Commissioning Engineer, AMER-West ACx

About the role

The AWS Infrastructure Services team owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. We support all AWS data centers and the equipment that ensures our customers have continuous access to the innovation they rely on.

Requirements

• Experienced in Critical Infrastructure Commissioning
• Fast-paced environment
• 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
• Carry objects weighing up to 49 pounds for short distances
• Participate in group lifts for 50 pounds or more
• 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
• Ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally for up to 80% of the year
• Personal transportation for meetings and job visits away from the office; reimbursed
• US Citizenship required

Key job responsibilities

• Provides testing and validation oversight of AWS data center electrical and mechanical infrastructure
• Reviews design documents, leads Factory Witness Testing (FWT), and manages third-party commissioning vendors in the performance of onsite pre-functional, functional, and integrated systems testing
• Takes Ownership of projects’ successes by diving deep to resolve technical issues and having bias for action to address ever-changing schedule and coordination demands onsite
• Communicates lessons learned and collaborates on program improvements
• Maintains compliance with environmental, quality, and safety requirements
• Communicates lessons learned to help peers on similar projects in flight and participates in initiatives that drive improvement to the commissioning program

Additional Job Requirements

• 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

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
• Carry objects weighing up to 49 pounds for short distances
• Participate in group lifts for 50 pounds or more
• 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

Prior Experience

• 5+ years of engineering, installation, or startup/commissioning of electrical and mechanical systems experience
• Advanced knowledge Microsoft Office Suite - Word, Excel, Outlook required; advanced knowledge of SharePoint (or similar) preferred
• Strong communication skills, detail oriented, highly organized, and able to work in high stress environments to maintain calm and respectful interaction with multiple teams
• Advanced knowledge of mechanical, electrical, and controls systems for critical infrastructures
• Ability to read and edit construction documents (design drawings, control diagrams, specifications, etc.)

Qualifications

• High technical competency in either mechanical or electrical or control systems utilized in critical infrastructures, with the capability to learn and be trained in the others
• 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
• Develop but majorly review commissioning documentation such as test plans, scripts and reports developed by vendors to ensure accuracy in accordance with the design requirements

Benefits

Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.