Commissioning Engineer, AMER-Central ACx
About the role
As a Data Center Commissioning Engineer (CxE), you will be part of highly creative, efficient team tasked with tackling fascinating and challenging problems building and supporting the operations of Amazon owned data centers. 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.
Key job responsibilities
- Provide testing and validation oversight of AWS data center electrical and mechanical infrastructure
- Review design documents, lead Factory Witness Testing (FWT), and manage third-party commissioning vendors in the performance of onsite pre-functional, functional, and integrated systems testing
- Take ownership of projects' successes by diving deep to resolve technical issues and having bias for action to address everchanging schedule and coordination demands onsite
- Communicate lessons learned and continuously collaborate on program improvements
- Provide multi-discipline input into the scheduling, test script development, designing, and planning of projects
- Review component submittal packages, lead Factory Witness Testing (FWT), perform system level and integrated system testing
- Continuously audit activities during commissioning to ensure compliance with environmental, quality, and safety requirements
- Responsible for comprehensive weekly reporting of status of all ongoing projects and lessons learned to continually improve the quality of our program
- Coverage of multiple inflight projects and short timelines
A day in the life
On a typical project, the CxE works across AWS engineering, capacity delivery, operations, and contractor teams to coordinate site activities, prioritize tasks, and ensure each issue has clear path to resolution. The CxE manages the project commissioning vendor whose primary scope is to identify issues, determine criticality, propose solutions, and document their findings. If project turnover 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 commissioning program.
Physical requirements
- Walk job sites in uneven terrain
- Work at heights and from ladders
- Regularly walk, use hands and fingers, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl
- Lift and/or move up to 49 pounds; and participate in group lifts for 50 pounds or more
- Carry objects weighing up to 49 pounds for short distances
- Work shifts longer than eight hours in duration with potential for night and weekends
- Perform physical tasks throughout the day without becoming overly tired
- Ability to manipulate small wires and objects easily
- Work in a noisy environment
- Work in environments that are colder or hotter than a normal office environment
Basic qualifications
- 5+ years of engineering, installation, or startup/commissioning of electrical and mechanical systems experience
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office including Outlook, Word, and Excel
- Experience in industrial or commercial engineering in mission critical facilities including but not limited to: data centers, power generation or oil and gas facilities
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, or 5+ years of relevant discipline work experience
- Understand the design concept and intent by reviewing mechanical or electrical design documentation, including drawings, specifications, vendor submittals and sequences of operations and provide feedback on the same in accordance with Amazon standards for basis of design
Preferred qualifications
- Experience reading, interpreting, and creating construction drawings, specifications, and submittal documents
- Strong communication skills, detail oriented, highly organized, and able to work in high stress environments to maintain calm and respectful interaction with multiple teams
- Experience understanding electrical and mechanical systems involved in critical data center operations including systems such as feeders, transformers, generators, switch gear, UPS systems, ATS units, PDU units, chillers, pumps, or air handling units
- Experience developing and executing test procedures for mechanical or electrical systems/components based on design intent and approved equipment submittals
Additional requirements
- Ability to relocate to the Charlotte/Hamlet, NC area
- Ability and willingness to travel domestic and internationally for up to 80% of the year
- Required to provide personal transportation for meetings and job visits away from the office; reimbursed
Systems and equipment you will support
- 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
Pay
USA, NC, HAMLET - 116,800.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.
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