Sr. DC Design Manager for Region, DCDE - AMER

Key job responsibilities

• Lead project teams of discipline leads to deliver quality and globally consistent DC designs and maintaining a high level of quality within budget and schedule.
• Able to influence internal stakeholders, internal customers (operations), and external consultants to address program wide design changes.
• Manage escalations.
• Identify multi-disciplinary design decisions.
• Understanding of design development, design change management, permitting (working with AHJs), and implementation (working with CMs/RFIs/Submittals) lifecycle.
• Project management skills (critical path schedule management, risk management, quality management, cost management).
• Design consultant management including procurement, contracting, deliverable management, and payments.
• Effectively and consistently communicate with AWS Leadership and external project partners, including the creation, tracking & reporting of metrics related to schedule, cost, and quality throughout the lifecycle of the project.
• Manage competing priorities.
• Drive speed, quality, and simplification by eliminating rework loops, reducing and automating manual work through standardization and automation.
• Create global best practice documentation and facilitate sharing across the globe.
• Ability to motivate others to achieve impeccable quality in an explosive growth and deadline-driven environment.
• Travel for site assessments, internal design meetings, construction review, and interfacing with design consultants. Anticipated travel not to exceed 25%. International travel may be needed.

A typical day as a DC Design Manager involves:

• Leading design team meetings to coordinate cross-disciplinary decisions.
• Reviewing and approving design documents and changes.
• Managing consultant deliverables and performance.
• Responding to technical escalations from various teams.
• Collaborating with procurement and construction teams on implementation.
• Coordinating with AHJs for permitting requirements.
• Tracking project metrics for schedule, cost, and quality.
• Creating and updating best practice documentation.
• Participating in stakeholder meetings.
• Conducting site assessments and construction reviews.
• Managing critical path schedules and risk mitigation.
• Mentoring team members on design standards.
• Analyzing design optimization opportunities.
• Reviewing RFIs and submittal responses.

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• 6+ years of data center design, construction, operations, or facility maintenance experience.
• 6+ years of industrial or commercial engineering in mission critical facilities including but not limited to: data centers, power generation or oil and gas facilities experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field.
• Knowledge of critical data center mechanical and electrical equipment.
• Experience in data center design, construction, operations, or facility maintenance.
• Experience in industrial or commercial engineering in mission critical facilities including but not limited to: data centers, power generation or oil and gas facilities.
• Experience researching new designs, technologies, and construction methods of data center equipment and facilities.

• Professional Engineering or Architectural License.
• Knowledge of building codes and regulations for your region.
• Experience carrying design concepts through exploration, development, and into deployment or mass production.
• Experience reading, interpreting, and creating…