Pre-Construction Manager, AMER West Data Center Construction

Amazon • Seattle, WA

23h

About The Position

Amazon’s Data Centers are industry leading examples of innovation in design,
efficiency, and cost effectiveness. As Pre-Construction managers, we are the
nationwide team responsible for planning the construction of the Amazon’s new
sites. We are on the forefront of creating and delivering the most innovative
products to our customers; and are known for innovating the possibilities of
cloud computing.

As a Pre-Construction Manager you will support the development and
implementation of a Pre-Construction program execution across the nation over
multitude of campuses. This role will serve as the primary liaison between Real
Estate, Design Engineering, Due Diligence, and other critical partner teams from
initial planning, through design development to provide schedule forecasting,
construction budgeting, and constructability guidance. Our goal is to find the
candidate with extensive practical construction experience with bidding,
contracting, construction documents, industry infrastructure, design, and
engineering.

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

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 project management in data centers or comparable critical infrastructure
• 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

• Foundational knowledge of critical data center equipment (Generators, Uninterruptible Power Supplies, Switchgear, Transformers, Power Feeders & Busduct, Chillers, Plumbing, Fire Detection/Suppression, Air Handling Units, Computer Room Air Handling/Conditioning Units).
• Perform constructability reviews of critical scopes associated with the construction of new data centers building and sites and drive improvements in baseline.
• Perform build phasing evaluations in terms of civil, structural, electrical fields for potential sites.
• Determine and communicate site requirements that could impact schedule, cost, delivery of the work and integration of site with surrounding properties.
• Conduct negotiations with land sellers, developers, general contractors and evaluate bids, proposals, and scoping documents with detail and accuracy.
• Manage GC and other third-party vendors delivering preconstruction services during the design phase.
• Define construction scopes and request for proposals to General Contractors. Review bid summaries, schedules and milestones, pricing, in subcontractor level bid evaluations.
• Support issuance of contracting documents (i.e., Work Orders, Purchase Orders, Work Letters).
• Develop handoff project documentation to Construction Manager partners.
• Collect, evaluate, and share lessons learned to direct teammates, and peers in design, and construction teams to achieve continuous improvement across the entire program.
• Ability to travel 25% of the time.

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