Mechanical Engineering Manager (Central), DC Design Engineering
About the team
AWS Infrastructure Services (AIS)
The Data Center Design Engineering team at Amazon Web Services consists of Architects, Structural, Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Fire Protection, Acoustics, and Controls Engineers working to design the next generation of Data Centers. The team is committed to achieving a world-class uptime for our customers and strives to develop a fleet of buildings emphasizing security, safety, and efficiency, while finding new ways to meet our growing demand. We justify and communicate the technical decisions we make directly to AWS leadership and work hard to drive continuous advancements in our designs. As an integral member of the team, you will have the opportunity to directly impact our business and create positive change.
Key job responsibilities
- Be a leader within the group as well as within internal and external teams that support the data center.
- Driving improvement of design standards and project approaches across the organization.
- Coordinate with third party design vendors to review concept designs and designs in progress to ensure they meet established design standards, local code requirements, and any other requirements of the Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJs).
- Be responsible for providing high quality Mechanical engineering advice on a wide variety of projects globally while working with global Mechanical engineering teams to achieve alignment of designs and design objectives.
- Coordinating with construction, commissioning, and risk management teams to answer requests for information and value engineering queries.
- Be responsible for construction documents, code compliance, design and installation standards, water supply evaluation and assessment, testing, inspections, and submittal review. Meet with AHJs as needed to ensure approval of Mechanical features.
- This position will require up to 25% travel.
About the role
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical field
- Minimum of 5 years managing a team of engineers. Cumulative 10+ years of experience in design engineering or the construction industry, related to all aspects of Mechanical, including fire suppression systems, fire alarm and detection systems, fire-resistive construction, and life safety.
- Licensed Mechanical Engineer