Construction Project Engineer

As a Data Center Construction Manager you will be a part of a creative efficient team tasked with tackling fascinating and challenging problems building and supporting the operations of Amazon data centers. Amazon Construction Managers are part of a fast-paced team delivering data centers for our Customers. Our data centers are industry leading examples of energy efficient cost effective designs.

The Data Center Construction Manager is ultimately responsible for the oversight and review of all disciplines including civil structural architectural electrical mechanical controls and commissioning. The Construction Manager will administer all construction contracts and lease contracts ensuring full compliance including all commercial elements for a specific data centre site.

Our Data Center Construction team owns and drives the construction life cycle from constructability proposal development bid analysis award to managing the onsite construction work.

The manager will be expected to dive deep and know construction management; inspire and think big about the construction management program; and support grow and nurture the team delivering efficient and sophisticated electrical and mechanical systems to our Customers.


Key job responsibilities
Construction project management and oversight of construction related activities for data centre sites. This will include the ownership of the project scope timeline and budget.
Direct interface with construction general contractors during the bidding award execution and project closeout/punch list phases.
Work with general contractors and vendors to deliver efficient and high-quality project turn-overs.
Lead negotiations with general contractors and evaluate bids/proposals with detail and accuracy.
Creation of construction project scope and request for proposals.
Capital requests/financial analysis of construction work including change orders purchase orders and invoicing.
Construction project management for specific initiatives aimed at increasing the resiliency of our data centres.
Reviews of electrical and mechanical designs associated with the construction of new data centres or the optimisation of existing data centres.
Construction submittal review.
Construction project quality control including the creation of a commissioning plan and support of the commissioning process.
Re-cording and reporting key construction metrics to team members and management.
Be a leader within the group as well as within internal and external teams that support the data centre.
The position will be based on a data centre construction site in London.


A day in the life
AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design planning delivery and operation of all AWS global 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.


About the team
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.

- Bachelors degree in enginnering or equivalent
- Experience in vendor management
- Experience in a data center or other critical environment
- Experience with Microsoft Office including Outlook Word and Excel
- Experience as a general contractor and in vendor management (request for proposals bidding change orders quality control RFI/submittal tracking) associated with construction and project execution
- Experience in construction of data center delivery (design commissioning and construction) mission critical facilities or equivalent industrial/manufacturing facility builds

- Experience in construction or project management
- Knowledge of building codes and regulations for your region
- Experience finding creative ways to do more with less and a track record of staying on budget
- Bachelors degree in Civil Structural or Architecture engineering Construction Management or an equivalent engineering science OR 4 years of related construction management experience in lieu of a degree.
- Understanding of planning and permitting processes and compliance
- Perform business case analysis to justify project scope and financial position for management review.

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