Controls Manager, North Carolina

Amazon • Hamlet, NC

2d

About The Position

At Amazon, we're working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. To
get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people. If you'd
like to help us build the place to find and buy anything online, this is your
chance to make history.

The Data Center Capacity Delivery team is looking for exceptional individuals to
join our organization as Controls Manager, responsible for the building
automation systems and electrical power monitoring system ((BMS/EPMS) deployment
and service within Amazon data centers. If you are passionate about the Customer
Experience, think and act globally and have the ability to contribute to major
new innovations in the area of building controls and automation this is the
challenge you are looking for!

The ideal candidate will have experience managing a local or remotely located
team of highly technically skilled individuals. The candidate will possess a
industrial Controls System, project/construction management, mechanical,
electrical or technology background that enables him/her to undertake the
challenges of sophisticated controls platforms and a demonstrated ability to
think broadly and strategically in aligning building controls and automation
with the larger objectives of the business.

Requirements

• Experience operating a mission-critical team or product
• 8+ years of hiring, leading and developing teams experience
• 4+ years of project management (including scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk and critical path management) experience
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or an equivalent engineering science plus 10+ years of relevant controls experience, OR 12+ years of relevant controls experience in lieu of a degree.
• 8+ years of experience directly managing, mentoring, leading, and coaching teams of controls professionals.
• 8+ years of experience in controls management of large, complex projects involving large-scale mechanical, electrical, and controls systems.
• 8+ years of general contractor and vendor management experience (request for proposals, bidding, change orders, quality control, and RFI and submittal tracking) associated with controls and project execution.
• 8+ years of experience managing deployment of complex electrical and mechanical controls systems, including large scale power distribution or generation, and cooling systems.
• Experience working with cross function teams to deliver complex construction projects.

Nice To Haves

• 8+ years of vendor management experience
• Experience directly related to the design or construction of data centers or critical infrastructure or large-scale mechanical and electrical plants
• Professional Engineer License
• 1+ years of Amazon experience, or experience with AWS services or other cloud offerings
• MS in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, or other science)
• 3 years of experience in Data Center system-level architecture and electrical engineering principals
• 3 years of experience in Data Center system-level architecture and mechanical engineering principals
• 5+ Yr. Military Service

Responsibilities

• Able to implement and track team goals, report the status of ongoing projects upwards.
• Experienced interviewer, able to develop launch plans for new hires, and identify team needs.
• Experienced in installation, programming, and troubleshooting of BMS/EPMS systems and/or industrial controls systems.
• Strong writing skills, able to articulate thoughts clearly and concisely
• Understanding of: electrical diagrams, control diagrams, building operations, control circuits, industrial HVAC.
• Ability to ascertain customer needs to help develop project scope and specifications.
• Ability to manage project engineering to determine the scope of work relative to the design intent of the customer needs.
• Ability to read and interpret specifications and implementing those specifications as they apply the work environment.
• Experience in development of drawings for control panels, power distribution, junction boxes. Included in the drawings are the general arrangement, internal layout, schematics and interconnection and wire diagrams.
• Experience developing logic diagrams in the International Automation format for complex logic devices such as Programmable Logical Controller and Distributed Control System.
• Experience performing inspects, testing, and commission of the facility systems.
• Provide technical assistance as needed to internal customers.
• Coordinate project work internally within the department and externally with other departments to ensure on-time completion of projects within budget.

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: Manager