Data Center Construction Manager - On-Site Owner Rep

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

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Data Center Construction Manager to lead on-site construction activities for new data center builds. You will partner with Operations, Networking, Controls, Security, and Commissioning teams to ensure projects meet scope, schedule, and safety standards.

You will own cost, schedule, and quality, manage construction vendors, and drive performance on energy-efficient, cost-effective infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field is required.
• Experience carrying new design concepts through exploration, development, and into deployment or mass production.
• Experience in MS Excel, Word, and Windows Operating Systems is required.
• Experience with power management and power monitoring systems is required.

Responsibilities

• The Data Center Construction Manager will be responsible for construction project management and oversight of construction-related activities as they relate to new builds or general capital projects.
• 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 requests for proposals.
• Perform financial analysis of construction.
• Manage construction projects for initiatives aimed at increasing resiliency of data centers.
• Conduct constructability reviews of electrical and mechanical designs.
• Manage construction documents including submittal review, RFIs, change orders, and invoicing.
• Ensure 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

Project management

Power management

Education

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

Tools

MS Excel

Word

Windows Operating Systems

Job description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Data Center Construction Manager to lead on-site construction activities for new data center builds. You will partner with Operations, Networking, Controls, Security, and Commissioning teams to ensure projects meet scope, schedule, and safety standards.

You will own cost, schedule, and quality, manage construction vendors, and drive performance on energy-efficient, cost-effective infrastructure.