Commissioning Area Manager , ACx-EMEA (AWS)

Amazon; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Data Services UK Limited is seeking an Area Commissioning Manager (LHR/ARN) to lead a multi-city team delivering data center capacity across EMEA. You will manage commissioning of electrical and mechanical systems, hire and develop engineers, and drive safety, quality and cost efficiency.

This role requires strong leadership, project management, and stakeholder collaboration, with up to 20% travel to sites in-country, across EMEA and globally.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or electrical engineering.
• Experience in industrial or commercial engineering or project management in Mission Critical facilities (data centers, power generation, or oil/gas).
• 3+ years' experience in people management (hiring, organizational planning, building a team, performance management).

Responsibilities

• Own the commissioning quality and reliability of electrical and mechanical systems; set visions and priorities for the commissioning program.
• Lead a team of commissioning engineers; hire, build a high-performing team and uphold safety culture.
• Develop and manage quality-focused initiatives; manage metrics to drive improvements.
• Communicate with Finance during capital budgeting; enable data-driven cost estimations.
• Create standards and build consensus with stakeholders across cross-functional teams.
• EMEA and global presence with up to 20% travel to sites in-country, across EMEA and globally.
• Provide clear communication and vision for the business.
• Systemize commissioning approach; ensure compliance with procedures, quality, safety.
• Participate in projects and safety programs; report weekly commissioning progress and metrics.
• Communicate clearly and use data to justify conclusions; drive continuous improvement.
• Dig deep to develop cost- and time-saving solutions without compromising quality.
• Operate in a high-velocity environment managing multiple initiatives and deadlines.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Stakeholder management

Team management

Budget planning

Data analysis

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical or electrical engineering

Job description

Job ID: 10493845 | Amazon Data Services UK Limited

Amazon Data Center Capacity Delivery Commissioning (DCCD Cx) is looking for an exceptional individual to join our Commissioning organisation as the (LHR/ARN) Commissioning Area Manager. As an Area Commissioning Manager, you will manage a fast-moving, intelligent team of commissioning professionals delivering data center capacity to support Amazon's growth in EMEA.

The ideal candidate has experience managing a multi-city or international team of highly skilled professionals. They bring strong team and stakeholder management skills, along with a background in mechanical, electrical, construction, or project management. This foundation enables them to hire, develop, and lead a team that delivers world-class data centers. The candidate must think broadly to maximize operational efficiency and remain adaptable to change in support of broader business objectives.

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. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

Key job responsibilities

• The responsibilities of the Commissioning Area Manager include owning the challenges in ensuring the quality and reliability of electrical and mechanical systems for our customers. You will think broadly and strategically in setting visions and prioritizing the commissioning program aligned with goals of the larger organization.
• You lead a team of commissioning engineers, with broad responsibilities to hire, build a high-performing team and lead the safety culture by example.
• Utilizing industrial standards and company goals, you develop and manage quality-focused initiatives, manage and analyse metrics to drive innovation and continuous improvements.
• You communicate and provide guidance to Finance during capital budgeting, making data-driven decisions to deliver predictable cost estimations.
• You create standards and build consensus with a broad spectrum of stakeholders on cross-functional teams that will operate to deliver on the quality policy.
• In this role, you will have an EMEA and global presence, which will include 20% traveling to sites located in-country, across EMEA and globally.
• As a leader, you provide clear communication and vision for the business.
• You own a systemized commissioning approach and are accountable for your team's compliance with commissioning procedures, quality, environmental, safety practices, policies, and procedures.
• You will also participate in all projects and company safety programs.
• You report to the Regional Commissioning Manager, and you develop metrics to ensure compliance with business requirements and safety.
• You are accountable for weekly reporting of commissioning progress and metrics for your team's projects.
• You communicate clearly both verbally and written, leveraging interpersonal skills to effectively coordinate with stakeholders, using data to justify conclusions when dealing with ambiguity.
• You dig deep to develop creative and innovative solutions to reduce costs and duration with no impact to quality and reliability.
• You will work in a high-velocity environment, on multiple strategic initiatives, and maintain a high-performing team simultaneously under tight deadlines and according to prescribed metrics.

Systemize Execution

• Identify key value drivers that contribute to commissioning successes and determine their effectiveness through the development of metrics.
• Define the organizational structure to meet short-term and long-range business requirements.
• Develop an inspection and reporting structure to audit and maintain commissioning programs and business requirements.
• Conduct in-depth data analysis to develop cross-functional mechanisms to improve overall organizational metrics using knowledge, experience, and innovation.
• Lead the development of process improvement strategies aligned with organizational goals.

Systemize Optimization

• Identify improvement opportunities, fix broken processes, convert proven concepts into mechanisms, and iterate existing mechanisms to improve metrics.
• Develop metrics that measure the performance of commissioning key value drivers and stress-test the effectiveness of existing mechanisms.
• Establish a cadence to inspect performances, ensure compliance, provide insights to improve metrics, and track them to success.
• Communicate clearly the areas of improvement and reinforcement to develop an improvement and scaling plan.

Project and Business Management

• Leads the team with creativity to overcome obstacles and drives further escalation to overcome obstacles when stuck.
• Leads performance management of the team and vendors.
• Leads capital budget and organizational planning.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or an equivalent engineering science
• Experience in industrial or commercial engineering or project management in Mission Critical facilities including but not limited to: data centers, power generation, or oil/gas facilities

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience directly related to the design or construction of data centers or critical infrastructure or large-scale mechanical and electrical plants
• 3+ years' experience in people management: hiring; organizational planning; building a team; performance management; mentoring; coaching.

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