Construction Manager

Overview

Construction Manager role at Amazon Web Services (AWS). AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. We support all AWS data centers and the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on challenging problems with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain, and we’re looking for talented people who want to help.

You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help deliver the highest safety and security standards while providing infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost. You’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

• The Data Center Construction Manager will be responsible for construction project management and oversight of construction-related activities as they relate to new builds or general capital projects, including ownership of scope, quality, schedule, and budget.
• Direct interface with construction general contractors during bidding, award, execution, and project closeout/punch list phases.
• Conduct negotiations with general contractors and evaluate bids/proposals with detail and accuracy.
• Create construction project scope and request for proposals.
• Financial analysis of construction.
• Construction project management for initiatives aimed at increasing resilience of data centers.
• Constructability reviews of electrical and mechanical designs for new data centers or optimization of existing data centers.
• Construction document management including submittal review, RFIs, change orders, and invoicing.
• Construction project quality control.
• Record and report key construction metrics to team members and management.
• Drive teams to perform troubleshooting and root-cause failure analysis of equipment failures.
• Be a leader within the group and within internal and external teams that support the data center.
• Read and interpret construction specifications and drawings for all disciplines.
• Define data center system-level architecture, specify/document performance and equipment requirements, create/communicate conceptual designs, and maintain project documentation.
• Experience with large-scale technical operations or large-scale compute farms.
• Knowledge of building codes and regulations including Life Safety, BOCA, NFPA, NEC, and OSHA.
• Experience in controls and commissioning of large-scale projects.
• Experience with power management and power monitoring systems.
• Certifications such as Professional Engineer (PE), LEED, and/or Certified Construction Manager (CCM).

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Construction Management, or an equivalent engineering science, or 12 years of relevant construction experience in lieu of a degree.
• 8+ years of experience in construction management of large, complex projects involving large-scale mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) plants.
• 6+ years of general contractor and vendor management experience (RFPs, bidding, change orders, quality control, RFI and submittal tracking) associated with construction and project execution.

• Understand data center system-level architecture and electrical engineering principles, including switch gear, UPS, transformers, circuit breakers, breaker coordination studies, and switch gear sequence of operation.
• Understand data center system-level architecture and mechanical engineering principles for cooling systems. Able to read and interpret construction specifications and drawings for all disciplines.
• Able to value engineer and find innovative solutions to reduce costs and duration with no impact on quality and reliability. Experience with design or construction of data centers, critical infrastructure, or large-scale MEP plants. Experience with systems, controls, commissioning, power management, and technical operations of data centers or large-scale MEP…