Sr. Construction Manager, Data Center Construction; AWS

Sr. Construction Manager, Data Center Construction

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 customers have continual access to the cloud. We work on challenging problems with thousands of variables affecting the supply chain and are looking for talented people 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 teams across AWS to deliver high safety and security standards while providing expansive capacity at low cost. You’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

As our Data Center Construction Manager (CM), you will be part of a diverse, upbeat, and creative team tasked with solving fascinating problems constructing Amazon Data Centers. Our data centers are industry-leading in energy efficiency and cost-effective design.

• Own project scope, quality, schedule, and budget for construction of new builds or general capital projects.
• Own construction project management and oversight of construction-related activities.
• Collaborate with partner teams such as Operations, Networking, Controls, Security, and Commissioning to build Data Centers that directly support customers.
• Lead in your discipline (construction management, building services, architectural, electrical, or mechanical engineering).
• Represent Amazon’s owner’s representative on construction sites daily, interacting with construction trades.
• Act as Amazon’s construction representative on multiple data center building and capital improvement sites from start to hand-off to operations.
• Interface with construction general contractors during bidding, award, execution, punch-list, and closeout phases.
• Create construction project scope and requests for proposals.
• Negotiate with general contractors and evaluate bids and proposals with detail and accuracy.
• Manage cost, schedule, and quality while overseeing construction contractors and vendors.
• Perform construction project management activities, including management of documents, submittals, RFIs, change orders, invoices, quality, scope, and schedule.
• Drive construction teams to troubleshoot and perform root-cause analysis on equipment failures.
• Support commissioning and integrated system testing and oversight.
• Support operations of installed facilities, including review of procedures, best practices, and maintenance initiatives.
• Support capital request creation and analysis of construction progress and financials.
• Record and report key construction metrics to team members and management.
• Contribute to construction initiatives aimed at improving construction efficiency and increasing data center resiliency.
• Provide constructability reviews for electrical and mechanical designs for new or optimized data centers.

Diverse Experiences:
Amazon values diverse experiences. If you do not meet all preferred qualifications, we encourage you to apply. If your career is just starting or follows a non-traditional path, don’t let it stop you from applying.

• Experience in construction management or construction program management of large, complex projects involving large-scale mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) plants.
• Experience in construction of data center delivery (design, commissioning, and construction), mission-critical facilities, or equivalent industrial/manufacturing facility builds.
• Experience constructing electrical engineering systems including large-scale power distribution/generation gear and mechanical systems including cooling systems.
• Experience in project control (cost or schedule, or both) and formulating construction programs for infrastructure and mission-critical projects on-site and in preconstruction environments.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Construction Management or equivalent engineering discipline +7 years of experience,…