Sr. Water Systems Engineer, DC Design Engineering

About the role

Influence water chemistry and treatment, coordinating with design engineering, construction, operations, and maintenance for our global fleet of data centers. This includes on-site and large campus water systems.

Responsibilities

• Work with internal and external teams to define, design, detail, and document the various water treatment features that our facilities require, using both prescriptive and performance-based design approaches.
• Ensure the water treatment features of our buildings protect our people and keep our customer’s data safe and uninterrupted over the life of the building.
• Contribute your expertise to the continual improvement of our water system design standards.
• Perform and oversee project-related work, such as water supply analysis and design for buildings, including coordination with utilities and internal water teams to establish basic site infrastructure requirements.
• Coordinate with all design disciplines to ensure they meet the code requirements described in our design standards.
• Coordinate with construction, commissioning, and risk management teams to answer requests for information and value engineering queries.
• Be responsible for 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 water treatment features.
• Drive improvement of design standards and project approaches across the organization.
• 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).
• Provide high-quality water treatment advice on a wide variety of projects globally while working with global Mechanical engineering teams to achieve alignment of water treatment systems objectives.
• Coordinate with construction, commissioning, and risk management teams to answer requests for information and value engineering queries.
• Be responsible for 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 water treatment features.

Requirements

• 6+ years of data center design, construction, operations, or facility maintenance experience.
• 6+ years of industrial or commercial engineering in mission critical facilities including but not limited to: data centers, power generation or oil and gas facilities.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field.
• Knowledge of critical data center mechanical and electrical equipment.
• Experience in data center design, construction, operations, or facility maintenance.
• Experience in industrial or commercial engineering in mission critical facilities including but not limited to: data centers, power generation or oil and gas facilities.
• Experience researching new designs, technologies, and construction methods of data center equipment and facilities.

Qualifications

• Professional Engineering or Architectural License.
• Knowledge of building codes and regulations for your region.
• Experience carrying design concepts through exploration, development, and into deployment or mass production.
• Experience reading, interpreting, and creating construction drawings, specifications, and submittal documents.
• Experience with water treatment design for industrial water, domestic water and wastewater.

Skills

• Ability to coordinate water treatment system space requirements, supporting utilities, and equipment locations.
• Ability to provide detailed construction specifications for water treatment systems.
• Ability to prepare detailed designs for water treatment and sustainability systems.
• Ability to coordinate with all design disciplines to ensure they meet the code requirements described in our design standards.
• Ability to oversee and review this work and in other cases perform the work yourself.
• Ability to ensure contractors have the information they need to build our data centers the way we expect them to, and that our operations teams are well equipped to operate and maintain them as needed to meet our goals.
• Ability to work with internal and external stakeholders, including design engineering, construction, commissioning, operations, vendors, and other service providers, as well as local officials.
• Ability to work with a global team, and be an integral part of our work to change the world through technology.

Benefits

Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, and parental leave.

Pay

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs).

• USA, TX, Austin - 136,600.00 - 184,800.00 USD annually
• USA, VA, Herndon - 136,600.00 - 184,800.00 USD annually
• USA, WA, Seattle - 136,600.00 - 184,800.00 USD annually

Schedule

This position will require up to 25% travel.