Water Solutions Manager AWS EMEA Energy Water Team

This is available in London Dublin Zaragoza Madrid and Frankfurt

Amazon has an opening for a Water Solutions Manager (WSM) to support scaling and growth across our Data Centre network. The WSM drives the water supply strategy and discharge requirements for new sites. Responsibilities include management of design consultants contractual drafting develop infrastructure requirements and solutions budgets and proposed project schedules.
The WSM will work to influence onsite design solutions to ensure that water chemistry treatment and infrastructure are appropriate for onsite needs. This requires multidisciplinary support to design engineering construction operations and maintenance for our global fleet of data centres. You will define both prescriptive and performancebased design approaches to help define design detail and document the various water needs that our facilities require to ensure safe drinking waters for site staff and water treatment plant sufficiency for industrial use and discharge compliance with environmental regulators.

AWS Infrastructure Services (AIS)
AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design planning delivery and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words were 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 were looking for talented people who want to help.

Youll join a diverse team of software hardware and network engineers supply chain specialists security experts operations managers and other vital roles. Youll 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 youll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.


Key job responsibilities
Water feasibility and due diligence to determine off site supply and discharge infrastructure; design review for onsite water management.
Creation of project scope business case and infrastructure requirements develop contract and draft documentation request for proposals and capital requests.
Project management for capital water infrastructure projects encompassing consultant management for site solution development and strategy formulation solution design and implementation.
Assume ownership of project scope timeline and budgets for capital water infrastructure projects ensuring seamless coordination from conception to completion.
Support continuous process improvement through leading workflow updates documenting & implementing lessons learned and sharing knowledge across delivery teams to ensure EMEA wide efficiency improvements.
Regularly report to senior leadership on status of key project metrics vs. commitment of your projects.
Create detailed planning packs to build scalable and future proof offsite infrastructure.
Deep understanding of water infrastructure construction process across EMEA region.
Program management risk mitigation and reporting status reviews to management and internal customers.


A day in the life
Work with third party design vendors to 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).
Ensure that prior to PFHO the water systems have been disinfected to national and statutory requirements water meters are installed commissioned and calibrated correctly water treatment plant is commissioned and delivering required outputs (flow&quality)
Main maintain discharges below the discharge permit conditions.
Coordinating with construction commissioning and risk management teams to answer requests for information and value engineering queries.
Prepare early stage water related Owners Requirements documentation and work with Procurement teams to create a mechanism via RFQ for Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) in the Specialist Water Contractor (SWC) scope.

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Bachelors Degree and 512 years of water resources treatment infrastructure management and feasibility projects.
Experience in stakeholder management including regulators water utilities environmental agencies health departments and contractors.
Ability to assess earlystage feasibility and develop an investment business case proposal to secure internal funding for offsite water reinforcement projects to secure site water supply and discharges.
Experience in construction management and/or program management in the water and environmental infrastructure industry.
Comprehensive knowledge of water and environmental sectors including their interfaces coupled with design and delivery experience collaborating with multiple telecom construction contractors and vendors.
Demonstrated ability to manage complex project priorities and dependencies.
Proficiency with MS Office and project management tools.
Exceptional analytical quantitative communication and presentation skills.


Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
Experience in the management of complex technology infrastructure projects.
Experience with and deep understanding of multiple project management methodologies.
Excellent multitasking and prioritisation skills.
Wide experience in contractual and procurement methodologies (procurement D&B DBO etc. aligned with water utilities environmental agencies (in EU) or 3rd party contractors.
Experience of delivering water infrastructure projects with multiple stakeholders across multiple locations in Europe Middle East & Africa.
Fluency in a second European language eg. German French Italian Spanish.


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