Senior Data Center Chief Engineer – 99.999% Uptime

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Hermiston (OR); On-site; USD 139,000 - 208,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Data Center Senior Chief Engineer to lead electrical, mechanical and fire/life safety systems across our Hermiston facilities. You will drive safety, uptime and efficiency for mission‑critical data center operations, mentoring engineers and coordinating with vendors and internal teams.

You will manage small‑to‑medium projects from conception to completion, standardising procedures, tracking costs, and delivering 99.999% uptime while maintaining strong

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, or 5+ years of relevant discipline work experience.
• Experience delivering results for large, cross‑functional initiatives/projects.
• Experience motivating others to meet the daily challenges of an extremely deadline‑driven environment?

Responsibilities

• Set and maintain 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 standardisation 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 standardised 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 organisational 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.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Job description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Data Center Senior Chief Engineer to lead electrical, mechanical and fire/life safety systems across our Hermiston facilities. You will drive safety, uptime and efficiency for mission‑critical data center operations, mentoring engineers and coordinating with vendors and internal teams.

You will manage small‑to‑medium projects from conception to completion, standardising procedures, tracking costs, and delivering 99.999% uptime while maintaining strong