{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"45d704fd80f8b6b2cf0497ac","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/45d704fd80f8b6b2cf0497ac","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/45d704fd80f8b6b2cf0497ac","title":"Sr Construction Manager, Data Center Construction","description":"Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Construction Management or an equivalent engineering science Degree +7 or 11 total years of related construction management experience *in lieu* of a degree.\n6 years of experience in *construction management* of large, complex projects involving large-scale mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) plants.\n6 years of *general contractor and vendor management experience* (request for proposals, bidding, change orders, quality control, RFI/submittal tracking) associated with construction and project execution. Experience working with cross function teams to deliver complex construction projects.\nAWS 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.\n\nYou’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.\n\nAs a Data Center Construction Manager you will be a part of a creative, diverse team tasked with solving fascinating problems constructing Amazon Data Centers. Our data centers are industry-leading examples of energy efficient, cost-effective designs. You will work alongside partner teams such as Operations, Networking, Controls, Security, and Commissioning to build Data Centers that directly support our Customers. As our Data Center Construction Manager, you will build some of the most interesting electrical and mechanical systems in the world. You will be on the construction site daily interacting with the construction trades, as Amazon’s owner’s representative and be directly responsible for driving cost, schedule, and quality while managing construction vendors and contractors building data centers.\n\nAt Amazon, we are all Owners and leverage unique opportunities presented to us by owning everything from the design review to construction bidding to construction execution and final hand-off to our customers. We are a diverse, upbeat, creative, team of engineers and managers working on a daily basis to develop innovative data centers for our Customers.\n\nAble to value engineer, and find creative and innovative solutions to reduce costs and duration with no impact on quality and reliability.\n\nExperience with design or construction of data centers, critical infrastructure, or large-scale MEP plants.\nExperience with systems, controls, commissioning, power management, and technical operations of data centers critical infrastructure, or large-scale MEP plants.\nKnowledge of governing building codes and regulations, including Life Safety, BOCA, NFPA, NEC, and OSHA.\nCertified as a Professional Engineer (PE), LEED, or Certified Construction Manager (CCM).\nExperience with *managing construction of* complex electrical engineering systems including large scale power distribution/generation gear and mechanical engineering systems including cooling systems.\nAble to specify and document performance and equipment requirements, create and communicate conceptual designs, and create and maintain project documentation.\nKey job responsibilities\nThe Data Center Construction Manager will be responsible for construction project management and oversight of construction related activities as they relate to new builds or general capital projects which includes the ownership of the project scope, quality, schedule, and budget.\n\nSome of the typical daily tasks of the Construction Manager:\n\nDirect interface with construction general contractors during the bidding, award, execution, and project closeout/punch list phases.\nConduct negotiations with general contractors and evaluate bids/proposals with detail and accuracy.\nCreate construction project scope and request for proposals.\nFinancial analysis of construction.\nConstruction project management for specific initiatives aimed at increasing the resiliency of our data centers.\nConstructability reviews of electrical and mechanical designs associated with the construction of new data centers or optimization of existing data centers.\nConstruction document management including submittal review, RFI’s, change orders, and invoicing.\nConstruction project quality control.\nRecord and report key construction metrics to team members and management.\nDrive teams to perform troubleshooting and root-cause failure analysis associated with equipment failures.\nBe a leader within the group as well as within internal and external teams that support the data center.\nAble to read and interpret construction specifications and drawings for all disciplines.\nDefine data center system-level architecture, specify/document performance and equipment requirements, create/communicate conceptual designs, and create/maintain project documentation.\nExperience with large scale technical operations or large-scale compute farms.\nKnowledge of building codes and regulations including Life Safety, BOCA, NFPA, NEC, and OSHA.\nExperience in controls and commissioning of large scale projects.\nExperience with power management and power monitoring systems.\nCertifications such as Professional Engineer (PE), LEED, and/or Certified Construction Manager (CCM)\nAbout the team\n**Why AWS**\nAmazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.\n\nDiverse Experiences*\nAmazon 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.\n\nWork/Life Balance*\nWe value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.\n\nInclusive Team Culture*\nHere at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.\n\nMentorship and Career Growth*\nWe’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.\n\nUnderstand data center system-level architecture and electrical engineering principles, including switch gear, UPS, transformers, circuit breakers, breaker coordination studies, and switchgear sequence of operation\nUnderstand data center system-level architecture and mechanical engineering principles for cooling systems.\nAble to communicate clearly and use data to justify conclusions.\nAble to read and interpret construction specifications and drawings for all disciplines.\nAmazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. 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Experience working with cross function teams to deliver complex construction projects.\nAWS 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.\n\nYou’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.\n\nAs a Data Center Construction Manager you will be a part of a creative, diverse team tasked with solving fascinating problems constructing Amazon Data Centers. Our data centers are industry-leading examples of energy efficient, cost-effective designs. You will work alongside partner teams such as Operations, Networking, Controls, Security, and Commissioning to build Data Centers that directly support our Customers. As our Data Center Construction Manager, you will build some of the most interesting electrical and mechanical systems in the world. You will be on the construction site daily interacting with the construction trades, as Amazon’s owner’s representative and be directly responsible for driving cost, schedule, and quality while managing construction vendors and contractors building data centers.\n\nAt Amazon, we are all Owners and leverage unique opportunities presented to us by owning everything from the design review to construction bidding to construction execution and final hand-off to our customers. We are a diverse, upbeat, creative, team of engineers and managers working on a daily basis to develop innovative data centers for our Customers.\n\nAble to value engineer, and find creative and innovative solutions to reduce costs and duration with no impact on quality and reliability.\n\nExperience with design or construction of data centers, critical infrastructure, or large-scale MEP plants.\nExperience with systems, controls, commissioning, power management, and technical operations of data centers critical infrastructure, or large-scale MEP plants.\nKnowledge of governing building codes and regulations, including Life Safety, BOCA, NFPA, NEC, and OSHA.\nCertified as a Professional Engineer (PE), LEED, or Certified Construction Manager (CCM).\nExperience with *managing construction of* complex electrical engineering systems including large scale power distribution/generation gear and mechanical engineering systems including cooling systems.\nAble to specify and document performance and equipment requirements, create and communicate conceptual designs, and create and maintain project documentation.\nKey job responsibilities\nThe Data Center Construction Manager will be responsible for construction project management and oversight of construction related activities as they relate to new builds or general capital projects which includes the ownership of the project scope, quality, schedule, and budget.\n\nSome of the typical daily tasks of the Construction Manager:\n\nDirect interface with construction general contractors during the bidding, award, execution, and project closeout/punch list phases.\nConduct negotiations with general contractors and evaluate bids/proposals with detail and accuracy.\nCreate construction project scope and request for proposals.\nFinancial analysis of construction.\nConstruction project management for specific initiatives aimed at increasing the resiliency of our data centers.\nConstructability reviews of electrical and mechanical designs associated with the construction of new data centers or optimization of existing data centers.\nConstruction document management including submittal review, RFI’s, change orders, and invoicing.\nConstruction project quality control.\nRecord and report key construction metrics to team members and management.\nDrive teams to perform troubleshooting and root-cause failure analysis associated with equipment failures.\nBe a leader within the group as well as within internal and external teams that support the data center.\nAble to read and interpret construction specifications and drawings for all disciplines.\nDefine data center system-level architecture, specify/document performance and equipment requirements, create/communicate conceptual designs, and create/maintain project documentation.\nExperience with large scale technical operations or large-scale compute farms.\nKnowledge of building codes and regulations including Life Safety, BOCA, NFPA, NEC, and OSHA.\nExperience in controls and commissioning of large scale projects.\nExperience with power management and power monitoring systems.\nCertifications such as Professional Engineer (PE), LEED, and/or Certified Construction Manager (CCM)\nAbout the team\n**Why AWS**\nAmazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.\n\nDiverse Experiences*\nAmazon 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.\n\nWork/Life Balance*\nWe value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.\n\nInclusive Team Culture*\nHere at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.\n\nMentorship and Career Growth*\nWe’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.\n\nUnderstand data center system-level architecture and electrical engineering principles, including switch gear, UPS, transformers, circuit breakers, breaker coordination studies, and switchgear sequence of operation\nUnderstand data center system-level architecture and mechanical engineering principles for cooling systems.\nAble to communicate clearly and use data to justify conclusions.\nAble to read and interpret construction specifications and drawings for all disciplines.\nAmazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. 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