Construction Cost Engineer, EMEA Construction Cost Control

Amazon; Madrid; Presencial; EUR 50.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Join a dynamic team at a leading cloud platform, where you'll play a crucial role in managing costs for innovative data center projects across Europe. As a Construction Cost Engineer, you'll collaborate with diverse professionals to ensure efficient project delivery while upholding high standards of quality and cost management. This role offers the opportunity to work on multimillion-dollar projects, driving improvements and value engineering initiatives. If you're passionate about construction management and want to make a significant impact in a fast-paced environment, this is the perfect opportunity for you!

Servicios

Flexible Work Hours

Career Development Resources

Mentorship Programs

Inclusive Team Culture

Work-Life Balance Initiatives

Formación

• Experience in cost management for construction projects.
• Strong communication skills to engage with stakeholders.

Responsabilidades

• Provide cost support and guidance to project delivery teams.
• Validate construction cost estimates and manage third-party surveyors.

Conocimientos

Cost Management

Project Management

Risk Assessment

Value Engineering

Stakeholder Communication

Educación

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Construction Management

Professional Certification (e.g., MRICS)

Herramientas

Cost Control Software

AWS Benchmark Data

Descripción del empleo

The Data Center Construction Cost Control (CCC) team is part of a larger, highly creative and passionate team dedicated to deploying our continuously evolving Amazon data center facilities.

As a Construction Cost Engineer, you will be responsible for providing cost support, guidance, and recommendations to the Data Centre project delivery team to ensure cost management across a portfolio of fast-paced construction projects. You will be involved in the full life cycle of construction projects while working with motivated experts from design, construction, procurement, finance, and legal teams to deliver efficient and innovative data centers. You will help drive multimillion-dollar projects utilizing Amazon's key values, including frugality and insisting on the highest standards across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. This role is located in Dublin, Ireland; London, UK; Berlin, Germany; or Zaragoza, Spain.

At Amazon, we are diverse, creative, team-oriented professionals who leverage unique opportunities presented to us daily to develop data centers that are changing the face of data facilities.

Key job responsibilities

1. Engaging and managing third-party Quantity Surveyors.
2. Validating construction cost estimates at various stages of design.
3. Working seamlessly with multi-disciplinary teams, both internal and external.
4. Communicating cost control goals to all stakeholders effectively.
5. Identifying Value Engineering opportunities in the design and quantifying the savings.
6. Identifying project risks and the financial cost impacts associated with them, and communicating to the broader team.
7. Updating repository for historical data.
8. Defining and tracking cost performance metrics and leading monthly cost reporting.
9. Analyzing and providing timely feedback on vendor proposals using AWS benchmark data.
10. Creating accurate bid leveling documents.
11. Validating the final award amount and scope based on contract documents.
12. Implementing, maintaining, and executing all cost control, change management, progress, and performance reporting.
13. Validating construction change cost impacts.
14. Ensuring vendor invoices are accurate and timely.
15. Supporting the construction team with project close-out and final payments.
16. Delivering results for multiple projects with completing priorities on a consistent basis.

A day in the life

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. We support all AWS data centers and all servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on 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 across AWS to deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing extensive capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. Our inclusive culture welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

About the team

Diverse Experiences
Amazon 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. Whether your career is just beginning, non-traditional, 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 continue to innovate, earning the trust of startups to Global 500 companies with our robust suite of products and services.

Work/Life Balance

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should not come at the expense of home life, which is why we strive for flexibility. When supported at work and home, there's nothing we can't achieve in the cloud.

Inclusive Team Culture

At AWS, learning and curiosity are in our nature. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that celebrates our differences. Events and learning experiences, including CORE and AmazeCon conferences, inspire us to embrace our uniqueness.

Mentorship and Career Growth

We are committed to raising our performance bar and becoming Earth's Best Employer. We offer knowledge-sharing, mentorship, and career development resources to help you grow into a well-rounded professional.