Senior Construction Project Manager, Emea Construction

Amazon Data Services Spain, S.L. - C94; Comunidad Valenciana; Presencial; EUR 60.000 - 100.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Join a dynamic team as a Data Centre Senior Construction Manager, where you'll lead large-scale construction projects for cutting-edge data centres. This role offers the chance to manage complex operations, ensuring high-quality project deliveries while collaborating with diverse teams. You'll be responsible for overseeing construction management, vendor negotiations, and maintaining project integrity from inception to completion. If you're passionate about driving innovation in infrastructure and thrive in a fast-paced environment, this opportunity is perfect for you. Experience the excitement of working on industry-leading projects that shape the future of cloud services.

Formación

• 5+ years of experience in managing large, complex construction projects.
• Strong understanding of mechanical and electrical engineering principles.

Responsabilidades

• Oversee construction activities for new builds and capital projects.
• Manage relationships with general contractors and vendors.
• Ensure compliance with project scope, budget, and timeline.

Conocimientos

Construction Management

Project Management

Mechanical Engineering Principles

Electrical Engineering Principles

Vendor Management

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering

Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management

Descripción del empleo

As a Data Centre Senior Construction Manager you will be a part of a creative, efficient team tasked with tackling fascinating and challenging problems building and supporting the operations of Amazon owned data centres. Amazon Construction Managers are part of a fast-paced team delivering data centres for our Customers.

Our data centres are industry leading examples of energy efficient, cost effective designs. The Data Centre Senior 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 on a daily basis to develop innovative data centres for our Customers.

Key job responsibilities

The Data Centre Senior Construction Manager will be responsible for:

• Construction project management and oversight of construction related activities as they relate to new builds or general capital projects. This will include the ownership of the project scope, timeline, and budget.
• Direct interface with construction general contractors during the bidding, award, execution, and project closeout / punch list phases.
• Work with general contractors and vendors to deliver efficient and high quality project turn-overs.
• Lead negotiations with general contractors and evaluate bids / proposals with detail and accuracy.
• Creation of construction project scope and request for proposals.
• Capital requests / financial analysis of construction work including change orders, purchase orders, and invoicing.
• Construction project management for specific initiatives aimed at increasing the resiliency of our data centres.
• Reviews of electrical and mechanical designs associated with the construction of new data centres or the optimisation of existing data centres.
• Construction project quality control including the creation of a commissioning plan and support of the commissioning process.
• Recording and reporting key construction metrics to team members and management.
• Drive teams to perform troubleshooting and root-cause failure analysis associated with equipment or electrical failures.
• Be a leader within the group as well as within internal and external teams that support the data centre.
• Role will be based on data centre sites in construction.
• Occasional international travel may be required in this role.
• Opportunities for International travel may be available in the future.

About the team

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.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Commutable to the Hertfordshire / Thames Valley region
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Construction Management or an equivalent engineering science
• 5+ years of recent experience in construction management of large, complex projects involving large-scale mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) plants. (Previously holding positions of Operation Director, Project Director, Construction Director, Services Director, Snr Project Manager, Snr Services Manager across schemes in excess of £100 million)
• Understand mechanical and electrical engineering principles including breaker coordination studies, switch-gear sequence of operations, local electrical codes.
• General contractor and vendor management experience (request for proposals, bidding, change orders) associated with construction and project execution.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience directly related to the design or construction of data centres / critical infrastructure or large scale mechanical and electrical plants.
• Experience with large scale technical operations, mission-critical mechanical / electrical infrastructure, or large-scale compute farms.
• Define data centre system-level architecture, specify / document performance and equipment requirements, create / communicate conceptual designs, and create / maintain project documentation.
• Experience in controls and commissioning of large scale projects.
• Experience with power management and power monitoring systems.