Data Center Controls Engineer, Data Center Capacity Delivery

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Berwick (Columbia County); On-site; USD 96,000 - 166,300; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. is seeking an experienced Controls Engineer to manage BMS/EPMS systems within AWS data centers. You will train customers, configure and validate control systems, and support operations through the data center life cycle.

The role covers project scoping, budgeting, scheduling, and LOE estimation, along with procurement, vendor management, and on-site commissioning across multiple centers. Strong engineering and leadership are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or a related field plus 3+ years of relevant controls experience, OR 8+ years of relevant controls experience in lieu of a degree.
• 3+ years of experience with industrial controls in critical environments (data center, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, oil & gas, petrochemical, laboratory, power, water).
• 2+ years of general project or vendor management experience (RFPs, bidding, change orders, QC, and RFI/submittal tracking) for construction and project execution.

Responsibilities

• Train and assist internal customers and stakeholders with the creation, design, configuration, validation, installation, commissioning and operation of BMS and EPMS systems.
• Provide technical assistance and support to operations during life cycle of the data center.
• Develop BMS & EPMS project scopes, schedules, budgets, and LOE for customer requests.
• Manage scope, schedule, finance and execution of BMS and EPMS improvement projects in AWS data centers.
• Assist in procurement activities including RFQs/RFPs, vendor information requests, and PO issuance.
• Participate in AWS global on-call to provide BMS/EPMS support and report status to management.
• Support commissioning activities and review SOOs for feedback to design team.
• Develop and modify controls logic programming and graphical user interfaces.
• Manage multiple stakeholder deliverables and navigate challenging situations.
• Financially manage BMS and EPMS service contracts.
• Travel locally to in-operation data centers to troubleshoot and supervise vendors.

Skills

Project management

Vendor management

Industrial controls

Data center experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering

Master's degree in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Description As part of the global controls team, you will work with highly motivated experts and innovators in the data center industry. You will be responsible for troubleshooting, project management, and maintaining the building management system (BMS) and electrical power monitoring system (EPMS). Using Amazon leadership principles, you will develop new processes and standards while innovating in the controls space. AWS Data centers have multiple components such as generators, uninterruptable power sources, diesel generators, electrical switchgear, power distribution units, variable frequency drives, automatic/static transfer switches, chillers [air-cooled and water-cooled], pumps, cooling towers, heat exchangers, CRAHs, air economizers, etc. All these components have local control systems that interact with each other via open and/or proprietary communications protocols. The BMS is the primary method of control of all mechanical systems within a data center. The EPMS is the primary method of monitoring all electrical systems within a data center.

Key job responsibilities

• Train and assist internal customers and stakeholders with the creation, design, configuration, validation, installation, commissioning and operation of BMS and EPMS systems.
• Provide technical assistance and support to operations during life cycle of the data center. Review results and action items from the quarterly maintenances for BMS and EPMS and take actions to get them resolved.
• Develop BMS & EPMS projects scope of work, schedule, budget, and level of efforts (LOE) to projects requested by customers and stakeholders.
• Manage scope, schedule, finance and execution of BMS and EPMS improvement projects in AWS data centers.
• Assist in procurement related activities including request for quotation/proposals, responding to request for information, review of vendors proposal and issuance of purchase orders.
• Participate in AWS global on-call schedule to provide immediate BMS and EPMS technical support to in-service data centers. Attend project related meetings, coordinate with project leaders and regularly report status to Controls and stakeholders management.
• Support Controls projects related commissioning activities in the data centers.
• Review, implement, troubleshoot and iterate on the controls sequence of operation (SOO) and provide necessary feedback to the design team.
• Develop and modify controls logic programming and graphical user interfaces.
• Manage multiple stakeholder deliverables, requirements and navigate challenging situations.
• Financially manage BMS and EPMS service contracts.
• Frequently visit (locally) assigned in-operation data centers to troubleshoot, meet customers, supervise vendor’s work to ensure compliance with the scope, design, SOO and applicable local codes.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or a related field plus 3+ years of relevant controls experience, OR 8+ years of relevant controls experience in lieu of a degree.
• 3+ years of experience with industrial controls in critical environment (data center, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, oil & gas, petrochemical, laboratory, power, water etc.).
• 2+ years of general project or vendor management experience (request for proposals, bidding, change orders, quality control, and RFI and submittal tracking) associated with construction and project execution.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field
• Experience designing, configuring, programming, installing, troubleshooting or servicing HVAC Controls or Electrical SCADA systems application specific controllers, software and networks.
• Experiencing using common industrial communication protocols (MQTT, BACnet and/or MODBUS).
• Demonstrated understanding of engineering documentation, electrical and mechanical diagrams, and standard operating procedures.
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholder deliverables, requirements, and navigate difficult situations.
• Experience designing data centers or critical MEP infrastructure
• Registered as a Professional Engineer (PE), or certified Project Management Professional (PMP).
• Prior AWS/Amazon experience
• 4+ Yr. Military Service

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USA, PA, BERWICK - 96,000.00 - 166,300.00 USD annually

Company - Amazon Data Services, Inc.

Job ID: A10480126