Retro Commissioning Engineer, Amazon Commissioning

Amazon • Herndon, VA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

As a Data Center Retro Commissioning Engineer (CxE), you will be part of a
highly creative, efficient team tasked with tackling fascinating and challenging
problems supporting the operations of existing Amazon-owned data centers in the
northern Virginia (IAD) region. The Amazon Commissioning team (ACx) understands,
evaluates, defines and manages the expectations of system performance and
optimization in accordance with engineering designs to meet customer
requirements. The CxE is responsible for supporting vendors, contractors, and
other teams involved in the retro commissioning of various systems in
operational data centers such as:

• Medium and low voltage power systems
• Generators
• UPS
• HVAC (Air Handlers / Exhaust Fans / VFD)
• Chilled Water Systems
• Building Management systems (BMS)
• Electrical Power Monitoring Systems (EPMS)
• Testing and balancing
• Pumps and Hydronic systems

Key job responsibilities
As the Retro Commissioning Engineer (CxE), you will provide testing and
validation oversight of AWS data center electrical and mechanical infrastructure
in existing operational facilities. This includes, but is not limited to, review
of as-built documents and equipment submittals, leading Factory Witness Testing
(FWT) when applicable, and managing third-party commissioning vendors in the
performance of onsite functional and integrated systems testing. You will own
your projects' successes where you Deep Dived to resolve technical issues and
had Bias for Action to address schedule impacts and coordination demands onsite.
You will be sharing your lessons learned leading towards team growth and program
improvements.

You will get the opportunity to provide multi-discipline input into the
scheduling, test script development, designing, and planning of retro
commissioning projects. During commissioning, you will be continuously auditing
Cx vendors' activities to ensure compliance with environmental, quality, and
safety requirements while minimizing impact to operational data centers.
Following the AWS project reporting format, you will be responsible for regular
reporting of retro commissioning progress and metrics of assigned projects to
your Regional Commissioning Manager. You will have the opportunity to lead
several projects simultaneously to achieve key milestones and deliver optimized
data center performance, while managing the project budget as approved by
Finance.

A day in the life
On a typical retro commissioning project, the CxE works across AWS engineering,
operations, and contractor teams to coordinate site activities in operational
data centers, prioritize tasks, and ensure each issue has clear path to
resolution with minimal impact to operations. The CxE manages the project
commissioning vendor whose primary scope is to execute functional tests on
existing systems, identify optimization opportunities, determine criticality,
propose solutions, and document their findings. The CxE coordinates closely with
operations teams to schedule work during appropriate maintenance windows. If
project completion is at risk, the CxE escalates to the appropriate
stakeholders. Upon project completion, the CxE will communicate lessons learned
to help peers on similar projects in flight and participate in initiatives that
drive improvement to the retro commissioning program.

Requirements

• 3+ years of engineering, installation, or startup/commissioning of electrical and mechanical systems experience
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field
• NETA or ASHRAE certification or commissioning specific education courses
• Knowledge of critical data center mechanical and electrical equipment
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office including Outlook, Word, and Excel
• Experience with the design, construction, operation, or maintenance of mission critical facilities, especially data centers

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of building codes and regulations for your region
• Knowledge of commercial or industrial power systems or mechanical systems
• Experience carrying design concepts through exploration, development, and into deployment or mass production
• Experience using a variety of web-based and other software tools for calculation and data processing

Responsibilities

• Provide testing and validation oversight of AWS data center electrical and mechanical infrastructure in existing operational facilities.
• Review of as-built documents and equipment submittals
• Leading Factory Witness Testing (FWT) when applicable
• Managing third-party commissioning vendors in the performance of onsite functional and integrated systems testing
• Deep Dive to resolve technical issues
• Bias for Action to address schedule impacts and coordination demands onsite
• Sharing your lessons learned leading towards team growth and program improvements.
• Provide multi-discipline input into the scheduling, test script development, designing, and planning of retro commissioning projects.
• Continuously auditing Cx vendors' activities to ensure compliance with environmental, quality, and safety requirements while minimizing impact to operational data centers.
• Responsible for regular reporting of retro commissioning progress and metrics of assigned projects to your Regional Commissioning Manager.
• Lead several projects simultaneously to achieve key milestones and deliver optimized data center performance, while managing the project budget as approved by Finance.
• Coordinate site activities in operational data centers, prioritize tasks, and ensure each issue has clear path to resolution with minimal impact to operations.
• Manage the project commissioning vendor whose primary scope is to execute functional tests on existing systems, identify optimization opportunities, determine criticality, propose solutions, and document their findings.
• Coordinate closely with operations teams to schedule work during appropriate maintenance windows.
• Escalate to the appropriate stakeholders if project completion is at risk.
• Communicate lessons learned to help peers on similar projects in flight and participate in initiatives that drive improvement to the retro commissioning program.

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