Construction Project Manager, EMEA Construction

Construction Project Manager, EMEA Construction

DESCRIPTION

As a Data Center Construction Manager you will be a part of a creative, efficient team tasked with tackling fascinating and challenging problems building and supporting the operations of Amazon data centers. Amazon Construction Managers are part of a fast-paced team delivering data centers for our Customers. Our data centers are industry-leading examples of energy-efficient, cost-effective designs.

The Data Center Construction Manager is ultimately responsible for the oversight and review of all disciplines including civil, structural, architectural, electrical, mechanical, controls, and commissioning. The Construction Manager will administer all construction contracts and lease contracts ensuring full compliance including all commercial elements for a specific data centre site.

Our Data Center Construction team owns and drives the construction life cycle from constructability, proposal development, bid analysis, award, to managing the onsite construction work.

The manager will be expected to dive deep and know construction management; inspire and think big about the construction management program; and support, grow, and nurture the team delivering efficient and sophisticated electrical and mechanical systems to our Customers.

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 with people across AWS to help us 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.

Key job responsibilities

1. Construction project management and oversight of construction-related activities as they relate to new builds or general capital projects at a specific data centre site. This will include the ownership of the project scope, timeline, and budget.
2. Direct interface with construction general contractors during the bidding, award, execution, and project closeout/punch list phases.
3. Work with general contractors and vendors to deliver efficient and high-quality project turn-overs.
4. Lead negotiations with general contractors and evaluate bids/proposals with detail and accuracy.
5. Creation of construction project scope and request for proposals.
6. Capital requests/financial analysis of construction work including change orders, purchase orders, and invoicing.
7. Construction project management for specific initiatives aimed at increasing the resiliency of our data centres.
8. Reviews of electrical and mechanical designs associated with the construction of new data centres or the optimisation of existing data centres.
9. Construction submittal review.
10. Construction project quality control including the creation of a commissioning plan and support of the commissioning process.
11. Recording and reporting key construction metrics to team members and management.
12. Be a leader within the group as well as within internal and external teams that support the data centre.
13. The position will be based on a data centre construction site in Zaragoza/Spain.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

1. Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Construction Management, or an equivalent engineering science OR 4+ years of related construction management experience in lieu of a degree.
2. 4+ years of general contractor and vendor experience (request for proposals, bidding, change orders, quality control, RFI/submittal tracking) associated with construction and project execution.
3. 4+ years of experience directly constructing electrical engineering systems including large scale power distribution/generation gear and constructing mechanical engineering systems including cooling systems.
4. 5+ years experience in construction of mission-critical facilities directly related to the design or construction of data centers including large scale technical operations or large-scale compute farms.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

1. Understand electrical engineering best practices including breaker coordination studies, switch gear sequence of operation, and NEC code including mechanical engineering principles for cooling systems.
2. Knowledge of building codes and regulations including Life Safety, BOCA, NFPA, NEC, and OSHA.
3. Ability to define data center system-level architecture, specify/document performance and equipment requirements, create/communicate conceptual designs, and create/maintain project documentation, with experience of large scale power systems.
4. Ability and willingness to find creative and innovative solutions to reduce costs and duration with no impact on quality and reliability.
5. Perform business case analysis to justify project scope and financial position for management review.
6. Possess clear written and verbal communication skills and ability to use data to justify conclusions.

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