At Amazon we are a diverse driven and creative team of design professionals managers and leaders working daily to develop and construct facilities that are changing the world of logistics.
Global Building Design & Engineering is seeking a Sr Technical Design Infrastructure Program Manager (TIPM) to lead the program support team for an EU business unit.
This opportunity combines building design planning project management team management vendor management and sustainability. The ideal candidate is preferably industry experienced who succeeds in a fastpaced ambiguous environment and has a strong multidisciplinary management skill for leading internal and outsourced teams. Technical architectural design related to commercial industrial and/or logistics buildings sustainable technical solutions as well as project management time management and communication skills both written and verbal are required.
The successful candidate will be responsible for setting Amazons basis of design design criteria and technical solutions for building design that govern the design of these technologically advanced facilities.
The role will be based in Luxembourg UK or Spain and will include occasional travel. This role is on a Fixed Term Contract.
Key job responsibilities
Work with crossfunctional teams of technical and nontechnical stakeholders to interpret communicate and drive full lifecycle real estate and design decisions.
Drive a world class associate experience and operational efficiency as part of the building design.
Solicit requirements from and explain technical solutions to nontechnical stakeholders; including collecting business and systems requirements from stakeholders defining scope and ensuring the successful adoption of key insights building standards.
Break large and complex projects down into manageable pieces develop functional specifications ruthlessly prioritize and deliver results to make bestinclass products that meet orgwide goals.
Provide technical architectural design change management sustainable building design standards architectural design standards technical specifications expertise.
Provide technical design and quality reviews at various milestones throughout the design process to ensure building designs are compliant with design standards and business and sustainability requirements. Oversight compliance with National requirements and building codes.
Manage thirdparty architects engineers and designers responsible for creating the building design templates for customer fulfillment and/or logistics buildings.
Assist with preparation and presentation of strategic design discussions at various levels and coordination of workshops that drive alignment on key issues design practices new building designs and initiatives.
A day in the life
Our team is looking for a strong owner dedicated to creating and managing products and processes needed to deliver real estate expansion solutions for our customers. Your day to day will be focused in connecting with stakeholders in order to obtain operational and design requirements look around corners to find the best technical sustainable and cost effective design solutions and think big looking for innovative design solutions and tools to automate repetitive tasks and manage datasets supporting the Worldwide Operations fulfillment and logistics network. Your insights will inform dynamic multidisciplinary technical teams often with competing priorities for design decision making.
About the team
GR BD&E is the singlethreadedowner of building design templates (prototype design) that provide innovative and technical solutions for the Worldwide Operations network from within the Global Realty Development organization. GR BD&E leverages technology and tools to develop key insights to create industry leading logistics building designs that are safe sustainable efficient economical and innovative for Worldwide Operations Real Estate in North America Europe and Latin America.
Bachelors degree in architecture construction management engineering or a related field
10 years experience in architecture and program management
Project management experience from design phase through implementation and operation
Ability to lead and manage a team including coaching and disciplinary actions as needed
Demonstrated expertise in software programs for Revit Bluebeam BIM360 AutoCAD and Microsoft Office Suite
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Knowledge of primary building systems on industrial projects foundations primary building structure and walls mechanical electrical and plumbing fire protection specialty systems conveying systems and interior finishes along with the sequence of assembly for each.
Masters or other advanced degree(s) in sustainability architecture engineering business administration data science or related fields
Sustainability certification/Sustainability degree or experience
PMP certification
Building design & construction project management experience from programming design construction and operations including project planning for scope schedule and costs
Recent and documented professional continuing education
Proven experience implementing and managing a building design program including development of templates (aka prototypes) technical specifications and design standards
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