Project Controls Manager, Global Project Standards - Retrofit (GPS-R)

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Data Services Ireland Limited is seeking a Project Controls Manager to drive cost, schedule and resource governance for critical infrastructure projects in our operational data centers in Ireland. You will deliver strategic insights, forecasts, and reporting to enable timely decisions and successful program outcomes.

The role requires deep project controls expertise, strong communication with stakeholders, and the ability to lead across cross-functional teams in a fast-paced cloud

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Mechanical engineering or related field.
• Proven track record in planning and monitoring project performance.
• Experience with cost, schedule and resource forecasting.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-level operational plans extending 12–18 months with financial and headcount lookahead.
• Standardize process, tooling, data and reporting for portfolio performance.
• Provide strategic insight across stakeholder teams during monthly reviews.

Skills

Project management

Cost management

Cost forecasting

Schedule management

Risk management

WBS/CBS/SBS

Cash-flow (VOWD)

Benchmarking

Education

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

Tools

MS Excel

MS Word

Windows OS

Job description

Description 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.

Description 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.
Amazon Web Services has an immediate opening for a highly motivated Project Controls Manager for critical infrastructure projects in operational data centers. Candidates should have a proven track record of planning and monitoring project performance to ensure scope, schedule, cost, and resource objectives are achieved. This role provides data-driven insight, forecasting, and governance to support effective decision-making across complex capital projects in a fast-paced environment.
The successful candidate will have excellent analytical abilities and strong attention to details to identify risks and ask the right technical questions to ensure appropriate trade-offs are made when negotiating resources, determining priorities, and escalating successfully. They must possess solid business acumen to understand and support the strategic direction of organizational goals. Strong written and oral communication skills are required to lead effective meetings with key stakeholders to drive business and technical discussions toward results. They will be fully competent in a variety of project management tools, methodologies, and techniques for all phases of the project lifecycle and exhibit demonstrated proficiency in core project management disciplines including initiation, planning, budgeting, resourcing, risk management, reporting on key metrics, quality control, and closeout.
As a Project Controls Manager, you must have deep subject matter expertise in project management, cost and schedule planning, and end-to-end understanding of critical infrastructure systems to facilitate technical trade-offs between short-term team needs and long-term business needs. You will be expected to take ownership and influence positive change, deploying and leveraging analytical data to drive quality, productivity, and cost improvements. Responsibilities include providing strategic insight across stakeholder teams during monthly business reviews and producing accurate and timely reporting on portfolio status to business and finance partners.
If you are a self-starter comfortable with ambiguity, enjoy new challenges in an ever-changing environment, are vocally self-critical, and are naturally curious, this job is for you.

Key job responsibilities

• Develop high-level operational plans, in partnership with stakeholder teams, that specify scope delivery, schedule, resource, and budget requirements. Operational plans extend a minimum 12-18 months to provide financial and headcount investment lookahead.
• Standardize the process, tooling, data, and reporting requirements for measuring key portfolio performance indices to ensure portfolio success.
• Standardize program planning data, including scope definition, cost and labor estimates, and schedule estimates, for existing and new programs to enhance portfolio planning.
• Design and implement enhanced cost and labor estimating mechanisms that incorporate actual performance data into estimate iterations via automated feedback loops.
• Create and manage goals in safety, quality, team productivity, vendor performance, and cost control.
• Producing accurate and timely reporting on portfolio status for business and finance partners.
• Planning and hosting value stream mapping events with key stakeholders to measure work throughput, identify inefficiencies, determine root causes, and develop solutions to optimize processes to support program success.
• Gathering feedback from internal customers and stakeholders to drive portfolio and program improvements.
• Applying change, risk, and resource management to adapt as organizational demands change.
• Developing new programs to support the strategic direction of the team with organizational goals.

About The Team

Why AWS

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Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field
• Experience carrying new design concepts through exploration, development, and into deployment or mass production
• Experience in MS Excel, Word, and Windows Operating Systems
• Experience in construction or project management
• Experience in a fast paced, dynamic organization
• Experience in Project Controls Standards subject matter, including Estimating, Cost Management, Cost Forecasting, Schedule Management, Progress Measurement, Change Management, Risk Management, WBS/CBS/SBS, Cash-Flow (VOWD), and Benchmarking

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of critical data center equipment
• Experience in project management in data centers or comparable critical infrastructure
• Experience in Data Center Engineering Operations, with a deep understanding of electrical and mechanical data center infrastructure
• Experience reading and interpreting construction specifications and drawings for all domains

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Company - Amazon Data Services Ireland Limited
Job ID: A10447752