Sr Pre-Construction Manager, AMER DCCD Pre-Construction

Amazon’s Data Centers are industry-leading examples of innovation in security, safety, space utilization, efficiency, and cost effectiveness. We are the global team responsible for the construction of Amazon-owned sites. Our Construction Managers are at the forefront of creating and delivering innovative products to our customers, known for changing the face of cloud computing.

About the role

As a Sr Pre-Construction Manager, you will support the development and implementation of a Pre-Construction program across multiple campuses nationwide. This role serves as the primary liaison between Real Estate, Design Engineering, Due Diligence, and other critical partner teams from initial planning through design development, providing schedule forecasting, construction budgeting, and constructability guidance. We seek a candidate with extensive practical construction experience in bidding, contracting, construction documents, industry infrastructure, design, and engineering.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Amazon’s construction representative on multiple data center building and capital improvement construction project sites from the Due Diligence Phase through hand-off to Construction Management.
• Direct interface with construction general contractors during bidding and award processes.
• Create construction project Scope of Work (SOW) and Request for Proposals (RFP).
• Conduct negotiations with general contractors and evaluate bids and proposals with detail and accuracy.
• Manage and drive cost, schedule, and quality while overseeing construction contractors and vendors.
• Perform pre-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 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 efficiency and increasing data center resiliency.
• Provide constructability reviews for civil, structural, electrical, and mechanical designs for new or optimized existing data centers.
• Lead within the group and among internal and external data center support teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
• Experience in construction management or construction program management of large, complex projects involving large-scale mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) plants.
• Experience in construction of data center delivery (design, commissioning, and construction), mission-critical facilities, or equivalent industrial/manufacturing facility builds.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience constructing electrical engineering systems, including large-scale power distribution/generation gear, and mechanical engineering systems, including cooling systems.
• Experience in project control (cost or schedule, or both) and formulating construction programs, especially for infrastructure and mission-critical projects both on-site and in preconstruction environments.

About the team

This role reports into the AMER Precon team within the AMER DCCD organization. We are a nationwide team of diverse building and construction experts who excel at constructing the innovative infrastructure that keeps the cloud running and growing. We engage with a wide range of internal partner teams from the outset of new site pursuits through construction. Daily, we think creatively and act boldly to continuously improve our deliveries, focusing on a bias for action and insisting on the highest standards to deliver results and earn trust with stakeholders and customers.

Pay

• USA, IL, Chicago: $139,300.00 - $208,000.00 USD annually
• USA, WA, Seattle: $139,300.00 - $208,000.00 USD annually

Benefits

• Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance, 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.