Manager of Construction, Data Center Construction; AWS

Manager of Construction, Data Center Construction

Job :  | Amazon Data Services, Inc.

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most 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 across AWS to deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

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

Responsibilities:

• 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.
• Work alongside partner teams such as Operations, Networking, Controls, Security, and Commissioning to build data centers that directly support our customers.
• Be a leader in your specific discipline (construction management, building services, architectural, electrical, or mechanical engineering).
• Represent Amazon’s owner’s representative on construction sites daily, interacting with construction trades.

Key job responsibilities:

• Be Amazon’s construction representative on multiple data center building and capital improvement construction project sites from construction start through hand‑off to operations.
• Direct interface with construction general contractors during the construction bidding, award, execution, punch‑list, and closeout phases.
• Create construction project Scope of Work (SOW) and Request for Proposals (RFP).
• Conduct negotiations with general contractors and evaluate bids and proposals with detail and accuracy.
• Manage and drive cost, schedule, and quality while managing 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 failure 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.
• Analyze and report 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 civil, structural, electrical and mechanical designs for new or optimization of existing data centers.
• Be a leader within the group, and within internal and external data center support teams.

A day in the life Manage the day‑to‑day responsibilities of the CM team, engage with other internal AWS managers and team members. New Carlisle, Indiana will be the permanent reporting location.

About the team Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

• 2+ years of management experience.
• 4+ years of general contractor and vendor management work…