Construction Manager, MLZ Data Center Construction

About the position

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. You'll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You'll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you'll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion. As our Data Center Construction Manager (CM), you will be a part of a diverse, upbeat, and creative team tasked with solving fascinating problems constructing Amazon Data Centers. Our data centers are industry-leading examples of energy efficient and cost-effective designs.

Responsibilities

• Own project scope, quality, schedule, and budget for construction of new builds or general capital projects.
• Own construction project management and oversight of construction related activities.
• Work alongside partner teams such as Operations, Networking, Controls, Security, and Commissioning to build Data Centers that directly support our Customers.
• Be a leader in your specific discipline (construction management, building services, architectural, electrical or mechanical engineering).
• Represent Amazon's owner's representative on construction sites daily, as, interacting with construction trades.
• 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.
• Conduct negotiations with general contractors and 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 5+ years of relevant construction experience, OR 9+ years of relevant construction experience in lieu of a degree.
• 4+ years of experience in construction management of large, complex projects involving large-scale mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) plants.
• 4+ 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.

Nice-to-haves

• Understand data center system-level architecture and electrical engineering principles, including switchgear, UPS, transformers, circuit breakers, breaker coordination studies, and switchgear operation.
• Able to read and interpret construction specifications and Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) drawings.
• Able to specify and document performance and equipment requirements, create and communicate conceptual designs, and create and maintain project documentation.
• Able to support Value Engineering (VE) and find creative/innovative solutions to reduce cost and duration with no impact on quality and reliability.
• Experience with design or construction of data centers, critical infrastructure, or large scale plants. Understand data center system level architecture and mechanical engineering principles for cooling systems.
• Experience with systems, controls, commissioning, power management, and technical operations of data centers, critical infrastructure or large scale plant.

Benefits

• Flexible working culture.
• Employee-led affinity groups fostering a culture of inclusion.
• Ongoing events and learning experiences for diversity.
• Mentorship and career growth resources.