Director of AMER DC Construction, Data Center Capacity Delivery

Key job responsibilities

• Oversee DC construction efforts through Construction, Regional Construction Managers, on-site teams, and General Contractors.
• Provide project construction support for new DC site work, building shells, and interior mechanical, electrical, and plumbing fit-out works.
• Develop, maintain, and report key performance indicator metrics. Analyze and use data to develop and propagate successful mechanisms, identifying risk areas, and drive systematic mitigation.
• Provide leadership and direction to construction workforce, coaching and mentoring regional managers and construction managers throughout the full project lifecycle.
• Drive span of control and discussions with critical partners to improve construction management efficiency with internal Amazon teams.
• Ensure contracted resources deliver work that meets safety, security, quality, and duration targets, addressing and correcting under-performance.
• Prepare reports, documents, and technical analysis for executive leadership. Provide recommendations to modify design requirements, equipment, and services.
• Provide technical direction for the construction team's analysis of site-work, building design, master site layouts, schedules, materials, and long lead equipment used in DCs.
• Create an environment for fast-moving, iterative continuous improvement.
• Oversee the development, competition, and negotiation of contracts with construction vendors and present formal documentation for approval.
• Represent construction team activities in executive staff meetings, including funding requests, correction of errors explanations, and staffing support models.
• Align construction cost estimating for future builds (including new regions), cost controls, and procurement activities with on-the-ground management of execution.
• Ensure alignment and collaboration with partner teams so that full DC projects are completed safely, efficiently, and cost-effectively, including on-the-ground coordination of partner teams (Health & Safety, Security, Quality, Controls, Commissioning, Cabling) and partner teams (Real Estate, TiPM, Networking, and Operations).
• Work with multiple permitting entities at all governmental levels and in multiple countries to obtain construction-related permissions to build and occupy DCs.
• Align with the Construction Principals to develop a technical strategic roadmap and properly allocate resources to drive innovation.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Construction Management, or an equivalent engineering science plus 15+ years of relevant construction experience.
• 10+ years of managing, mentoring, leading, and coaching teams of construction professionals.
• Experience hiring, promoting, disciplining, and developing teams of construction professionals.
• Experience in construction management of large, complex projects involving large-scale site, shell, mechanical, and electrical plants.
• Experience in general contractor and vendor management (request for proposals, bidding, change orders, quality control, and RFI and submittal tracking) associated with construction and project execution.
• Experience managing construction of complex electrical and mechanical engineering systems, including large scale power distribution or generation, and cooling systems.
• Experience working with cross function teams to deliver complex construction projects.

Preferred Qualifications

• MS in Construction Management or Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Structural)
• 15+ years’ experience with Project Management and Vendor Management
• 5+ years’ experience in Data Center system-level architecture in mechanical and electrical disciplines
• Experience designing data centers or critical MEP infrastructure
• Certified as a Professional Engineer (PE), LEED, or Certified Construction Manager (CCM)
• Prior AWS/Amazon experience
• 5+ Yr. Military Service
• Fully bilingual with spoken and written proficiency in English and [Spanish, Portuguese, French, or other languages] for working at construction job sites across United States, Canada, and Latin American countries.