Principal, Airport Facility Technical Advisor, Amazon Air; Fulfillment & Operations

Principal, Airport Facility Technical Advisor, Amazon Air

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At Amazon, we're working to be the world's most customer centric company. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people.
Amazon Global Air (AIR) is looking for a leader who is innovative, passionate, and results driven to lead oversight of a growing network of airport facilities. The airport ecosystem is extremely complex and a successful candidate will have solid program management and communications skills, and a strong working knowledge of the unique airport development and regulatory environment.
As the Principal, Airport Facility Technical Advisor, you'll be responsible for coordinating multi-disciplinary stakeholder groups focused on designing, developing, and executing:
1) the maintaining of Amazon airport infrastructure,
2) the development of facility maintenance and site master plans,
3) Amazon tenant oversight, and
4) supporting Amazon on-airport property development. You will be Amazon Air's voice and a subject matter expert resource for a wide range of teams at Amazon, including Design & Construction, Global Engineering Services, Asset Management, Reliability Maintenance & Engineering (RME), Real Estate, and Airport Affairs. This role will be instrumental in solving some of Air's biggest challenges in a space that's fast, diverse, and unpredictable.

Are you up for it?
Key job responsibilities
- Develop deep working partnerships with execution teams in North America (NA) Design & Construction, Global Engineering Services, Asset Management, Reliability Maintenance & Engineering (RME), Airport Affairs, and ground operations leadership
- Provide Subject Matter Expert (SME) guidance for internal teams on regulatory and technical matters related to on-airfield project management, design, and construction
- In partnership with execution teams and senior AIR leadership, lead efforts to develop long-range site master plans for all AIR NA Hub and Regional Air Hub sites
- Create and implement standard procedures for facility management in Amazon controlled, 3P operated airport facilities
- Engage with airports, landlords, and subtenants on construction and facility matters as needed
- Facilitate transitions during cargo facility operator changes, onboarding, and offboarding of assets
- Facilitate preparation and presentation of airport construction and facility modification project updates to senior AIR leadership including cost, entitlements, permitting, approvals, and overall project health
- Travel 25% of the time
About the team
As part of the Airport Affairs team, you're joining an organization with decades of airport development, aviation, and cargo experience that's critical to the continued growth and optimization of Amazon Air's business. You'll be surrounded by a diverse group of aviation professionals all working towards creating value for our customers.

- Experience working with, presenting to and influencing senior executives up to VP level
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Engineering, or related fields or equivalent work experience
- 10+ years of experience in real-estate development, construction, architecture, or facility management
- 3+ years of on-airport development, construction, design, or facility management
- Strong knowledge of airport regulatory environment and airport development/construction best practices
- Ability to understand & communicate construction, design, building mechanical, airport, and other technical requirements

- Experience delivering projects within scope, time, budget and quality
- Master's degree
- 15+ years of experience in real-estate development, construction, architecture, or facility…