Regional DC Design Lead – Americas

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 117,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. seeks a Sr. Regional Design Manager to lead its design team and influence multi-disciplinary decisions across global data center projects.

You will own design quality, schedules, and adherence to cost targets while guiding engineers, architects, and consultants toward scalable, secure infrastructure. You will establish design procedures, mentor staff, collaborate with AWS leadership, and travel as needed to site assessments and reviews, ensuring delivery excellence for

Qualifications

• 5+ years of industrial or commercial engineering in mission critical facilities including but not limited to: data centers, power generation or oil and gas facilities experience
• 5+ years of engineering, installation, or startup/commissioning of electrical and mechanical systems experience
• Knowledge of both mechanical and electrical equipment or design related to data center electrical and mechanical topology
• Experience in industrial or commercial engineering in mission critical facilities including but not limited to: data centers, power generation or oil and gas facilities
• Experience researching new designs, technologies, and construction methods of data center equipment and facilities
• Experience with the design, construction, operation, or maintenance of mission critical facilities, especially data centers

Responsibilities

• Lead project teams of discipline leads to deliver quality and globally consistent DC designs and maintaining a high level of quality within budget and schedule.
• Able to influence internal stakeholders, internal customers (operations), and external consultants to address program wide design changes
• Manage escalations
• identify multi-disciplinary design decisions
• Understanding of design development, design change management, permitting (working with AHJs), and implementation (working with CMs/RFIs/Submittals) lifecycle
• Project management skills (critical path schedule management, risk management, quality management, cost management)
• Design consultant management including procurement, contracting, deliverable management, and payments
• Effectively and consistently communicate with AWS Leadership and external project partners, including the creation, tracking & reporting of metrics related to schedule, cost, and quality Throughout the lifecycle of the project.
• Manage competing priorities.
• Drive speed, quality, and simplification by eliminating rework loops, reducing and automating manual work through standardization and automation.
• Create global best practice documentation and facilitate sharing across the globe.
• Ability to motivate others to achieve impeccable quality in an explosive growth and deadline-driven environment.
• Travel for site assessments, internal design meetings, construction review, and interfacing with design consultants. Anticipated travel not to exceed 25%. International travel may be needed.

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. seeks a Sr. Regional Design Manager to lead its design team and influence multi-disciplinary decisions across global data center projects.

You will own design quality, schedules, and adherence to cost targets while guiding engineers, architects, and consultants toward scalable, secure infrastructure. You will establish design procedures, mentor staff, collaborate with AWS leadership, and travel as needed to site assessments and reviews, ensuring delivery excellence for