Regional Chief Engineer

Amazon; Lithia Springs (GA); On-site; USD 139,000 - 208,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

RSUs

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in Lithia Springs, GA is seeking a Data Center Chief Engineer to oversee electrical, mechanical and fire/safety systems, ensuring peak efficiency and uptime in a mission-critical environment.

You will lead preventative maintenance, emergency response, and mentor on-site engineers and vendors, coordinating with global teams to advance resiliency and reduce costs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, or related field
• 10+ years of experience in a data center or critical environment
• Experience with cross-functional project delivery and vendor management
• Regional data center engineering operations experience

Responsibilities

• Set and maintain safety standards and promote a safety culture
• Drive infrastructure improvements through standardization and metrics
• Coordinate with engineering teams to streamline maintenance and risk assessments
• Ensure 99.999% uptime for customer infrastructure
• Lead and mentor Engineering Operation Technicians
• Collaborate with third-party providers for operational excellence
• Manage build-out and retrofit projects in regional facilities
• Ensure readiness for customer-impacting events across electrical and mechanical systems
• Develop training requirements and readiness testing programs

Skills

Electrical engineering

Mechanical engineering

Vendor management

Project delivery

Operations leadership

Education

Electrical or Mechanical Engineering degree

Computer science / analytics degree

Job description

Job ID: 10596128 | Amazon Data Services, Inc.

Amazon is looking for a detail-oriented individual to join our Data Center Engineering Operations Team. This committed group works to maintain the critical physical infrastructure that supports Amazon Web Services. Specifically, this team works to ensure that the data center's MEP operates at 100% availability while maintaining first-class customer service to the teams and groups within the data centers.

As the Data Center Chief Engineer (CE), you will be responsible for ensuring that all electrical, mechanical, and fire/life safety equipment within the data center is operating at peak efficiency. This involves both planned preventative maintenance of equipment, daily corrective work, and emergency response to emergent issues. You will serves as an expert technical resource reporting to a site’s Data Center Facility Manager and interacting with onsite Engineering Operations Technicians (EOT) and any third party vendors. Being the singular focal point for all facility operations within a given data center, you will support Amazon within its owned and operated data centers. Data center equipment that supports mission-critical servers must maintain better than 99.999% uptime.

As the Chief Engineer you will manage small-to-medium impacting projects from conception to completion. These projects involve large amounts of independent work as well as collaboration with external support groups including engineering, automation, processing, and finance in both local and global settings. Creating and delivering on key milestones, obtaining and tracking quotes for all necessary costs, and documenting project results for future implementation at other facilities. The goals of such projects are for the CE to drive innovation and resiliency while reducing operational costs in the facilities.

One of the best parts to this role is that you will direct, train and support Engineering Operation Technicians in their role of providing hands‑on electrical and mechanical equipment troubleshooting and operations. Implementation and execution of site/equipment-specific training exercises is also expected. This equipment includes, but is not limited to, stand‑by diesel generators, switchgear, UPS’s, PDU’s, AHU’s, chillers, cooling towers, chemical treatment systems, pumps, motors, VFD’s, and building automation systems.

Key job responsibilities

• Setting and maintaining the highest standards for safety and actively promoting a world‑class safety culture in all aspects of operational procedure
• Driving continuous improvement efforts on infrastructure through standardization of procedures and policies, while delivering performance against agreed metrics
• Working closely with the Operations Principal Engineer, site Chief Engineers and broader operations teams to streamline maintenance procedures, and implement standardized risk assessment protocols.
• Enabling the operations organisation to delivering 100% uptime on all customer supporting infrastructure
• Training and mentoring technical operations staff members on the execution of all corrective and preventative maintenance activities on all mission‑critical infrastructure
• Collaborating effectively with 3rd party providers to deliver operational excellence for all AWS customers
• Innovation and delivery of a portfolio of strategic projects on critical infrastructure to ensure class‑leading performance
• The successful delivery of build‑out and retrofit of facility infrastructure in existing and new regional locations through a deep technical review and execution of construction & commissioning activities by contracted providers
• Ensuring organizational capability to react & respond appropriately to any potential customer impacting event on any component of electrical or mechanical infrastructure.
• Elevating capabilities of site chief engineers and EOT’s, establish training requirements, coordinate operational readiness testing (LLT, MOT, CCT), LSE/CSE drill & CST programs.

A day in the life
The regional chief will act as a technical advisor for the cluster ops leader. They will be responsible for alignment between clusters in ATL. They'll act as a SME in Construction and Availability programs within the cluster.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, or Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, analytics, mathematics, statistics, IT or equivalent
• 10+ years of relevant work in a data center or other critical environment, or 10+ years of relevant discipline work experience
• Experience with cross functional project or program delivery
• Experience managing and negotiating contracts and vendor relationships
• Regional data center engineering operations experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Operating engineering license such as DC II, DC III, or equivalent
• Stationary Engineering or Building Engineering License
• Experience in written and verbal communication skills to communicate with technical and non-technical audiences, including senior leadership
• Electrical or mechanical Journeyman License, CFC license, NFPA 70E.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign‑on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&DD insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits .

USA, GA, LITHIA SPRINGS - 139,300.00 - 208,000.00 USD annually

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. Veterans, military spouses, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.