Commissioning Engineer, Amazon Commissioning

About the role

The Amazon Commissioning team (ACx) understands, evaluates, defines and manages the expectations of construction quality in accordance to engineering designs to meet the customer requirements. The CxE is responsible for supporting vendors, contractors, and other teams involved in the construction and commissioning of various systems 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

• Provide testing and validation oversight of AWS data center electrical and mechanical infrastructure.
• Review of design documents and equipment submittals.
• Leading Factory Witness Testing (FWT).
• Managing third-party commissioning vendors in the performance of onsite pre-functional, functional, and integrated systems testing.
• Own your projects’ successes where you had to Deep Dive to resolve technical issues and had Bias for Action to address schedule impacts and coordination demands onsite.
• Share your lessons learned leading towards team growth and program improvements.
• Get the opportunity to provide multi-discipline input into the scheduling, test script development, designing, and planning of projects.
• During commissioning, continuously audit Cx vendors’ activities to ensure compliance with environmental, quality, and safety requirements.
• Regularly report commissioning progress and metrics of assigned project to your Regional Commissioning Manager following the AWS project reporting format.
• Manage the project commissioning vendor whose primary scope is to execute functional tests, identify issues, determine criticality, propose solutions, and document their findings.
• If project turnover is at risk, escalate to the appropriate stakeholders.
• Communicate lessons learned to help peers on similar projects in flight and participate in initiatives that drive improvement to the commissioning program.

About The Team

The AWS Data Center Commissioning Team (ACx) is a wholly independent business within the DCGS organization. This team of veteran professional Electrical Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Controls Engineers, Project Managers, and Operators is uniquely positioned to provide detailed engineering and operational review and testing of equipment designs, operational functionality and construction practices. The team is focused on ensuring the rapid delivery of a quality product while maintaining full transparency, recording metrics of any and every defect discovered during commissioning.

Basic Qualifications

• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• 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.

Basic Compensation Information

The base salary range for this position is $96,600.00 - $160,000.00 USD annually.