Sr. Construction Manager, Data Center Construction
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.
Responsibilities
- Be Amazon’s construction representative on multiple data centers building and capital improvement construction project sites from construction start through hand-off to operations.
- Direct interface with construction general contractors during the construction bidding, award, execution, punch-list, and closeout phases.
- Create construction project scope and request for proposals.
- Evaluate bids and proposals with detail and accuracy.
- Manage and drive cost, schedule, and quality while managing construction contractors and vendors.
- Perform construction project management activities, including management of documents, submittals, RFIs, change orders, invoices, quality, scope, and schedule.
- Drive construction teams to troubleshoot and perform root-cause failure analysis on equipment failures.
- Support commissioning and integrated system testing and oversight.
- Support operations of installed facilities, including review of procedures, best practices, and maintenance initiatives.
- Support capital request creation.
- Analyze and report construction progress and financials.
- Record and report key construction metrics to team members and management.
- Contribute to construction initiatives aimed at improving construction efficiency and increasing data center resiliency.
- Provide constructability reviews for electrical and mechanical designs for new or optimization of existing data centers.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Construction Management, or an equivalent engineering science plus 7+ years of relevant construction experience, OR 11+ years of relevant construction experience in lieu of a degree.
- 6+ years of experience in construction management of large, complex projects involving large-scale mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) plants.
- 6+ years of general contractor and vendor management experience (request for proposals, bidding, change orders, quality control, and RFI and submittal tracking) associated with construction and project execution.
Qualifications
- MS in Construction Management or Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Structural)
- 10+ Yrs. Exp in Construction Management of large-scale projects
- 10+ Yrs. Exp. Project Management and Vendor Management
- 5+ Yrs. Exp. In Data Center system-level architecture and electrical engineering principles
- 5+ Yrs. Exp. In Data Center system-level architecture and mechanical engineering principles
- Experience designing data centers or critical MEP infrastructure
Skills
- Construction Management
- Project Management
- Vendor Management
- Data Center System-Level Architecture
- Electrical Engineering Principles
- Mechanical Engineering Principles
Benefits
Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, 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 https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
Pay
$139,300.00 - $208,000.00 USD annually
Schedule
Full-time