Construction Manager, Data Center Construction, Data Center Construction

Amazon • Culpeper, VA

19h • Onsite

About The Position

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. This team is responsible for keeping the cloud running by supporting all AWS data centers and the associated equipment (servers, storage, networking, power, cooling) to ensure continuous customer access to innovation. The role involves working on challenging problems with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain. The team is diverse, comprising software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, and operations managers, collaborating across AWS to deliver high standards for safety and security, providing infinite capacity at the lowest cost. The culture is inclusive, welcoming bold ideas and empowering ownership. As a Data Center Construction Manager, you will be part of a creative, diverse team solving problems in constructing Amazon Data Centers, which are industry-leading examples of energy-efficient, cost-effective designs. You will work with partner teams like Operations, Networking, Controls, Security, and Commissioning to build Data Centers that directly support customers. This role involves building complex electrical and mechanical systems, being on the construction site daily as Amazon’s owner’s representative, and directly driving cost, schedule, and quality while managing construction vendors and contractors. Amazon fosters an ownership culture, where individuals own everything from design review to construction bidding, execution, and final hand-off to customers. The team is diverse, upbeat, and creative, working daily to develop innovative data centers. This position requires the candidate to be a US Citizen.

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 in data centers or comparable critical infrastructure experience
• 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

• Responsible for 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.

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