls systems, the CDE team collaborates
through design review, drives consistent standards, and collects feedback data
to arrive at unified documented solutions. Due to the efforts of maintaining,
updating, and distributing BMS/EPMS standards, the CDE engineer will drive
significant reductions in change order expense, scope gaps between contractors,
construction schedule delays, single-sourced vendor pricing, and reduced vendor
project management and engineering labor costs.

The ideal candidate will need a wide-ranging background in data center
environmental controls systems, IT infrastructure, networking, mechanical
facility operations, electrical power monitoring, project management and strong
leadership skills.

If you are passionate about the Customer Experience, think and act with a global
perspective and have the ability to contribute to sophisticated innovations in
the area of building controls and automation initiatives, this is the challenge
you are looking for!

Requirements

• Experience with the design, construction, operation, or maintenance of mission critical facilities, especially data centers
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field, or 5+ years of experience in building automation systems (BMS) and/or electrical power monitoring systems (EPMS) design and deployment.
• 2+ years experience with data center or “mission-critical” facility control systems
• 2+ years of experience with HVAC systems, mechanical plant strategies, control programming concepts, low voltage electrical and/or experience with electrical distribution systems, one-line diagrams, and power monitoring
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 15% of job role

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in Engineering or related technical field
• 7+ years of experience in controls design for mission-critical facilities
• Experience with data center redundancy concepts and failure mode analysis
• Knowledge of Modbus, BACnet, and other industrial communication protocols
• Experience creating technical specifications and scope of work documents
• Project management experience coordinating multi-disciplinary engineering teams
• Experience with vendor selection, bid review, and RFI processes
• Familiarity with AWS cloud services and data analytics platforms
• Professional Engineer (PE) license or equivalent professional certification
• Experience with energy optimization and sustainability initiatives in data centers

Responsibilities

• Have deep knowledge of building operations, mechanical plant strategies, BMS/EPMS programming concepts, control diagrams, industrial HVAC, electrical line-ups, one line diagrams, and complex environmental and electrical concepts.
• Data center redundancy, mechanical failure strategies, energy and water conservation best-case practices and data reporting analytics.
• Knowledge of how to successfully operate in high security critical environments while maximizing productivity.
• Innovation of new solutions to support initiatives, team, and company goals.
• Lead and facilitate collaboration with multiple teams including construction, programmers, MEP/ACS engineers, and team managers as necessary to accomplish initiative goals.
• Create, maintain, and disseminate specification documents that pertain to global projects.
• Create, maintain, and disseminate project specific scope of work (SOW) documents including global design standards. Personally coordinate with each regional project manager to review and finalize each projects SOW.
• Vendor selection, bid review, RFI support and coordination.
• Central point of contact for multiple internal and external groups regarding BMS/EPMS controls standards. Manage and prioritize requests for information on new construction builds, existing site facilities support and legacy site enhancement projects.
• Interaction with AWS cloud services and other applications in order to present, archive and analyze accumulated data.
• Expect to travel globally when needed to manage and/or support project initiatives.
• In support of global data center control system, the CDE engineer will be expected to participate in an on call rotations that at times will push the individual outside of their comfort zone.
• Anticipate roadblocks and risks while providing escalation management.

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

What This Job Offers

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