Construction Project Manager, EMEA Construction

As a Data Centre Construction Manager you will be a part of creative, efficient team tasked with tackling fascinating and challenging problems building and supporting the operations of Amazon owned data centres. Amazon Construction Managers are part of a fast-paced team delivering data centres for our Customers.

Our data centres are industry leading examples of energy efficient, cost effective designs. The Data Centre Senior Construction Manager is ultimately responsible for the oversight and review of all disciplines including civil, structural, architectural electrical, mechanical, controls and commissioning. The Construction Manager will administer all construction contracts ensuring full compliance including all commercial elements.

At Amazon we leverage unique opportunities presented to us by owning everything from the substation, to the server, and back to the cooling systems. We are diverse, upbeat, creative, team of engineers and managers working on a daily basis to develop innovative data centres for our Customers.

Key job responsibilities

The Data Centre Construction Manager will be responsible for:

- Construction project management and oversight of construction related activities as they relate to new builds or general capital projects. This will include the ownership of the project scope, timeline, and budget.

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

- Work with general contractors and vendors to deliver efficient and high quality project turn-overs.

- Lead negotiations with general contractors and evaluate bids/proposals with detail and accuracy.

- Creation of construction project scope and request for proposals.

- Capital requests/financial analysis of construction work including change orders, purchase orders, and invoicing.

- Construction project management for specific initiatives aimed at increasing the resiliency of our data centres.

- Reviews of electrical and mechanical designs associated with the construction of new data centres or the optimisation of existing data centres.

- Construction submittal review.

- Construction project quality control including the creation of a commissioning plan and support of the commissioning process.

- Recording and reporting key construction metrics to team members and management.

- Drive teams to perform troubleshooting and root-cause failure analysis associated with equipment or electrical failures.

- Be a leader within the group as well as within internal and external teams that support the data centre.

- Role will be based on data centre sites in construction.

- Occasional international travel may be required in this role.

- Opportunities for International travel may be available in the future.

About the team

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. 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’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

Basic qualifications

- 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

Preferred qualifications

- 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

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