Data Center Construction Lead

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Culpeper (VA); On-site; USD 111,000 - 186,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. is seeking a Data Center Construction Manager to lead on-site construction efforts for new data centers.

You will work with Operations, Networking, Controls, Security, and Commissioning to drive cost, schedule, and quality, coordinating vendors and contractors daily. The role requires strong experience in managing large-scale MEP projects, contract negotiations, and constructability reviews.

Qualifications

• Experience reading and interpreting construction specifications and drawings for all domains.
• 5+ years of construction management of large, complex projects involving large-scale mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) plants experience.
• Experience managing and negotiating contracts and vendor relationships.
• Experience in a fast paced, dynamic organization.

Responsibilities

• Direct interface with construction general contractors during the bidding, award, execution, and project closeout/punch list phases.
• Conduct negotiations with general contractors and evaluate bids/proposals with detail and accuracy.
• Create construction project scope and request for proposals.
• Financial analysis of construction.
• Construction project management for specific initiatives aimed at increasing the resiliency of our data centers.
• Constructability reviews of electrical and mechanical designs associated with the construction of new data centers or optimization of existing data centers.
• Construction document management including submittal review, RFI’s, change orders, and invoicing.
• Construction project quality control.
• Record and report key construction metrics to team members and management.
• Drive teams to perform troubleshooting and root-cause failure analysis associated with equipment failures.
• Be a leader within the group as well as within internal and external teams that support the data center.

Skills

Construction mgmt

Contract negotiation

Vendor management

Reading drawings/specs

Project leadership

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. is seeking a Data Center Construction Manager to lead on-site construction efforts for new data centers.

You will work with Operations, Networking, Controls, Security, and Commissioning to drive cost, schedule, and quality, coordinating vendors and contractors daily. The role requires strong experience in managing large-scale MEP projects, contract negotiations, and constructability reviews.