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The Global Real Estate and Facilities (GREF) team provides real estate transaction expertise, business partnering, space & occupancy planning, design and construction, capital investment program management and facility maintenance, and operations for Amazon’s corporate office portfolio across multiple countries. We partner with suppliers to ensure quality, innovation, and operational excellence with Amazon’s business and utilize customer driven feedback to continuously improve and exceed employee expectations.
GREF’s Workplace Design and Construction team is looking for a Senior Regional Construction Manager in EMEA (Europe, Middle East, & Africa) to drive construction services on projects, including tenant improvements, new builds, expansions, and renovations of Amazon corporate facilities. Responsible for delivery of projects from outset of design through operational turnover, this individual must be comfortable operating on both strategic and tactical levels, simultaneously acting as a visionary, an internal ambassador, educator, analyst, solutions architect, and implementer. This role collaborates with leadership and other stakeholders to set a budget and schedule, then drive project objectives, scope, space allocation, cost, prioritization, and sequencing of requests all within the set parameters. All of this is accomplished by building strong design and construction project teams that thrive and excel through collaboration. The role also involves managing contractor performance to ensure timely completion, compliance with cost requirements, organizational standards, and other requirements and regulations.
The ideal candidate will collaborate with regional teams to make decisions that find the right balance between frugality and Value Engineering without impacting customer experience, continuously research and provide innovative solutions to enhance best design practices across EMEA, interface with design and construction leads in APAC, EMEA, and AMER to transfer knowledge and best practices to EMEA, and collaborate with all EMEA GREF key players/leaders and key stakeholders (Legal, IT, EHS, ACS, Finance Procurement).

This position requires travel of up to 40% in assigned region, as well as some travel outside region.


Key job responsibilities
• Lead and manage a team of construction professionals and their career development in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa regions.
• Strategically plan for future growth, establishing short term and long-term processes and team goals to enable speed to market with low capital costs.
• Develop and monitor project budgets, track costs, and prepare forecasts.
• Identify and mitigate project risks, ensure compliance with contracts and regulations, monitor safety standards and requirements, and resolve project issues.
• Hold landlords accountable to lease terms, including premises delivery timing and condition.
• Oversee with real estate team extensive lease terms to determine scope of Landlord and Amazon work, associated costs and responsibilities, planning and building permits and approvals, and other legal documents across multiple internal and external stakeholders.
• Participate in reviews of project risks and opportunities to drive cost efficiency through Value Engineering.
• Audit contractors to check that they are competent and financially and procedurally fit to undertake the work on which they will be deployed.
• Work closely with teams to identify resources and collaborate in the planning and implementation of projects across the entire network.
• Lead complex, mission-critical projects from initiation through delivery.
• Responsible for the overall performance of project and teams in relation to budget and schedule, through coordinating and leading the resolution of issues and concerns.
• 10+ years of professional experience required, a significant portion of which should demonstrate success in one or more of the following areas: Real Estate Development, Architecture/Design, and/or Construction Management.
• 10+ years of experience building and managing a team or department, particularly one with both proprietary and contract resources.
• Highly competent with personal computers and productivity software, including Microsoft Office, MS Project, and SharePoint.
• University/undergraduate degree in construction management, business administration, engineering, architecture, interior design, or a similar discipline; or as an alternative to a degree, an additional 10 years of relevant professional experience.
• Keen understanding of sourcing/procurement, building systems and maintenance, vendor management, and customer service.
• Demonstrates comfort with legal terms and structures for standard commercial contracts and leases.
• Excellent proficiency in English, both spoken and written.


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