Construction Manager, DC Construction, Data Center Construction

About the role

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. 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. You'll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

What you will do

As our Data Center Construction Manager, you will build some of the most interesting electrical and mechanical systems in the world. You will be on the construction site daily interacting with the construction trades, as Amazon's owner's representative and be directly responsible for driving cost, schedule, and quality while managing construction vendors and contractors building data centers. At Amazon, we are all Owners and leverage unique opportunities presented to us by owning everything from the design review to construction bidding to construction execution and final hand-off to our customers.

The Data Center 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 which includes the ownership of the project scope, quality, schedule, and budget.

Key job responsibilities

• Direct interface with construction general contractors during the bidding, award, execution, and project closeout/punch list phases
• Conduct negotiations with general contractors and evaluate bids/proposals with detail and accuracy
• Create construction project scope and request for proposals
• Financial analysis of construction
• Construction project management for specific initiatives aimed at increasing the resiliency of our data centers
• Constructability reviews of electrical and mechanical designs associated with the construction of new data centers or optimization of existing data centers
• Construction document management including submittal review, RFI's, change orders, and invoicing
• Construction project quality control
• Record and report key construction metrics to team members and management
• Drive teams to perform troubleshooting and root-cause failure analysis associated with equipment failures
• Be a leader within the group as well as within internal and external teams that support the data center

Basic qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, or 4+ years of construction or project management experience
• 5+ years of construction management of large, complex projects involving large-scale mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) plants experience
• 4+ years of general contractor and vendor management work (request for proposals, bidding, change orders, quality control, RFI/submittal tracking) associated with construction and project execution experience
• 4+ years of experience constructing electrical engineering systems including large scale power distribution/generation gear and constructing mechanical engineering systems including cooling systems

Preferred qualifications

• 5+ years of project management in data centers or comparable critical infrastructure experience
• 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

Benefits

• Health insurance including medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Mental Health Support and Medical Advice Line
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off
• Parental leave

Pay

USA, AZ, Avondale - 111,300.00 - 186,100.00 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.

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