Senior Preconstruction Manager, AMER, GREF – Workplace Design & Construction (WD&C)

The Global Real Estate and Facilities (GREF) team provides real estate transaction expertise business partnering space & occupancy planning design and construction capital investment program management and facility maintenance and operations for Amazons corporate office portfolio across multiple countries. We partner with suppliers to ensure quality innovation and operational excellence with Amazons business and utilize customer driven feedback to continuously improve and exceed employee expectations.

The Workplace Design and Construction team under GREF is looking for a Pre-Construction Manager to drive pre-construction services on projects including new builds retrofits expansion and program initiatives from site selection and program development through construction contract execution. You will partner with internal and external stakeholders to ensure scope budget and schedule definition are established including overseeing timely receipt of building and site permits. You will act as the project manager to lead design and pre-construction planning for projects of many types including tenant improvements extensions of existing facilities and renovation projects.

Key competencies of this position include ensuring on-time delivery from contracted resources of work product permitting key performance indicators (KPI) and quality documentation/artifacts managing project teams (developers design engineers professional consultants) influencing internal teams contract management governance conceptual estimating and budget oversight and overseeing multiple projects in various locations simultaneously. Translating technical documents and information into an end-to-end story providing a detailed risk analysis for our leaders and customers is essential. This opportunity combines construction engineering planning project management real estate development validating design site visits understanding local building and fire code issues utilities sustainability multi-disciplinary design management and contract management. The preconstruction manager is responsible for the planning and design of scope budget and schedule prior to handing off to a construction manager focusing on taking ownership to resolve upstream issues and supporting the construction team throughout the process.

This position requires travel up to 40% within assigned regions.




Key job responsibilities
- Ensure project funding is secured to enable on time and under budget project execution.
- Establish Schedule Dependencies for initial project approval and delivery.
- Partner with the Transaction team to ensure leases require Landlord delivery aligned with Amazons needs.
- Work with internal stakeholders as well as exterior partners to secure resources create and uphold contractual terms and drive delivery.
- Manage working relationships with stakeholders and vendors and lead constructive dialogue to resolve and prevent project issues.
- Manage vendor procurement and oversee professional service providers ensuring competencies meet needs.
- Perform pricing reviews for scope and negotiate the cost of work with landlords general contractors and design consultants.
- Supervise the implementation and management of Amazons safety programs and standards with the internal and external project team.
- Coordinate with design teams to develop plans in compliance with standards and operational requirements.
- Prepare project status/risk reports and concise summaries to present to leadership.
- Coordinate with the authorities that have jurisdiction (AHJ) to ensure regulatory compliance.
- Adapt to constant change and innovation while finding ways to Think Big providing solutions for an evolving business.
- Provide detailed analysis and approvals of technical matters and site-specific deal structures and terms.




A day in the life
You will represent GREF in ensuring the on time and in budget execution of Amazon construction projects while strategically improving processes. Daily tasks may comprise of stakeholder management coordinating with internal teams/vendors/contractors ensuring vendors and contractors are meeting obligations estimating budget creation and lease exhibit review. Utilize the Amazon information systems to record and update scheduling budget and other key developments. You represent Amazons interests in weekly owner architect and contractor (OAC) meetings. Youll be tactical and strategic working independently interacting with leadership to resolve issues.

About the team
At Amazon we are all owners and leverage unique opportunities presented to us by owning everything from the design review permitting to construction bidding and consultant during construction execution prior to final hand-off to our internal stakeholder. We are a diverse upbeat creative team of designers engineers and managers working daily to develop innovative sustainable facilities and efficient innovative buildings for our customers. We focus on Delivering Results our speed for Bias for Action and Insisting on the Highest Standards for our customers.

- Bachelors degree
- 7 years of project management real estate development architecture/design experience

- Experience in commercial real estate or lease administration within an industrial commercial and/or data center environment
- Experience in procurement supply chain inventory management contract management lease administration or operations
- Experience communicating results to senior leadership or experience delivering results for large cross-functional initiatives/projects
- Experience as an Architect Engineer Construction Manager Development Manager Owners project management representative or in other Commercial Development and Construction related disciplines
- Experience delivering projects within scope time budget and quality
- Experience communicating results to senior leadership
- Knowledge of building codes and regulations including Life Safety BOCA NFPA NEC and OSHA

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $81200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $181600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity sign-on payments and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package in addition to a full range of medical financial and/or other benefits. For more information please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.