Global Data Center Construction Manager

Amazon; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon’s AWS Infrastructure Services seeks a Construction Manager to lead day‑to‑day oversight of data center projects in Malaysia. You’ll own scope, schedule, and budgets, drive cost reductions, and ensure quality across electrical and mechanical systems.

The role requires coordinating with engineers, architects, and suppliers to deliver high‑standard facilities. Key responsibilities include reviewing designs for constructability, defining equipment needs, and overseeing commissioning and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or 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 management of large, complex projects involving large‑scale mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) plants.

Responsibilities

• Project management and oversight of construction related activities for new builds or general capital projects in Malaysia. This will include the ownership of the project scope, timeline, and budgets.
• Driving costs down and schedules shorter while maintaining quality.
• Provide Construction Management for specific initiatives aimed at increasing the resiliency of our data centers.
• Review of constructability of electrical and mechanical system and building designs associated with the construction of new data centers or the optimization of existing data centers.
• Creation of project scope and equipment requirements, assist with request for proposals, and capital requests.
• Total project quality includes assisting with commissioning and integrated system testing and oversight of the execution of the project.
• Issue/Manage the Request for Information process during construction and coordinate construction administration with engineers.
• Recording and reporting key metrics to team members and management.
• Concurrently managing multiple projects including new data center building and capital improvement projects associated with existing data centers.
• Operational support of installed facilities including review of procedures, best practices, and maintenance initiatives.
• Be a leader within the group as well as within internal and external teams that support the data center.
• Travel to datacenter sites for electrical systems audits, mechanical system reviews, constructability reviews, startup testing, and full commissioning, as required. #explorerAISsourcing

Skills

Project management in data centers

Engineering documentation knowledge

Construction drawings interpretation

Regulatory knowledge: Life Safety/NFPA

Knowledge of critical infrastructure

Education

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

Tools

MS Excel

MS Word

Windows Operating Systems

Job description

Amazon’s AWS Infrastructure Services seeks a Construction Manager to lead day‑to‑day oversight of data center projects in Malaysia. You’ll own scope, schedule, and budgets, drive cost reductions, and ensure quality across electrical and mechanical systems.

The role requires coordinating with engineers, architects, and suppliers to deliver high‑standard facilities. Key responsibilities include reviewing designs for constructability, defining equipment needs, and overseeing commissioning and