Construction Manager, EMEA Data Center Capacity Delivery (DCCD)/InfraOps
As a Data Center Construction Manager, you will be part of a fast-paced, creative, and efficient site-based construction team tasked with tackling fascinating and complex problems building and supporting the operations of Amazon-owned data centers covering MEP installations, commissioning & redundancy in 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 ensuring full compliance including all commercial elements.
At Amazon, we leverage unique opportunities presented to us by owning everything from the substation to the server and back to the cooling systems. We are a diverse, upbeat, creative team of engineers and managers working daily to develop innovative data centers for our Customers.
Key Job Responsibilities
The Data Center Construction Manager will be responsible for:
1. Management and oversight of construction-related activities as they relate to new builds or general capital projects.
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. Manage negotiations with general contractors and internal procurement partners and evaluate bids/proposals with detail and accuracy.
5. Creation of construction project scope and request for proposals.
6. Capital requests/financial review 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 centers.
8. Reviews of electrical and mechanical designs associated with the construction of new data centers or the optimization of existing data centers.
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. Manage teams to perform troubleshooting and root-cause failure analysis associated with equipment or electrical failures.
13. Travel to other data center sites as required (30% International Travel required).
A Day in the Life
You will frequently travel to other data centers, Amazon offices, or vendor premises as required to support the current project or undertake training. Opportunities may also exist for international travel.
1. Work with general contractors, developers, and vendors to deliver efficient and high-quality project turn-overs.
2. Review civil, electrical, and mechanical designs to create construction project scope for requests for proposal and variations.
3. Partake in negotiations with general contractors and internal procurement partners and evaluate bids/proposals/claims with detail and accuracy.
4. Monitoring and reporting of construction/commercial metrics, including internal schedule, cost and budget reporting and forecasting.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 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.
- 5+ years of general contractor and vendor experience (request for proposals, bidding, change orders, quality control, RFI/submittal tracking) associated with construction and project execution.
- 5+ years of experience directly constructing electrical engineering systems including large scale power distribution/generation gear and constructing mechanical engineering systems including cooling systems.
- 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.
- Understand electrical engineering best practices including breaker coordination studies, switch gear sequence of operation, and NEC code including mechanical engineering principles for cooling systems.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years in construction site management, leading the management of a construction contract package and interface with live operational/mission-critical facilities e.g. data centers, energy plants, O&G, Industrial facilities, heavy infrastructure projects.
- Knowledge of best practice industry safety, quality standards, and local safety regulations with experience performing the role of a client within those regulations.
- Understanding of either Electrical engineering principles for transformer/switchgear systems & experience of managing or interfacing with installation of major electrical equipment or, of Mechanical engineering principles for cooling/ventilation systems & experience of managing or interfacing with installation of major mechanical equipment.
- Understanding of Civil engineering principles for sitework and construction of steel/concrete structures and experience of managing or interfacing with concrete pours and pre-cast structure erection.
- Knowledge of building codes and regulations including Life Safety, BOCA, NFPA, NEC, and OSHA.
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Posted: November 25, 2024 (Updated 1 day ago)
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