Construction Manager - Data Centre

Construction Manager, SBN Data Center Construction

Job ID: 2990290 | Amazon Data Services, Inc.

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. 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 will join a diverse team of software, hardware, network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate across AWS to deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. Own project scope, quality, schedule, and budget for construction of new builds or general capital projects.

Own construction project management and oversight of construction related activities.

Work alongside partner teams such as Operations, Networking, Controls, Security, and Commissioning to build Data Centers that directly support our Customers.

Be a leader in your specific discipline (construction management, building services, architectural, electrical or mechanical engineering).

Represent Amazon’s owner’s representative on construction sites daily, interacting with construction trades.

Be Amazon’s construction representative on multiple data centers building and capital improvement construction project sites from construction start through hand-off to operations.

Direct interface with construction general contractors during the construction bidding, award, execution, punch-list, and closeout phases.

Create construction project scope and request for proposals.

Conduct negotiations with general contractors and evaluate bids and proposals with detail and accuracy. Manage and drive cost, schedule, and quality while managing construction contractors and vendors.

Perform construction project management activities, including management of documents, submittals, RFIs, change orders, invoices, quality, scope, and schedule.

Drive construction teams to troubleshoot and perform root-cause failure analysis on equipment failures.

Support commissioning and integrated system testing and oversight.

Support operations of installed facilities, including review of procedures, best practices, and maintenance initiatives.

Analyze and report construction progress and financials.

Record and report key construction metrics to team members and management.

Contribute to construction initiatives aimed at improving construction efficiency and increasing data center resiliency.

Provide constructability reviews for electrical and mechanical designs for new or optimization of existing data centers.

Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications, we encourage you to apply. Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Construction Management, or an equivalent engineering science plus 5+ years of relevant construction experience, OR 9+ years of relevant construction experience in lieu of a degree.

• 4+ years of experience in construction management of large, complex projects involving large-scale mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) plants.
• 4+ years of general contractor and vendor management experience (request for proposals, bidding, change orders, quality control, and RFI and submittal tracking) associated with construction and project execution.

MS in Construction Management or Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Structural).

• 7+ years of experience in Construction Management of large-scale projects, Project Management and Vendor Management.
• 3+ years of experience in Data Center system-level architecture and electrical engineering principles and mechanical engineering principles.
• Experience designing data centers or critical MEP infrastructure.

Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and other benefits. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

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