**Job Title:** Sr. Pre-Construction Manager, EMEA Pre-Construction
Amazon's Data Centers are industry leading examples of innovation in the areas of security, safety, space utilization, efficiency, and cost effectiveness. The EMEA Data Center Construction team is responsible for the construction of the Amazon owned sites.
We are looking for a Senior Pre-Construction Manager to serve as the primary liaison between Real Estate, Design Engineering, Construction and other critical partner teams during initial planning, conceptual design and design development; providing cost, schedule, and constructibility guidance.
The successful candidate will have highly developed critical facility pre-construction knowledge coupled with extensive practical construction experience to drive standards in this essential part of our delivery process.
We are seeking someone who has experience driving global pre-construction standards, bid documents, specifications and general requirements to describe all the elements of a construction project and working within a broad design and construction infrastructure environment.
Main Responsibilities:
* Represent AWS in ensuring the on time and in budget execution of Amazon projects, while strategically improving its processes, costs, quality H&S, and sustainability performance.
* Lead and mentor large cross-functional teams as an expert technical and project management resource to complete construction projects and skillfully motivate and focus people of all levels to deliver.
* Drive significant communication across departments, to front line and executive level managers while serving as an authority on project issues.
* Leverage your experience and tools to understand where gaps exist in project plans and propose solutions.
* Negotiate terms of contracts with developers, contractors and consultants representing AWS' interests.
* Act as the primary escalation point for the evaluation of the feasibility of potential future projects and pre-development actions; owning and tracking issues to ensure that they are addressed, documented, and resolved using influence to manage team members.
* Negotiate with general contractors and internal procurement partners and evaluate bids/proposals/claims with detail and accuracy, reporting key construction/commercial metrics, including schedule, cost and budget.
* Review and provide input into global standards and data center template designs.
* Support complex, cross-functional Data Center projects from site selection, permitting and contract execution, and keep project stakeholders informed to contribute to the performance of the team, building trust and respect in all working relationships.
* Keep the scope progress under control by driving crisp and timely decisions, identifying and clearing blockers, and escalating appropriately.
* Work with internal/external teams including real estate, design engineering, construction, finance, architects, engineers, permitting agencies, developers and landlords to secure resources, scope infrastructure builds, set priorities, milestones and drive results through clearing blockers, making decisions, leading and influencing.
* Evaluate Due Diligences, schedule tracking, and identify and solve factors that may impede a successful permitted project hand-over to Amazon stakeholders.
* Demand the highest standards from self and others and drive accountability for results, leading externals and, potentially, internals, including coaching and disciplinary actions, as needed.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
* 7+ years of experience Construction, conducting negotiations with general contractors and evaluate bids/proposals with detail and accuracy.
* 7+ years of experience in mission critical facilities (design, pre-construction, scheduling, construction and commissioning), or equivalent.
* Knowledge of civil, electric and mechanical engineering principles.
* Professional fluency Spanish.
* Ability to travel ~40% of your time.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
* Professional certification, such as CCM, PMP, AC or CPC.
* Knowledge of critical data center equipment (Generators, Uninterruptible Power Supplies, Switch-gear, Transformers, Power Feeders, Chillers, Plumbing, Fire Detection/Suppression, Air Handling Units, Computer Room Air Handling/Conditioning Units, UPS, CRAH, CRAC).
* Additionallanguageswillbeappreciated.
* Knowledge of best practice industry safety, quality standards and local safety regulations with experience performing the role of a client within those regulations.
* Bachelor's degree in Construction Project Management, Architecture, Engineering, related field or equivalent trade certification.