The EMEA Construction Program Team is looking for a team leader to manage a team that delivers a consistent approach to Data Center Capacity Delivery. If you like ensure the construction organization uses a scalable approach to all project processes, we’d like to meet you. Your work will a myriad of operational needs, including influencing Construction Managers (CMs) project controls (time and cost), KPIs, goals management, metrics and reporting, SOPs, templates, trainings, and resource management.
AWS Infrastructure Services (AIS)
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
•You will identify gaps and create processes to drive efficiencies and reduce level of efforts (LOEs) on repeating and overlapping works, eliminate non-value-add activities, removing blockers, and driving automation.
•You will identifying gaps in global processes and create processes, SOPs and templates that are suitable for EMEA local requirements to support Construction Managers and Generals Contractors.
•You will manage your own team
•You will maintain and forecast headcount & resourcing allocation across EMEA
•You will coordinate the Construction program and initiatives at the global level, driving for training, adaption and implementation
•You will drive project lesson learned across Construction and develop and track best practices for global consistency
•You will gather data across clusters to support reporting, including scope, schedule, budget, resources, quality, health & Safety and risk management, reporting and metric development/tracking
•You will review & Monitor Inspection, Observations & Incidents in Procore for EMEA wide projects and analysis in order to share data (leading and lagging indicators) for trends, risks/opportunities and reports to CM leadership.
•You will connect and work with Construction Managers to prioritize H&S in planning and execution in all phases of CM projects and ensure adequate training is provided to CMs and GCs through the H&S Program team.
•You will run training and on boarding programs on key knowledge and tools;
•You will monitor business impactful goals, build dashboard to show metrics for KPI reporting
A day in the life
•Track and monitor project risks across EMEA
•Manage, mentor, and support your team through prioritization, clear communication, and influence across cross functional teams
•Drive audits and compliance to policies and use of tools (Procore, AWS Rev etc.)
•Self-Initiate project ideas and track to successful implementation
•Run continuous improvement projects spanning multiple teams
About the team
The EMEA Construction Program Team are a programmatic delivery team enabling a consistent approach to Data Center Capacity Delivery. You will work in a diverse and creative team solving fascinating problems constructing Amazon Data Centers. You will be part of fast-moving regional construction program team of professionals delivering data center capacity to support Amazon’s growth in the EMEA region.
Our Data Center construction team owns and drives the construction life cycle from constructability, proposal development, procurement strategies, bid analysis, award, to managing on site construction work, schedule management and commercial management. The position is based in London and could involves travel (up to 30% of the time) to other locations.
The program management team provide the centralized support to Construction Managers (CMs) project controls (time and cost), KPIs, goals management, metrics and reporting, administration tasks, systems, programs, process, SOPs, templates, trainings, headcount and resource management, rolling out of new tools and development and maintenance of dashboards.
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the 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.
Why AWS?
Amazon 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.
Inclusive Team Culture
Here 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.
Mentorship & Career Growth
We’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.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.
Our Data Center construction team owns and drives the construction life cycle from constructability, proposal development, procurement strategies, bid analysis, award, to managing on site construction work, schedule management and commercial management. The position is based in London and could involves travel (up to 30% of the time) to other locations.
The program management team provide the centralized support to Construction Managers (CMs) project controls (time and cost), KPIs, goals management, metrics and reporting, administration tasks, systems, programs, process, SOPs, templates, trainings, headcount and resource management, rolling out of new tools and development and maintenance of dashboards.
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the 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.
Why AWS?
Amazon 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.
Inclusive Team Culture
Here 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.
Mentorship & Career Growth
We’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.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management or a related technical discipline or 10+ years of relevant experience.
• 5+ years working in construction industry managing large scale complex projects.
• 5+ years of technical program management experience working directly with engineering teams experience.
• 5+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, health & safety along with risk and critical path management experience.
• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building sustainable processes and programs and developing and coordinating training in a fast paced, deadline driven environment.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
•3+ years of experience in mission critical facilities (design, pre-construction, scheduling, construction and commissioning), or equivalent.
•Knowledge of building codes and regulations including Life Safety, BOCA, NFPA, NEC, and IOSH or equivalent
•Experience analyzing structured and unstructured data
•Experience developing Tableau dashboards and Tableau Server
•Experience defining KPI's/SLA's used to drive multi-million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership
•Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition
•Excellent oral and written communication skills
•Former team management experience
•Strong analytical skills; ability to mine and use data and metrics to back up assumptions and planning
•Experience developing and understanding project schedule data