Data Centre Build Lead, EMEA

Amazon Inc.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Data Centre Senior Construction Manager to oversee multi-discipline construction activities for AWS data centres. You will manage capital projects, coordinate with general contractors, and lead bid evaluations and commissioning to ensure safe, reliable infrastructure for customers.

You will bring a strong background in electrical or mechanical engineering, vendor management, and hands-on data centre experience, supporting the fastest-growing cloud services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience in vendor management.
• Experience in a data centre or other critical environment.
• Experience in data center engineering or operations.
• Experience with Microsoft Office including Outlook, Word, and Excel.

Responsibilities

• Construction project management and oversight of construction related activities as they relate to new builds or general capital projects.
• 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 submittal review.
• 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.

Skills

Vendor management

Data centre experience

Data center engineering/operations

MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Data Centre Senior Construction Manager to oversee multi-discipline construction activities for AWS data centres. You will manage capital projects, coordinate with general contractors, and lead bid evaluations and commissioning to ensure safe, reliable infrastructure for customers.

You will bring a strong background in electrical or mechanical engineering, vendor management, and hands-on data centre experience, supporting the fastest-growing cloud services.