Commissioning Engineer, Commissioning Engineering

Description

Are you experienced in Critical Infrastructure Commissioning and looking for a fast-paced environment to work in? As a Data Center Commissioning Engineer (CxE), you will be part of a highly creative, efficient team tasked with tackling fascinating and challenging problems supporting the operations of existing Amazon‑owned data centers in the northern Virginia (IAD) region. The Amazon Commissioning team (ACx) understands, evaluates, defines and manages the expectations of system performance and optimization in accordance with engineering designs to meet customer requirements.

The CxE is responsible for supporting vendors, contractors, and other teams involved in the commissioning of various systems in operational data centers such as:

• Medium and low voltage power systems
• Generators
• UPS
• HVAC (Air Handlers / Exhaust Fans / VFD)
• Chilled Water Systems
• Building Management systems (BMS)
• Electrical Power Monitoring Systems (EPMS)
• Testing and balancing
• Pumps and Hydronic systems

As the Commissioning Engineer (CxE), you will provide testing and validation oversight of AWS data center electrical and mechanical infrastructure in existing operational facilities. This includes, but is not limited to: review of as‑built documents and equipment submittals, leading Factory Witness Testing (FWT) when applicable, and managing third‑party commissioning vendors in the performance of onsite functional and integrated systems testing. You will own your project’s successes, Deep Dive to resolve technical issues, and have a Bias for Action to address schedule impacts and coordination demands onsite.

You will share lessons learned, leading towards team growth and program improvements.

You will have the opportunity to provide multi‑discipline input into the scheduling, test script development, designing, and planning of commissioning projects. During commissioning, you will continuously audit Cx vendors’ activities to ensure compliance with environmental, quality, and safety requirements while minimizing impact to operational data centers. Following the AWS project reporting format, you will be responsible for regular reporting of commissioning progress and metrics of assigned projects to your Regional Commissioning Manager.

You may lead several projects simultaneously to achieve key milestones and deliver optimized data center performance, while managing project budget as approved by Finance.

On a typical commissioning project, the CxE works across AWS engineering, operations, and contractor teams to coordinate site activities in operational data centers, prioritise tasks, and ensure each issue has a clear path to resolution with minimal impact to operations. The CxE manages the project commissioning vendor whose primary scope is to execute functional tests on existing systems, identify optimisation opportunities, determine criticality, propose solutions, and document their findings.

The CxE coordinates closely with operations teams to schedule work during appropriate maintenance windows. If project completion is at risk, the CxE escalates to the appropriate stakeholders. Upon project completion, the CxE communicates lessons learned to help peers on similar projects in flight and participates in initiatives that drive improvement to the commissioning program.

• 5+ years of engineering, installation, or startup/commissioning of electrical and mechanical systems experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering or 5 years of relevant discipline work experience
• High technical competency in either mechanical or electrical or control systems utilized in critical infrastructures, with the capability to learn and be trained in the others.
• Understand the design concept and intent by reviewing mechanical or electrical design documentation, including drawings, specifications, vendor submittals and sequences of operations and provide feedback on the same in accordance with Amazon standards for basis of design.
• Develop but majorly review commissioning documentation such as test plans, scripts and reports developed by vendors to ensure…