Building Early Life-cycle Project Mgr., DBX (Design and Building Excellence)

Amazon Jobs; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global company in Greater London is seeking an Early Life-cycle Project Manager to oversee Base Building projects. Key responsibilities include managing projects, leading change management, and improving quality standards through collaboration across teams. The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years of project management experience, preferably in construction, and hold a Bachelor's degree. Excellent communication skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment are essential. This role offers the opportunity to make significant contributions to facility improvements and project outcomes.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of direct project management experience, responsible for multiple large projects.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in distribution or manufacturing.
• Experience in Lean Management, Six Sigma, and operations engineering tools.

Responsibilities

• Travel up to 40% of the time for commissioning and vendor qualification.
• Manage projects and generate reports for significant milestones.
• Lead scheduling for base building qualification and quality inspections.

Skills

Project management

Lean Management

Data analysis

Strong communication

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree in engineering or equivalent

Tools

Six Sigma

Job description

The Global Central Reliability Maintenance Engineering (RME) team is seeking an Early Life‑cycle Project Manager (ELM PM) for Base Building!

Amazon’s mission is to be the earth’s most customer‑centric company with a unique culture built on pioneering into unknown and new frontiers.

The Base Building ELM Project Manager supports the construction phases and building equipment qualification with a major focus on Fire Life Safety, Electrical, HVAC (Heat and Ventilation Air Conditioning) and BMS (Building Management Systems). The ELM PM works with data to find root causes of top installation and commissioning issues and generate improvements for future launches and retrofits across Europe. Join us to provide customers with an incredible package delivery experience by working in reliable and maintainable facilities.

Key job responsibilities

• Travel up to 40% of the time to witness commissioning and vendor qualification
• Manage independently projects and initiatives, generate reports and KPIs for significant milestones
• Lead scheduling for base building qualification, identify milestones at installation and operation to trigger quality inspections and equipment acceptance criteria for base building equipment
• Lead change management for the development of Building template specifications and site‑specific composites
• Lead continuous improvement for all new buildings, including cross‑functional collaboration with Design and Construction, Procurement, Launch and Execution, Subject Matter Experts and vendors
• Improve 3P vendor templates for reporting and calculate cost of poor quality
• Integrate Amazon policies and specifications, validate via checklists and documentation handover requirements
• Capture lessons‑learned and develop/execute action plans to improve quality or efficiency of new facility launches and building equipment installation
• Calculate the anticipated life‑cycle cost based on repair quotes and hours from quality deviations, embedding lessons learned at design and commissioning stages
• Improve dashboards to evolve new KPIs and checklist management for base building data

Qualifications

• 5+ years of direct project management experience, responsible for multiple large projects
• Bachelor’s degree
• or experience in distribution or manufacturing field with equivalent mechanical or electrical background
• Experience in project and program management, delivering key business outcomes
• Experience within Greenfield infrastructure building and construction – Master’s degree in engineering, mechanical, operations, supply chain, business administration, or equivalent STEM field
• Experience in Lean Management, Six Sigma and other operations engineering tools
• Strong English communication skills, both written and verbal, to foster seamless interaction with stakeholders at all levels
• Experience working in a fast‑paced, quickly changing, or international environment
• Experience using data and metrics to back up assumptions, evaluate outcomes, and make data‑driven decisions
• Experience prioritizing and handling multiple assignments simultaneously while meeting deadlines

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