Senior Data Center Civil Engineer: Site & Land Development

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Austin (TX); On-site; USD 137,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in Austin, TX is seeking a senior Civil Engineer to lead data center civil designs.

You will guide a multidisciplinary team of architects, engineers, and designers to solve complex site layout, grading, drainage, and utility challenges while mentoring junior staff. The role requires a PE license, a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, and 10+ years of site civil experience, with hyperscale data center exposure preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field.
• Licensed Professional Civil Engineer (PE) registration is required.
• 10+ years of progressive site civil engineering experience focused on large-scale industrial, commercial, and mission-critical developments.
• Previous hyperscale data center development experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage our external civil design consultants through the Data Center design and construction process.
• Review designs for site layout, mass grading, grading and drainage, power substations, dry and wet utilities, pavement, etc.
• Lead permitting, development, and civil design and construction coordination of multiple fast-paced data center campuses simultaneously on a regional level.
• Assist, coach and mentor lower level engineers.
• Coordinate with internal and external architects, structural, and MEP engineers, physical and technical security, environmental and geotechnical engineers, etc. as a technical resource and civil engineering design leader.
• Own and develop cost and time efficient data center site layout, incorporating grading, utilities, and road patterns while maintaining flexibility for design evolution
• Effectively communicate design standards to internal and external project partners.
• Develop and maintain design standards, template drawings, and specifications related to site civil design for Data Centers and supporting infrastructure.
• Create, review, and release design RFPs for various projects, including DCs and special program facilities.
• Foresee and manage Technical Program Manager’s expectation regarding project-specific cost and schedules variables.
• Develop and lead initiatives aimed at improving cost, quality, schedule, and consistency
• Travel for site assessments, internal design meetings, construction review, and interfacing with authorities having jurisdiction (15 to 25%)

Skills

Project leadership

Mentoring

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Licensed Professional Civil Engineer (PE)

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in Austin, TX is seeking a senior Civil Engineer to lead data center civil designs.

You will guide a multidisciplinary team of architects, engineers, and designers to solve complex site layout, grading, drainage, and utility challenges while mentoring junior staff. The role requires a PE license, a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, and 10+ years of site civil experience, with hyperscale data center exposure preferred.