Data Center Construction Lead — AWS Infrastructure

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

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in Fairfax, VA is seeking a Data Center Construction Manager to drive cost, schedule, and quality on data center projects. You will work on electrical and mechanical systems, coordinating with operations, security, and commissioning teams.

The role requires US citizenship and willingness to travel up to 50% domestically, with daily interaction on-site and vendor management responsibilities to ensure high safety and energy-efficient data centers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• Experience taking new design concepts through exploration to deployment.
• Experience with power management and monitoring systems.

Responsibilities

• Direct interface with construction general contractors during 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 initiatives aimed at increasing data center resiliency.
• Constructability reviews of electrical and mechanical designs for new or optimized data centers.
• Construction document management including submittal review, RFIs, change orders, and invoicing.
• Construction project quality control and reporting of key metrics.
• Lead teams to perform troubleshooting and root-cause analysis of equipment failures.
• Be a leader within the group and with internal/external teams supporting the data center.

Skills

Power management

Power monitoring systems

MS Excel

Windows OS

Construction project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering

Tools

MS Excel

MS Word

Windows Operating Systems

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in Fairfax, VA is seeking a Data Center Construction Manager to drive cost, schedule, and quality on data center projects. You will work on electrical and mechanical systems, coordinating with operations, security, and commissioning teams.

The role requires US citizenship and willingness to travel up to 50% domestically, with daily interaction on-site and vendor management responsibilities to ensure high safety and energy-efficient data centers.