Commissioning Engineer

Amazon; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is looking for a dynamic Commissioning Engineer to support AWS substations and data centers. This role involves overseeing multi-discipline teams in commissioning processes, ensuring compliance with engineering specifications, and managing vendor activities while maintaining safety standards. Ideal candidates will have a degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering and relevant field experience. The position may require up to 25% travel domestically and internationally.

Benefits

Inclusive team culture

Career growth opportunities

Work-life balance initiatives

Qualifications

• Field experience supported by certification in Electrical, Controls or Mechanical Systems.
• 3+ years' experience in commissioning, electrical design or construction project management.

Responsibilities

• Oversee commissioning of high, medium and low voltage power systems.
• Ensure compliance with project specifications and standards.
• Manage and support commissioning vendors and contractors.

Skills

Experience in commissioning

Troubleshooting skills

Project management

Ability to read construction documents

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Overview

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 growing. We support all AWS data centers critical infrastructures, power and cooling equipment supporting 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, security and quality while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. You will experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

Role

Are you experienced in Critical Infrastructure Commissioning Processes? Amazon Data Center Commissioning (ACx) is looking for a dynamic Commissioning Engineer (CxE) to support the delivery of AWS Substations and Data Centers. As a Data Center Commissioning Engineer, you will be part of a highly creative, efficient team tasked with tackling fascinating and challenging problems, building, retrofitting and improving AWS owned critical infrastructures within the APJC and globally. We understand, evaluate, define and manage the expectations of construction and equipment quality in accordance to engineering design specifications. Working backwards from our customers, we innovate and are committed to deliver with customers' satisfaction.

Key responsibilities

• The responsibilities of the ACx Commissioning Engineer (CxE) include, but are not limited to, oversight and coordination of multi-discipline division of work related to pre-commissioning and commissioning of Amazon critical infrastructure construction and special projects.

Responsibilities

• You are responsible for managing and supporting commissioning vendors, contractors and other teams involved in the construction and commissioning of various systems including high, medium and low voltage power systems, Generators, UPS, HVAC, Chilled Water, BMS and EPMS systems. You will provide multi-discipline input into scheduling, designing, planning of project execution and innovation projects. In addition, you will be required to review all multi-discipline integrated systems testing and commissioning documents to ensure they are compliant with the basis of design, project specifications and standards.

Travel and safety

• In this role, you will have APJC and global presence, which will include traveling to sites located in-country, across APJC and globally up to 20% of the time. You will be responsible to ensure that all commissioning procedures follow the appropriate safety practices, policies and procedures. You will participate in all project and company safety programs and also audit commissioning activities to ensure compliance with environmental, quality, and safety requirements. You will report to the ACx Regional Manager and ensure that the applicable test documents are created in accordance with all commissioning requirements. You are responsible for weekly reporting of commissioning progress and metrics for assigned projects. You will work in a high velocity environment, on multiple strategic initiatives, continuous improvement projects and deliver projects simultaneously under tight deadlines and according to prescribed metrics.

Systems Analysis

• Understand the design concept and intent by reviewing mechanical and electrical construction documentation, including drawings, specifications, vendor submittals and sequences of operations.
• Provide recommendations and feedback regarding the design, equipment selection, pre-functional checklists, startup and functional test scripts developed by others, maintainability, construct-ability and commission-ability.
• Review documentation for compliance with Amazon standards, industry standards, and design specifications.
• Assess the capability of commissioned systems to match the design and find opportunities for improvements.

Systems Validation

• Verify the system's performance, including establishing acceptance criteria, obtaining and reviewing completed reports, performing verification and validation.
• Validates in as-built documentation and review for accuracy and completeness.
• Communicates commissioning issues, questions and concerns through proper channels in a timely manner.
• Partners internal and external teams to ensure commissioning regime has sufficient depth and breadth.
• Supports commissioning audits.

Project Management

• Managing and executing of commissioning of critical infrastructure to validate installation, operation and performance of mechanical, electrical and controls systems.
• Acting as the point of contact for commissioning vendors' escalations, developing mitigation plans to unblock obstacles.
• Managing vendors via audits of deliverables and setting expectations with commissioning vendors to work in accordance with Amazon requirements.
• Developing project schedules and plans, not limited to project deliveries, strategic initiatives and innovation projects.
• Representing ACx in projects coordination meetings with external vendors and contractors and internal stakeholders.
• Maintaining quality of commissioning documentation.
• Managing concurrent projects across multiple geographical regions and time zones.

A day in the life

Additional role requirements

• Ability and willingness to travel domestic and internationally for up to 25% of the time (Typical travel is 10%).
• Required to work longer than eight hours in duration with potential for night and weekends works.
• Required to work in a construction environment with unfamiliar conditions requiring Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
• Troubleshooting including the use of handheld equipment.
• Due to the location of our sites, candidates should possess a valid driver's license and their own vehicle.

About the team

About AWS

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

AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.

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 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.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering
• Field experience supported by certification in Electrical, Controls or Mechanical Systems
• Experience in commissioning

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing and executing test procedures for mechanical or electrical systems/components based on design intent and approved equipment submissions
• 3+ years' experience in any one of the following areas: Commissioning; Electrical Design; Construction Project Management; Control System installation or maintenance
• Ability to read and understand construction documents (design drawings, control diagrams, specifications, etc.).
• Advance knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite - Word, Excel and Outlook required.

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