Controls Manager, Arizona, Nevada, California

At Amazon, we're working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people. If you'd like to help us build the place to find and buy anything online, this is your chance to make history. The Data Center Capacity Delivery team is looking for a Controls Manager to oversee the building management systems and electrical power monitoring system (BMS/EPMS) deployment and service within Amazon data centers.

About the role

The ideal candidate will have experience managing a team of highly technically skilled individuals, with an industrial Controls System background, project management skills, and a mechanical, electrical, or technology foundation. This role requires the ability to think broadly and strategically, aligning building controls and automation with the larger objectives of the business.

Responsibilities

• Implement and track team goals, reporting the status of ongoing projects.
• Develop launch plans for new hires, identify team needs, and conduct interviews.
• Install, program, and troubleshoot BMS/EPMS systems and/or industrial controls systems.
• Articulate thoughts clearly and concisely in writing.
• Interpret electrical diagrams, control diagrams, building operations, control circuits, and industrial HVAC systems.
• Ascertain customer needs to develop project scope and specifications.
• Manage project engineering to align scope of work with design intent and customer needs.
• Read and interpret specifications, implementing them in the work environment.
• Develop drawings for control panels, power distribution, junction boxes, including general arrangement, internal layout, schematics, interconnection, and wire diagrams.
• Create logic diagrams in the International Automation format for complex devices such as Programmable Logical Controllers and Distributed Control Systems.
• Perform inspections, testing, and commissioning of facility systems.
• Provide technical assistance to internal customers.
• Coordinate project work internally and externally to ensure on-time completion within budget.

Travel required: 50% to 75% to construction job sites across Arizona, Nevada, California, and other regions within the US-West territory to support construction and data center product delivery.

Requirements

• Experience with industrial control systems, both hardware and software.
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or an equivalent engineering science plus 10+ years of relevant controls experience, OR 14+ years of relevant controls experience in lieu of a degree.
• 10+ years of experience directly managing, mentoring, leading, and coaching teams of controls professionals.
• 10+ years of experience hiring, promoting, disciplining, and developing teams of controls professionals.
• 10+ years of experience in controls management of large, complex projects involving large-scale mechanical, electrical, and controls systems.
• 10+ years of general contractor and vendor management experience (request for proposals, bidding, change orders, quality control, RFI, and submittal tracking) associated with controls and project execution.
• 10+ years of experience managing deployment of complex electrical and mechanical controls systems, including large-scale power distribution or generation, and cooling systems.
• 6+ years of experience developing, monitoring, and maintaining critical path master and micro project schedules for complex large-scale mission-critical projects.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams to deliver complex construction projects.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
• 8+ years directly managing, mentoring, leading, and coaching teams of controls professionals.
• 10+ years of experience in project management and vendor management.
• 4+ years of experience in data center system-level architecture and electrical engineering principles.
• 4+ years of experience in data center system-level architecture and mechanical engineering principles.
• Experience designing data centers or critical MEP infrastructure.
• Certified as a Professional Engineer (PE).
• Prior AWS/Amazon experience.
• 5+ years of military service.

Pay

Base salary range: $153,200.00 - $254,500.00 USD annually.

Benefits

• Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs).
• Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, basic life & AD&D, with options for supplemental life plans).
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and mental health support.
• Medical advice line.
• Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage.
• 401(k) matching.
• Paid time off and parental leave.

Learn more about our benefits at amazon.jobs/en/benefits.