Senior Structural Engineer, Fleet Remediation Engineering - Civil, Structural, Architectural
About the role
AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. 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 — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help.
Key job responsibilities
- Provide full life-cycle support to AWS Data Centers from design inception through site improvement and maintenance.
- Work with a team of multi-disciplinary professionals on a wide variety of conceptual design, build, and retrofit projects at new/existing data center.
- Create, review and release data center structural improvements and designs.
- Drive refinements to the Basis of Design, product development, sustainability, and template specifications for structural systems to support continuous improvement of future data center designs.
- Serve as a technical advisor for projects including; review of foundation and structural systems.
- Create, review and release structural design RFPs.
- Manage external structural design consultants through the audit, design and implementation of a variety of projects while coordinating with internal engineering, construction and other stakeholder teams.
- Lead initiatives aimed at improving quality, schedule, consistency or reducing costs to in-flight and future data center construction and improvement projects.
- Work on multiple data center build and capital improvement projects simultaneously without compromising safety and availability constraints.
About the team
Why AWS
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.
Diverse Experiences
Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Structural Engineering
- Experience reading, interpreting, and creating construction drawings, specifications, and submittal documents
- 10+ years professional experience in commercial, warehouse, and/or industrial new design and remediation with working knowledge of structural engineering conventional practices.
- Experience in seismic design and detailing for structural steel and reinforced concrete structures, regulations, and standards including IBC and ASCE.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree in Structural Engineering
- Professional Engineer License
- Experience in data center or mission critical facility design with basic multidisciplinary knowledge of mission critical systems, design process, pre-construction requirements and the construction process
- Experience using a variety of web-based and other software tools for calculation and data processing
- Experience using one or more of the following technologies (e.g., AutoCAD, Rhino, Revit, SolidWorks, CREO, BIM360, SketchUp, KeyShot, etc.) to deliver high quality models and designs